Help with cutting a shape from another

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August 23, 2022
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Hello, what I have is the green image, i basically want to make it look exactly like the blue image but can't work out how to get the white gap. I have tried using stroke but I don't want the stroke around the whole of the light green part. Please could someone help,

Thanks, Jess

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Correct answer SJRiegel

Do you want white strokes, or to have the black show through?

For the first - set a thick black stroke around the fingers, put it behind the fill, and set the stoke's opacity to 0%.

Group the fingers with the blue shape, and check the Knockout Group box for the group.

If you need white behind the outline, set another copy of the blue below the group, and set to to white.

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SJRiegelCorrect answer

Legend

Do you want white strokes, or to have the black show through?

For the first - set a thick black stroke around the fingers, put it behind the fill, and set the stoke's opacity to 0%.

Group the fingers with the blue shape, and check the Knockout Group box for the group.

If you need white behind the outline, set another copy of the blue below the group, and set to to white.

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Jess22217190lkgjAuthor

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thank you, i want the gap to be transparant so it will adapt to any background

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SJRiegel

Legend

The Knockout Group does give you that transparency. Below is the same art placed over a green background.

John Mensinger

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There are several ways to get that. To do it destructively, I'd probably select the fingers shape and use Object > Path > Offset Path to create a larger copy of it, then Use Pathfinder > Minus Front to subtract it from the 'funnel' shape.