I find live paint group very useful, but sometimes it doesn't work. I can't find out why sometimes it work and sometimes it doesn't. I am aware that it doesn't work with text and other entities but in this drawing I only have lines and fill ins.
I enclose a screen shot. Why the Live Paint Bucket Tool Might Not Be Working in Adobe Illustrator The Live Paint Bucket Tool in Adobe Illustrator is a fantastic feature for designers, but sometimes it doesn't work as expected. One major reason is that users often forget to convert their artwork into a Live Paint group, which is essential for the tool to function.
This is a quick tutorial that may help you if you run into the same issue I did with live paint option. Actually Live Paint is one of the easiest parts of Illustrator. And no, you don't have to first make a live paint group via the menu.
You can just select the objects and click the first fill you want to make. If you can't handle live paint, then I would suggest a look into the documentation and not a search on youtube. Not a lot of youtube tutorials tell you about it or how to use it correctly.
I'm mostly new to Illustrator and I tried the Live Paint Bucket tool for my illustration that currently only has lines. I watched some tutorials but it seemed to work for them and they didn't have problems like me. Illustrator CC 2014 - Live Paint Bucket Won't Work Ask Question Asked 10 years, 2 months ago Modified 10 years, 2 months ago.
Live Paint Tool Issues: Troubleshooting in Adobe Illustrator The Live Paint Tool in Adobe Illustrator is a fantastic feature that lets users add color to intricate artwork easily, but it can come with its share of problems. Many users report issues such as the tool not filling areas correctly or the "Make" option being grayed out. I drew an image, scanned it, opened it in Illustrator, did Live Trace, and then proceeded to use the Pen tool.
Now when I try to put colors on my nicely drawn image using the Bucket tool I get this error: Cannot convert to a Live Paint group because the selection contains Tracing objects plus other types of art. Hi, I'm fairly new to Illustrator, but for a project I'm working on I've drawn a dragon using the pen tool. Now I want to use the live paint tool, however, after I select my dragon it won't let me "make" the live paint.
I also can't expand, not sure if that's related. I tested another simple drawi. Live Paint Bucket is a tool in Adobe Illustrator that lets you add color to your artwork.
Talking about the Live Paint Bucket tool reminds me of my childhood favorite windows app Paint where a bucket-like tool called "fill" added color to my paintings.