Illustrator Pathfinder issues

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 14, 2024
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I have 2 objects in AI that I have embedded so that they are not "linked images". I try to go to Pathfinder to subtract the sailboat from the sunset image (both objects are selected) but I keep getting an error message saying "The filter produced no results. Please select two intersecting paths."

What am I doing wrong?

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michelew83603738

Community Expert

I am not exactly clear what you want to do. You want it so that there is a cut out of the sailboat in the sunset? If so, you must have paths, but you still have a pixel based image. You can use Image Trace to create vectors, clean up the image if necessary, and then use the Pathfinder Commands to subtracat the sailboat from the sunset.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Try first vectorizing them using Image Trace, expand and then try the Pathfinder option.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

It does not work with images, you need vector paths.

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