pathfinder Subtracting doesn't work properly

[Petr Holusa]

Hi,

I ripping my hear off over Ai again. Why subtracting is so comlicated or what am I doing wrong?

I am trying to mage a grunge stamp and this is the result after clicking Minus in pathfinder panel:

The logo is grouped together into one object and above it is a texture:

 

After minus:

Thanks. 

 

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

Petr,

Select the Group and Ctrl/Cmd+8 to turn it into a Compound Path, then subtract.