Illustrator help
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- mg33
Very basic, I know, but...
Scenario:
1 solid shape placed above evenly spaced stroked horizontal lines.
Want to select solid shape above, and cut that shape out of lines below, deleting the parts of the lines outside the shape.
In Photoshop I'd easily select shape, select inverse, go to layer with lines, delete.
But what's the method in Illustrator? Kind of new to it.
Thanks.
- acescence0
window > pathfinder
- rasko40
yeah expand the paths and use the pathfinder to punch out the difference.
- loiscor990
In Illustrator make another shape. The same size to the solid shape you have. Paste it right in front of your image. Then select all. Go to Object- Clipping Mask-Make.
Try that.
- aliceblue0
select both objects - Pathfinder
Palette go to "subtract from shape area" button
(Option + clicking expands 2 shapes into 1)
- asprin0
You can either..
1. Outline the paths then use the substract function
2. Select paths and shape and use the divide function, then deleting the cut paths that remain inside the shape
- mg330
I am seriously about to go bananas.
Clipping mask worked, but can't for the life of me get the pathfinder thing to work.
- acescence0
the object you are using to crop the lines has to be in front
- mg330
Got it. For some reason, choosing "outline stroke" on the stripes did the trick.
Appreciate your help. :)
- rasko40
thats because a path doesn't really have any thickness, just an attribute.
- mg330
Sort of the same question...
Scenario:
1 stroked circle, no fill
Want to cut circle in half, obtain a half circle without the connecting line between them. (Two endpoints without connecting, like a "U")
How to do this please? Every time I place a shape over it and subtract, I'm left with the U shape but with a line connecting the two top points.
Thanks a zillion.
- mg330
Never mind.
- brooke0
Use your scissor tool?