pokoj2006 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 My girlfriend spent hours making this logo on the iPad version of Designer: But we're struggling with the final product. I want the GREY part to be transparent, and then the black part to just be a single shape. I need a fully-transparent SVG without rasterization again, only the black part (no grey should remain). It would be like if i applied the ERASE blend mode to Layer1... except without rasterization or white bg on the final SVG product. No white, no grey, only black & transparency. I can't figure out the right combination of masking or subtracting or buzzword#3 I have attached our afdesign file Please help Untitled234.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Grab everything and Layer > Geometry > Subtract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokoj2006 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, prophet said: Grab everything and Layer > Geometry > Subtract Unfortunately it was not this simple... probably because of "bad practice" on nested items within Layer1 When I do this it clips away undesired areas. I apologize for setting this up with a weird file. Again, the creator had no prior experience with vector design, so the result is a miracle in itself. If only we could finish the job correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Oh my. I hadn't downloaded the file to have a look. An interesting approach. Essentially, all the little black bits on top of the grey circle need to be expanded and "knocked out of" (subtracted from) the grey. Layer > Expand Stroke will be your friend here. Then the resulting grey shape needs to be subtracted from the black circle. pokoj2006 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I'm a big fan of learn by doing, so you should absolutely take the time to fix the file yourself, but I'm a sucker for helping new designers, so here… p.s. for this type of vector work, blend modes won't help get you where you want to be. They are more useful for visual effects, not for finished line work. 56KFM.afdesign pokoj2006 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokoj2006 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 53 minutes ago, prophet said: Oh my. I hadn't downloaded the file to have a look. An interesting approach. Essentially, all the little black bits on top of the grey circle need to be expanded and "knocked out of" (subtracted from) the grey. Layer > Expand Stroke will be your friend here. Then the resulting grey shape needs to be subtracted from the black circle. SOLVED!!!! 26 minutes ago, prophet said: I'm a big fan of learn by doing, so you should absolutely take the time to fix the file yourself, but I'm a sucker for helping new designers, so here… p.s. for this type of vector work, blend modes won't help get you where you want to be. They are more useful for visual effects, not for finished line work. 56KFM.afdesign 34.77 kB · 0 downloads THANK YOU SO MUCH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Happy to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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