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juliaa50358460
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December 24, 2016
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Clipping mask problems. Make area transparent.

  • December 24, 2016
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Hello!
I have the artwork as attached, and would like to remove the white areas, to make as transparent(seeing whatever is in background).
Im experimenting with compound paths and clipping paths, but nothing is working.
I'm either getting the inverse of what I require (the white areas become gold and the gold becomes transparent), or the entire artwork disappears.

Perhaps it is not working because it has already been previously made a clipping mask?

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Correct answer Jacob Bugge

Julia,

And as I (mis)understand it, you may group the white paths, then select everything and in the Transparency palette flyout click Make Opacity Mask with Clip unticked and Invert Mask ticked.

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Jacob Bugge
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Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 24, 2016

Julia,

And as I (mis)understand it, you may group the white paths, then select everything and in the Transparency palette flyout click Make Opacity Mask with Clip unticked and Invert Mask ticked.

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juliaa50358460Author
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December 25, 2016

This worked!
I greatly appreciate your help.

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edgrimley
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December 24, 2016

If I understand you correctly, it would seem easiest to just select the white areas and remove their fill.

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juliaa50358460Author
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December 25, 2016

Removing the fill will just remove the shapes, not make them see-through, so the entire object becomes one shape filled with gold.

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