ChrisP Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I created some text, no stroke, just black fill. I then created a pattern of random black dots (and grouped them). I placed this pattern on top of the text and then wanted to create a compound shape where the areas of overlap will be punched out. I tried converting text, etc... but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Here is an example of what I am trying to do in AI - the black bird shapes punch out the areas where they overlap with the black text with the compound shape command (Object>Compound Path>Make) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 21, 2015 Staff Share Posted April 21, 2015 Hi ChrisP, You must convert the text to curves and ungroup the text. Then select the text objects* and the pattern/objects (not the group) hold ⌥ (option/alt) and click on the Combine button on the Persona toolbar (last one on the boolean operations section). *Optionally you can perform an add operation to the text to make it a single object if you don't need to have separated letters. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 I did convert the text to curves but I kept grouping the text AND the pattern objects. That was causing the problem. Thanks again MEB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 21, 2015 Staff Share Posted April 21, 2015 You're welcome Chris. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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