For instance, I have a line with a stroke colored navy blue over a shape. How can I make the area covered by the navy blue line transparent, including that area on the shape below?
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@OrionGL This question decisively requires a screenshot and some explanation about the efforts done. – Paolo Gibellini Oct 2 '14 at 7:22
Let me see if I understood your question right (using Illustrator CS 6):
- We start with this shape:
- Select the dotted line and from the main menu select Object/Expand Appearance
- Select the dotted line again and select Object/Expand
Step 2 and 3 will make each dot of the line to become separate objects.
- Select both the dotted line and the background and from the Pathfinder panel, chose Minus Front
- This will be the result
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It doesn't matter if the line is dotted, has a stroke etc. It is what you select from the line that will be subtracted from the background in step 4. – Henrik Ekblom Oct 2 '14 at 8:06