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Brandon27138611dgln
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March 10, 2023
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  • March 10, 2023
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Good day, I have a black logo and found a vector file colour pallete, how do i basically place the colour background within the logo?

 

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Correct answer rogerinlondon

When i try make it into a compund path its says it can't. All objects in a compound path must be paths, and they cannot be brushed or be part of an object


Try to select the logo and do Object=>Expand first.

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Brandon27138611dglnAuthor
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March 10, 2023

Thanks all, you were all helpful on it. Got it right

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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March 10, 2023

Can you show your problem?

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Brandon27138611dglnAuthor
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March 10, 2023

So those are vector files, I literally want to add the colour vector into the black logo to make that colour effect into the logo. So almost like paste the colour vector into the black logo to add the colour. Hope that makes sense.

Jacob Bugge
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Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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March 10, 2023

Brandon,

 

In that case you can the turn the logo into a Compound Path if not already (a mere Group fails to work) and place the coloured rectangle behind the logo (or the logo on top of the rectangle), then select both and make a Clipping Mask/set with Ctrl/Cmd+7 (hold Ctrl or Cmd and press 7).

 

But to cover all possible purposes it is better to apply the colouring directly to the Compound Path forming the logo.

 

Jacob Bugge
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Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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March 10, 2023

Brandon,

 

If the logo is vector artwork, you can just select it and change colour; to cover all possible purposes it is better to have only fill.

 

 

If the logo is raster artwork, you can create a sufficiently large background object (rectangle or whatever) with the desired fill colour, then make a(n Opacity) Mask with both Clip and Invert Mask ticked, in the Transparency panel.

 

But in that case it will be better to create a vector version of the logo and use that, in other words redrawing it; tracing is inferior.

 

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