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Cut/knock one shape out of another shape

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Mar 15, 202661140 views
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Let's say I have 2 vector shapes on 2 separated layers, A and B. Both are circles, B is smaller than A. I want to "cut out" the smaller circle (B) from A, to obtain a donut (A minus B), on a single layer. In adobe flash it's just a matter of move B over A and then press delete, can't find the equiv…

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sorta kinda works the same way in Photoshop. Use the fact that a selection is defined independently of layers: assuming that the object to subtract is all by itself on it's layer B: Cmd-click on the layer icon of layer B, to select the shape's outli…

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