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: Illustrator: cannot fill transparent areas without compromising strokes using Live Paint I've read a number of posts about this and am unsure of how to proceed. I received an AI file that contains

@Cugini998

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I've read a number of posts about this and am unsure of how to proceed.

I received an AI file that contains the following:



Here it is unselected:



However, when I group these paths/shapes and copy the element to another document, the "white" areas within the figure are not filled but are transparent.

When I try to use the Live Paint Bucket of course I CAN fill these blank spaces between the paths with white, but when I activate the tool it discards the various stroke settings which means that I lose the "fake fill" details (look at the foot to see what I mean).



Is there a simple way to address this issue? To maintain the "stroke fills" AND to fill the transparent areas with white?

Many thanks in advance!

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@Turnbaugh909

Before using Live Paint... Select the art and choose Object > Expand Appearance, if it is available, then choose Object > Expand.

This converts strokes to filled shapes. Filled shapes will not be changed by scaling or using Live Paint.

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