Live Paint
Live Paint allows you fill in areas with color even if those areas are not closed shapes. By creating shapes and converting them to Live Paint Objects, you can use the Live Paint Bucket tool or the Live Paintbrush tool to add colors to areas or strokes. Much like coloring in areas of a coloring book or a sketch with pencils, Live Paint detects any fillable area and applies a color.
Paint with Live Paint
The fillable areas of a Live Paint Object are called edges and faces. An edge is the section of a path where it intersects with other paths. A face is the area enclosed by one or more edges.
1. To turn your creations into a Live ...
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