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Illustrator Gurus!
Help Gurus! I am a novice illustrator user. I am trying to make a logo for a friend and am having difficulty. I have made the file
It’s actually the badge and wording on a layer above the vector illustration of a cross section of a tree. I am trying to get the rings located in the badge deleted and have the badge have no fill instead of a white one so that a mockup in photoshop doesn’t have the colored part
I have attached the AI file for reference as to the layer structure.
Thanks in advance!
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One way is to make compound shapes.
A ‘C’ is a single path. An ‘O’ is a compound path.Make a big square on your artboard, and give it a color.
Then make a small circle inside the square.
Then select both shapes and Object > Compound Path > Make.Vince
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Forgive my ignorance, but how would that translate into this project?
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Or, here’s another way…
1) Select your text background (the shield) and delete the fill.
2) Select your wood object, including the rings, and Object > Expand: Fill & Stroke.
3) With the object still selected, Window > Pathfinder > Unite.
4) Select the Group Select Tool, and click on the path of the shield.
Do Copy + Edit > Paste in Back, then Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
With the duplicate shield still selected, Shift + Select the wood and Window > Pathfinder > Minus Back.If you lose control of the duplicate shield, you can Ctrl + Z to step back, or Object > Lock the upper shield so you can select the lower shield.
Vince
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Thanks so much I will try that when I get home from my regular job.
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Vince, you might very well be the baddest dude to walk the earth! It worked like a charm! Now for me to figure out why.. I love to understand why something that works works. Thanks so much!
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