Do you mean somerthing like either one of these if so I made a simple Live Paint Group

I did not redo the art I simply adjust it quickly in Photoshop and then trace it with Image Trace in Illustrator. That is why it is not quite so clean.

The top one you only really have to fill the red shape with a normal fill and not worry about doing anything else.

if it is now two color groups you tried to merge release the art from the color groups soyou have the art as all separate object if any of he objecs are compund paths rlease the compund paths such as the shape with the looped stem.

them select all of the art after the compound path has been released and then make that a Live Paint Group. Then use the Live paint Bucket to fill in the color for the area defining the opening in the looped stem fil it with a fill of none.

Now you have what I did in the bottom image.

The reason it is not working for you is that you cannot have a compund path in a Live Paint Group so you have to release it first and fill the space with a fill of none. or a color set to "0" opacity.

The right side of the leaf is in three peaces. How can I make this crescent shape “)” into one object, one vector shape?

You say you have tried Pathfinder Unite. This should work.

Depending on what version of Illie you are using you may need to hold down the Option key as you click on the Unite button in the Pathfinder panel.

I apoloize for calling them color groups, I meant Live Paint Groups.

Hmm, this is so simple, don't see why it's not getting solved. Must be some flukes involved. I'm not sure why Live Paint is being used - is not the goal to end up with just two main green shapes, uniting the red parts of the green shape on the right all together?

Mike, you see how you can easily adjoin two rectangles together drawing a rect on top of another rect and using Pathfinder Panel > Unite, right?

Oy . . . here we go . . .

First of all, verify there aren't unwanted copies of shapes stacked on top of each other, mucking things up. Unlock all layers (if more than one), refer to Layer Panel for this. Go to Object > Unlock All, if not ghosted. If ghosted, good. Proceed . . .

Using the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow), click in the filled area of one shape you actaully want to keep, you mkay have to zoom in to do this. be sure to click squarely in the fill of the shape, not on the path points or segments. With a shape selected, go to Object > Hide >Selection.

Repeat until all shapes you want are gone (hidden).

Go to View > Outlines (at top of View Menu). Do you see anything there? No? Good. But, if you do see anything, drag a box over it with the Direct Selection Tool and press DELETE, twice.

Now go to Object > Show All. Your hidden shapes are back.

Select them all with the Selection Tool (black arrow). Go to Object > Compound Path > Release, if not ghosted. Now go to Object > Ungoup, until it becomes ghosted. If already ghosted, good. Proceed . . .

Everything should be ready to work on now, if it wasn't already. The previous junk is all procedure seasoned Illustrator'ers just do on the fly with hardly a thought. Typical tedium of the vector rodeo.

Anyway - select all green shapes, go to Object > Hide > Selection. Get 'em outa the way for now.

Now zoom in close to a red shape. Select a point on a segment of it's path that it shares with it's adjacent green shape, but not on the outer edge! If there's not one, then add one, using the Add Anchor Point Tool. Drag that point with the Direct Selection Tool into where the adjacent green shape was before hiding it - making them overlap. Do this with both red shapes.

Go to Object > Show All.

Everything should be clean. Those little pesky red slivers are now overlapping their adjacent green shape. Select all shapes and hit Pathfinder Panel > Unite  -OR-  Pathfinder Panel > Merge (recommending Unite for this).

BAZINGA

Right?

If you have an object selected, you should be able to hide it. CTRL/CMD+3 does nothing either? (with something selected)

I'm afraid your knowledge of the software is just too minimal.

You haven't made the file available. Google a file hosting site, upload it, link us to it.

I'm certainly don't purport to be a "teacher", btw, Just like to get/give graphic design help. I learn a lot here. Our collective knowledge is massive. Disseminating it is good.

Call me a student if anything.

Mike, you might like Dropbox. But, I don't know how generally computer literate you are, so it m ay or may not be a good fit for you. Though, Dropbox attempts to make SVN's/ file-sharing very user-friendly.

I rarely encounter such a jacked vector.

Screw it. Here.

Mathias17 wrote:

 

I rarely encounter such a jacked vector.

 

Screw it. Here.

I was going to do the same thing for MikeTheMonk77... beat me to it☺

Regarding your quote though: I see these kind of vectors daily, embedded quite often in PSDs and inDesign files.

Note to MikeTheMonk77: you actually would have been better off recreating this vector by placing this mess on it's own layer, locking it, create a new layer, and make new bezier lines with the pen tool. "In the old days" that vector would have killed a RIP every time! Just sayin'....