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- Open an Adobe Illustrator line drawing.
- Change the name of the primary layer (Layer 1 by default) to “base drawing.” You can do this by double clicking on the layer name in the layer palette.
- Make a duplicate of the “base drawing” layer and name it “live paint 1.”
- To do this, select the layer you want to duplicate from the layer palette, click on the shortcut menu and select “duplicate ‘base drawing’.”
- Hide your original “base drawing” by clicking on the eye next to the layer name in the layer palette.
- Select all the lines by drawing a box around them with the black arrow or by pressing ctrl + a (cmd + a on a mac).
- With all the objects selected, click on the “live paint bucket” tool in the tool palette.
- When you move your mouse over the selected lines, the lines will turn red and text will appear nest to your cursor saying “Click to make a Live Paint group.” Click when your mouse is red to make a live paint group.
- Now, regions of your drawing will be highlighted in red and can be filled with your fill color. You should double check to make sure that you have a fill color assigned from the color swatches in your tool palette. I tend to use a bright color for this so that I can easily distinguish the fills.
- After you have filled all the regions you want, click the expand button in the properties bar at the top of the page.
- Now, using the direct select (white arrow) tool, you can select any of the fills you have just made and assign them colors.
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