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Title: is there a way to cut a "hole" in an Illustrator layer?
Post by: allroy1975 on April 13, 2007, 11:33:01 am

like..if you make an "O" do you have to make a top circle with another layer circle inside it that has the background color?  it seems like you should be able to cut a hole or make a section of something transparent without making the entire layer transparent....ya know?

Title: Re: is there a way to cut a "hole" in an Illustrator layer?
Post by: 4Aaron GE on April 13, 2007, 01:05:19 pm

Look for a shaping tools menu.  This is a basic function in CorelDraw (which I use), so it has GOT to be in Illustrator somewhere.  You know how you can merge/weld two layers together?  There should be a function near that to use one layer to trim the other.

Title: Re: is there a way to cut a "hole" in an Illustrator layer?
Post by: allroy1975 on April 13, 2007, 01:46:36 pm

found it! 

http://safari.oreilly.com/0596102364/adobecs2work-CHP-9-SECT-12

Thanks!