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PATHFINDER - MINUST FRONT LEFT JUST ONE LETTER

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
June 26, 2017
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I PUT THE IMAGE (IMAGE TRACE, WHITE) ON THE OUTLINEED TEXT "CS 3."

SELECTED THEM ALL,

CLICKED THE BUTTON(ILLUSTRATOR - MENU - WINDOW - PATHFINDER - MINUS FRONT)

THEN THERE IS ONE LETTER "C" LEFT.

I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS.

WHAT AM I MISSING?

REFERENCES: PATHFINDER - MINUS FRONT - 1905

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Select the layer with the text outlines.

Ungroup

Object > Compound Path > Make

Select both layers and use Pathfinder Minus Front

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Whenever applying Pathfinder to outlined text all of the text must be made into a single compound path first.

Mike_Gondek10189183

Community Expert

I agree with Bill, you need to release all the individual letters compoud paths, and make you entire line of text 1 compound path.

Another way is to use the transparency palette and the make mask button to know out your cracked texture. This way the effect will be live, and you can move around or scaled the texture as needed.

Select both items on top of each other aden choose make mask

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

Community Expert

Select the layer with the text outlines.

Ungroup

Object > Compound Path > Make

Select both layers and use Pathfinder Minus Front

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新함북웅기군서포항Author

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Thanks a lot

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Good to hear that helped.

Mylenium

Legend

Well, presumably simply the paths are not clean and too complex. You have to clean up your auto-trace beforehand to avoid things like self-intersecting paths or clustered up anchor points. Of course things like compound paths in your artwork will also play into this.

Mylenium

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