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Posted by Chezki Indursky
Chezki Indursky
3,500 Points

Deleting stroke areas in illustrator

hey folks! i just finished viewing the Drawing episode in Illustrator fundamentals. now, i have a problem with some of my strokes when i add colors. because the color is a stroke, in order to delete it i need to delete the entire path. but i dont want to do it. here's a screenshot: http://prntscr.com/3izw9j

thanks a lot! -Chezki

2 Answers

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

You can use the Eraser tool (Shift+E) and it will not delete your path, just erase sections of it.

Nathan Bentley
Nathan Bentley
12,680 Points
Nathan Bentley
Nathan Bentley
12,680 Points

There is an scissor icon in the tool palette where you can pin point on your stroke's path to delete part of it. It is within the eraser tool by holding down eraser and three new icons appear?

is that what you meant? hope I have helped!

Chezki Indursky
Chezki Indursky
3,500 Points

hey! thank you for the answer. the scissor is not working for me because it's a path with a strok. what i actually did, is expand the layer and then used this tools:

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