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November 26, 2017
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Crop out a circle for a transparent background

  • November 26, 2017
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Hi,

I have an issue. I am trying to make the big, white circle transparent and keep the small one as it is (the white one is below the blue one). When I export the image and save it as a PNG, the background becomes transparent but the circle is still there. Obviously, I need to crop it or something, but don't know how. Anyone that can help me with this? Maybe explain how I can do it with any geometry, because I will need it. 

Here we have the circle

And when I save it I get the following

Thanks!

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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November 26, 2017

Coose View > Show Transparancy Grid to see what's transparent.

Select all and use the Shape Builder (Shift M) to edit the objects.

Hold down the Alt key to subtract.

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November 26, 2017

Forgot to tell that I want to remove (i.e. make it transparent) big parts of the circle but keep a "half circle" white, so that the blue dot can have a background.I want it to look like this, the grey being the transparent background.

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