cut one path from the other

[hendy_5450]

how can I gut the pink path from the black - so the black looks cut out?

[Monika Gause]

Check out the Pathfinder panel.

With Merge (bottom row) you could do that. But Pathfinder functions can have unwanted effects on the other parts as well. You have to check that out in detail if you want that.

[Jacob Bugge]

hendy,

Depending on requirements, you can simply mask out parts (of the black) in a simple way with an Opacity Mask; the word look in "so the black looks cut out?" seems to imply that it is sufficient; and it is reversible and editable.

You can:

1) Place the mask out path(s) as desired, and Group them if there are more than one, and give it/them a black fill and no stroke;

2) Select (only) the mask out path(s) and the (black) path to be masked out from and tick Make (Opacity) Mask in the Transparency palette.