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Illustrator cs4 Eraser Question..

Feb 6, 2010 3:16 PM

Randomly while I was working, my eraser tool started to act up.  Now every time I try to use erase, the area I "erase" ends up surrounded by a thick, black outline- how can I change this or turn it off?  I was using my eraser before and it was working fine, but now it seems to be "outlining" everything I want to erase- any suggestions for a frustrated artist?

 

Jon

5786 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Kurt Gold, May 10, 2012 1:54 PM
 
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  • Niles Ridgeman
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    1. Niles Ridgeman,
    Feb 6, 2010 3:26 PM   in reply to aboynamedjon
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    I’d check my “appearance” panel. I’m guessing you’ve got a stroke of some sort going on.

     

    Try a new document and see if it is doing it there too.

     
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    2. aboynamedjon,
    Feb 6, 2010 3:41 PM   in reply to Niles Ridgeman
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    The new document is clean, and I can erase correctly, but in my other drawing if I have a stroke activated I'm not sure how to get rid of it- even after eliminated everything out of the appearance panel the eraser-outline is still bold as ever- and it overlaps both layers instead of just the one im working on.

     
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  • Niles Ridgeman
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    3. Niles Ridgeman,
    Feb 6, 2010 5:20 PM   in reply to aboynamedjon
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    Humm. Hard to tell, can you post the offending file?

     

    Also, it can help to go through the layers pallet and expand things. Sometimes knowing what is there helps.

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    4. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Feb 6, 2010 5:46 PM   in reply to aboynamedjon
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    Go to the Appearance Panel make sure New Art Has Basic Appearance is checked.

     

    Make sure your art has no stroke , if it does this is expected behavior.

     

    Double click the Eraser Tool in the Tool Bar and check the settings and options for the Eraser tool.

     

    It would be a great feature to have the ability to have strokes on any number of segment6s of an object but not all of them if theuse desired it.

     
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  • slong423
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    5. slong423,
    May 9, 2012 3:45 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    I'm having this same problem with CS 5.1. I checked my appearances and my eraser settings, and neither of those did anything. This certainly is frustrating.

     
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  • Kurt Gold
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    6. Kurt Gold,
    May 10, 2012 1:54 PM   in reply to slong423
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    Can you provide a sample .ai file?

     

    Seasoned with some instructions?

     
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