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Cut Objects Below in Illustrator
HI,
I am using Illustrator CS2 and have a filled object. On top of that I have another filled object. I want to use the top object as a cookie cutter to cut it’s shape out of the filled object below it so that I can delete it out of that object and leave a hole. For example, draw a circle filled. Take another circle and place it on top. Make it smaller then use it to cut a hole in the larger bottom circle. Delete the circle I just cut into the larger circle and end up with a doughnut. I have tried using the Divide objects below command but it does not work. How can I accomplish this.
Thanks for any help.
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1 Reply
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Try using a compound path mask.
Create the big circle, then create the smaller circle, make sure the smaller circle is on top of the big circle. Go to the object pull down> Compound path>make.
Place over the object you want to mask, select both the mask and the object (Make sure the mask is on top)Go to the objects pull down>mask>make
That should give you what you want
Jeff Cochran
https://www.jeffcochrandigitalartist.com/
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