Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 173)

166 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Painting
Live Paint group before (left) and after selecting and deleting a path (right)
Save the fill and stroke colors used in Live Paint groups in the Swatches panel. That way, if a change loses a color you
want to keep, you can select its swatch and use the Live Paint Bucket tool to reapply the fill or stroke.
See also
“ Isolate artwork for editing ” on page 198
Add paths to a Live Paint group
As you add more paths to the Live Paint group, you can fill and stroke the new faces and edges that are created.
Live Paint group before (left) and after adding a new path and painting the new faces and edges created by it (right)
❖ Do any of the following:
• Using the Selection tool, double-click a Live Paint group (or click the Isolate Selected Group button in the Control
panel) to put the group into isolation mode. Then draw another path. Illustrator adds the new path to the Live Paint
group. Click the Exit Isolation Mode button
when you’re done adding new paths.
• Select a Live Paint group and the paths you want to add to it. Then choose Object > Live Paint > Merge, or click
Merge Live Paint in the Control panel.
• In the Layers panel, drag one or more paths into a Live Paint group.
Note: Paths inside a Live Paint group may not exactly align with similar or identical paths outside the Live Paint group.
Resize an individual object or path
❖ Do one of the following:
• Using the Direct Selection tool, click the path or object to select it. Then choose the Selection tool and click the path
or object again to edit it.
• Using the Selection tool, double-click the Live Paint Group to put it into isolation mode. Then click a path or object
to edit it.