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byjnet
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September 10, 2018
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Help with partial knockout

  • September 10, 2018
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I need to knockout only hands in circle..

Have them be see through if i place it on a

background but i need the arms,

the stuff outside circles, to stay black???

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    Correct answer byjnet

    Ladies and Gents I now give you THE IMAGES...bhaaaa

    GREAT job for all of you mind readers!!!

    So the first is the logo is what I worked with.. the hands are all one pathed image and the second was HOW it was suppose to look printed on a COLOR wristband (AND I DID IT...with pathfinder - whatever I picked (its been a long week) - it kept the hands in one group and the arms in another)

    So I needed the hands inside the circle to show through and the arms OUTSIDE the circle to stay white

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    byjnetAuthor
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    September 11, 2018

    Thank everyone!! Even without pic you helped me.. When i can.. I'll upload the actual pic and that will make more sense

    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 11, 2018

    byjnet,

    I believe we shall all look forward to the picture, and/or your findings.

    Apart from that, at least some of us enjoy the challenge of seeing (or trying to see) the unseen.

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    byjnetAuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    September 12, 2018

    Ladies and Gents I now give you THE IMAGES...bhaaaa

    GREAT job for all of you mind readers!!!

    So the first is the logo is what I worked with.. the hands are all one pathed image and the second was HOW it was suppose to look printed on a COLOR wristband (AND I DID IT...with pathfinder - whatever I picked (its been a long week) - it kept the hands in one group and the arms in another)

    So I needed the hands inside the circle to show through and the arms OUTSIDE the circle to stay white

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 11, 2018

      byjnet,

      If you wish to have the hand part cut out a part of the circle so the background is seen within the hand shape, and so that the black arm part outside the circle and the remaining part of the (otherwise coloured) circle are shown in front of the background, you can do it as follows:

      1) Select both hand/arm and circle, then Ctrl/Cmd+C+F to copy in front to have two sets, then reverse the stacking order of either set;

      2) Select each set and Pathfinder>Minus front (depending on version you may need to press Alt/Option to get simple paths.

      This will give you (two) complementary paths of black arm and circle with hand cutout in front of the background.

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      byjnetAuthor
      Participant
      September 11, 2018

      Thx myra.. unfortunately I'm on my phone.. I'll just have to google my way to an answer...

      Myra Ferguson
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      Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 11, 2018

      Maybe you can post a picture later. I can't tell exactly what you want to do, but it sounds like maybe you have a shape with parts to keep and parts to not keep. If that's the case, then check out the Shape Builder Tool. How to create shapes using the Shape Builder tool in Illustrator

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      byjnetAuthor
      Participant
      September 10, 2018

      My image didn't show.. How can i get it in post

      Myra Ferguson
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      Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 11, 2018

      If you're using the browser to access the forums, in the editor click on the Insert Image button


      and navigate to the image you want to upload from your computer

      or paste the URL

      if the image is on the web.

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