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Editing a Live Paint object

Editing a Live Paint object - Illustrator Tutorial

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Editing a Live Paint object

- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you a few different ways to edit Live Paint objects. And so notice that my black arrow tool is selected up here at the top of the tool box. And so if I click inside any of these purple or orange or brown areas, I'll see the words Live Paint up here at the top of the Properties panel, which tells me that I have a dynamic Live Paint object. And so that means that you can change the colors of these various areas, but you can't modify the path outlines, not unless, that is to say, you enter the isolation mode by double-clicking on any one of the colorful regions, at which point, notice that I can't select anything in the dimmed background. But I can select individual path outlines and modify them in any way you like. However, you do need to be careful. And so notice if I drag this path outline that I will break the fill that was assigned to the leg, and that's because I have these…

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