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I'm trying to outline the outside of the letter A only. The problem is I want to maintain the counter's emptiness. I'm at a loss as to how to accomplish this. I fill the counter in first then outline it, but then when I delete the counter the stroke appears.
In that case, duplicate the layer, and fill in the counter. Then continue with stroke, fill opacity, and group. as above.
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With your type active, in the menu Type > Create Work Path. Delete the counter, and use the remainder to mask a fill layer.Add a stroke, and set the Fill Opacity to zero. Finally, Group the two layers.
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Create Work Path is greyed out. This A Layer is rasterized.
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In that case, duplicate the layer, and fill in the counter. Then continue with stroke, fill opacity, and group. as above.
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When you say fill opacity what do you mean? I'm not sure what to do with that.
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> "use the remainder to mask a fill layer".
> When you say fill opacity what do you mean? I'm not sure what to do with that.
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I'm sorry if I'm being unclear but what exactly am I supposed to change the fill opacity on? If I change the layer it also changes the stroke opacity.
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Like in the first image I posted. The Color Fill layer is selected. Its opacity is 100%, and just below that, its Fill is 0%..
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Like in the first image I posted. The Color Fill layer is selected. Its opacity is 100%, and just below that, its Fill is 0%..
Thank you! I was getting confused because when you said fill opacity I thought you were talking about regular opacity. Thanks again. Anyway, it worked like charm!
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I was able to create a mask from a selection. I'm having trouble understanding "use the remainder to mask a fill layer".