Adding and overlapping Transparent lines to a Logo - How do I do it?

[muffincat]

Hey guys! I'm trying to add empty spaces like lines to a logo, to seperate the letters with the Logo. But how do I do that? I tried making a line, putting it above the logo and then make the line transparent. But it just went invisible instead. One Letter of the logo, I made with the line tool. So I thought I could change the end of the line but all I can do is to make it round.

 

Thank you!

[GarryP]

The best way(s) will be dependant upon what type of layer the red shape is.

If it is a closed curve then you will have various choices, if it’s an open curve, or a different type of layer, then your choices will be different.

Which sort of layer is it?

Note: Setting the Opacity of a curve will, under ‘normal’ circumstances, only affect that curve. There are exceptions to this but I needn’t get into them here because it’s irrelevant to what you are doing.

Note: Full-screen (whole application UI) screenshots are much better for problem diagnosis than limited-area screen-grabs.

[muffincat]

3 minutes ago, GarryP said:

The best way(s) will be dependant upon what type of layer the red shape is.

If it is a closed curve then you will have various choices, if it’s an open curve, or a different type of layer, then your choices will be different.

Which sort of layer is it?

Note: Setting the Opacity of a curve will, under ‘normal’ circumstances, only affect that curve. There are exceptions to this but I needn’t get into them here because it’s irrelevant to what you are doing.

Note: Full-screen (whole application UI) screenshots are much better for problem diagnosis than limited-area screen-grabs.

It just says "round square" everything else is just a "curve". Where do I find out if it is open or closed?

[GarryP]

9 minutes ago, muffincat said:

It just says "round square"

What says “round square”?

Can you show us a full-screen screenshot where that layer is selected and visible in the Layers Panel?

[muffincat]

4 minutes ago, GarryP said:

What says “round square”?

Can you show us a full-screen screenshot where that layer is selected and visible in the Layers Panel?

 

[GarryP]

I’m not seeing anything in that screenshot which “says round square”. (The layer you have selected in your screenshot is an Artistic Text layer with no name and, apparently, no content from what I can see (or not) in the thumbnail.)

Please select the layer which contains (or is) the red shape we could see in your first screen-grab and give us a new screenshot where we can see that layer selected in the Layers Panel.

[user_0815]

In your screenshot, set the white line to blend mode "Erase". That will make itself and everything below transparent. 

[muffincat]

4 minutes ago, user_0815 said:

In your screenshot, set the white line to blend mode "Erase". That will make itself and everything below transparent. 

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[GarryP]

5 minutes ago, user_0815 said:

set the white line to blend mode "Erase". That will make itself and everything below transparent.

...and will also force the layer it’s erasing to be rasterised upon export.

Once we know what sort of layer it is, and then determine whether they are okay with bits of the design being rasterised, we can then advise on the best method.

[GarryP]

The Erase Blend Mode forces the layer it’s been used on, and any layers the erasure affects, to be rasterised upon export.

As such, they may not look right in certain circumstances (high zoom, etc.), or be useful in later workflows (animation, etc.).

The Erase Blend Mode should only be used when you really know that doing so will not negatively affect later uses of the design.