: How to get rid of thin outline on live paint group in Illustrator? How do I get rid of the thin artifact outlines around my live paint fills? The first screenshot shows the wireframe view

@Eichhorn212

I've been having this same issue as well. I couldn't seem to find a good solution. But it seems that exporting from Illustrator as a Photoshop PSD removes those lines.

Settings:
- Resolution: High (300 ppi)
- Flat Image
- Anti-Aliasing: Type Optimized (Hinted)

I really wish I could paste as a smart object, but that seems to have broken with the CS6 update. If you have any other info please share.

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@Murray976

This is generally do to Anti-aliasing in the Illustrator preferences. However, even disabling the anti-aliasing won't fill those gaps in many cases.

Based upon your artwork, I'd use the Shape Builder Tool rather than the Live Paint Tool. You really only need two shapes.

Simply select the Shape Builder Tool, click a swatch or pick a color, and click-drag across shapes which should be merged. Then change colors for the tongue (presumably) and just click that area to fill it.



This will combine those outer shapes and remove the anti-aliasing gaps you're seeing when pasting into Photoshop. Of course you could simply duplicate the layer a couple times in Photoshop and then merge the duplicates. This will fill in those anti-aliasing gaps as well.

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