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Hello I was wondering if anyone could help, I have watch multiple videos but cant seem to get the answer I am looking for.

Below is an example of what I am trying to create, it may appear that the petals are on top of the lettering but I want to be able to cut around the petals, which is perfectly fine except for when I need to cut a B which has two centre holes.

I have changed text to curve and tried deleting and joining nodes where appropriate but I am unable to do this with the centre pieces, it fills in the lower part of the shape "B".

I have tried working with "create compound" but the option is unavailable.

Thank you in advance if you are able to help.

Kind regards

Meg

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Not seeing this,

Before

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After

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

Posted
16 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Not seeing this

I suspect it may be something to do with the fill mode (alternate or winding) and/or the direction of the curves. Having said that, instead of cutting up the letters I would use the time-honoured masking method:

1. Open the flower image and copy it.

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2. Add the letters on top.

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3. Paste the copied flower image.

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4. Place shapes where you want parts of the flower to stay on top of the letters.

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5. Boolean ‘Add’ the shapes to create a Curves layer.

6. In the Layers panel, drag the Curves layer and drop it onto the thumbnail of the upper flower layer.

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