I used a clipping mask to fill the outer circle with a glitter image. It won't allow me to make another clipping mask. So I'm at a loss as to how to do this. I'm new to Illustrator so please be detailed about the steps in your response.
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Which excess rectangle are you talking about? The pink-purple (fuchsia? lavender?) one behind the front-most circle? Or the dark grey background? Or the white background? I’m guessing you only have the image as raster (JPEG/PNG/similar) so the obvious technique of selecting the offending object and just deleting it is unavailable?– Janus Bahs JacquetSep 20, 2015 at 21:57
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the pink one. And no I made this entire image in illustrator myself. I only want to delete the part of the rectangle that hangs over the edge of the circle.– Melissa McGhee EggerSep 20, 2015 at 22:05
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Oh, you want the left and right edges of the pink rectangle to flush with the edge of the glitter-black circle, making it visually a non-rectangle? I would intersect the two shapes, then, getting rid of the non-overlapping area.– Janus Bahs JacquetSep 20, 2015 at 22:07
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That sounds like what I want to do! Lol now.....about the actual how of how to do that– Melissa McGhee EggerSep 20, 2015 at 22:09
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2One word: pathfinder tool (okay, one compound word).– Janus Bahs JacquetSep 20, 2015 at 22:15
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- Release the clipping mask that contains the glitter
- Group the pink and glitter together on the same layer
- Re-create the clipping mask with the grouped glitter/pink item
Cut the pink. -- Select it and choose Edit > Cut
Use the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) to click the "glitter"
Choose Edit > Paste in Front
This should place the pink items inside the same clipping mask used for the "glitter".
Beyond this, you'll need to show a screen shot of the Layers Panel expanded to show the objects and their layers to help any further.
