Illustrator questions

[vaquero]

dspring, you rock!

maxF, i know you may not want it right now, but i think i have sams teach yourself illustrator in 24hours somewhere on file i can send you...

[braksandwich]

we need like illustrator tricks of the day and shit. This is all really helpful.

[MaximumFluoride]

O.k. I asked this before a while ago and I forgot how to do it. I need to take one object and use it to cut out a section of another area. Like black is sitting on top of tan. I need to use the black to punch a hole in the tan.

It was pretty easy if I remember.

[Tooth]

O.k. I asked this before a while ago and I forgot how to do it. I need to take one object and use it to cut out a section of another area. Like black is sitting on top of tan. I need to use the black to punch a hole in the tan.

It was pretty easy if I remember.

alt O P S

[Tooth]

alt O P S

alt Object Path Slice

[bdix]

O.k. I asked this before a while ago and I forgot how to do it. I need to take one object and use it to cut out a section of another area. Like black is sitting on top of tan. I need to use the black to punch a hole in the tan.

It was pretty easy if I remember.

select both objects... Pathfinder>Subtract (in the pathfinder window it's the 2nd icon. In the menu it's under Effect>Pathfinder>Subtract)

[MaximumFluoride]

Nither of those worked.

[fantasygoat]

I could totally tell you how to do it in CorelDRAW.

[Tooth]

huh....

you have the shape selected that you want knocked out of
the shape below?

Object Path Slice...hmm

is the shape you're trying to knock it out of on a different layer?
is that layer locked?

[MaximumFluoride]

Bobby fixed it for me.