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Design

anguswhiston
anguswhiston
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Posted by anguswhiston
anguswhiston
17,225 Points

Adobe Illustrator

Sorry there isn't really a perfect spot for this as there is no AI forum section. I have been going through the course fine, but there is one problem.

In the grouping objects & group selection lesson at the end he uses the Group Selection Tool. I have been trying to use this and it doesn't do what it does in the video. When I mouse over a path using the tool, the path lines show up but when I click nothing happens...

Any idea what this tool doesn't seem to work?

James Barnett
James Barnett
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James Barnett
James Barnett
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Sorry there isn't really a perfect spot for this as there is no AI forum section.

Questions on the Aesthetic Foundations, Photoshop, Illustrator & Design Foundations courses all fall under the Design category.

anguswhiston
anguswhiston
17,225 Points
anguswhiston
anguswhiston
17,225 Points

That was my guess so put it here. Thanks. Does Mat Helme check the forums?

James Barnett
James Barnett
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James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Angus Whiston - That's what tagging is for, if you want to alert a particular person such as a teacher to a particular post.

2 Answers

Mat Helme
STAFF
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

@Angus Whiston ,

It honestly sounds like an Illustrator error. The colors don't have anything to do with it.

Mat Helme
STAFF
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Angus Whiston ,

What version of Illustrator are you using? How many groups of objects are in your file?

  • Mat
anguswhiston
anguswhiston
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anguswhiston
anguswhiston
17,225 Points

Hi I'm using AI CC. It is a trial though, not sure what affect that has. Edit: Made a new document with 1 layer and the group selection tool worked fine. Is it to do with multiple layers?

The only thing I've noticed, and this is going to sound stupid, but on your layers panel your sketch has a blue rectangle after the lock icon, then all your remaining layers have red rectangles. In my document they're all red, I assume this is just colour coding layers similar to PS and not anything that changes working on them?