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I'm new to Illustrator and struggling to solve this issue. I've created this image and I'm trying to make the area covered by the top layer (the white cloudy part with the circular cutout) transparent. Not just that shape itself, but everything within the area of that shape should be transparent, including all of the layers below - as if that area of the image was deleted.
Any ideas how I can achieve this?
What you are seeking is called a Compound Shape. There are a few ways to create compound shapes in Illustrator.
Perhaps the simplest is....
Object > Compound Path > Make from the menu.
It is also possible to use the Pathfinder Panel or the Shape Builder Tool for step 3. Although, depending upon the actual shapes being used, Pathfinder and Shape Builder may create additional unwanted anchor points at times. The menu item as described above never creates additional anchor points.
I am not sure What actually you were looking for. From my understanding I prepared two ways.
1- Use Pathfinder operation.
2- The compound path is filled with white, for us to see, make that from white to none.
Thank you.
