My first cut and my first 3 layer

[creepyfred 0]

I am still very excited with every thing i cut. I am posting a picture of my very first cut, the mustach that i put in the window where my son usually looks out at me when i get home from work. it makes me laugh every day.

The second is my first 3 colour (5 layer) cut that i was hoping to get some help with. I could not find a way to make the white and the green cut out to show the black underneath them i tried bringing to front, played with merging layers (illustrator is still new and very confusing for me). I ended layering black, white, black, green, black, then the tiny white dot in the middle. I was using signcut and figured out the registration marks eventually. I later installed the signblazer trial and found punch out tool, but that made the white layer with no cuts at all. i am not afraid to do my own trial and error and research but i may have run out of ideas.

any help would be appreciated.

cheers.

fred

wow my windows are dirty

[Jay2703 704]

In Illustrator, select both objects and Object + Compound Path + Make. It will turn the object on top to a cutout from the lower object.

http://screencast.com/t/zcVzPXuv4

Jay

[creepyfred 0]

holy crap, Jay you are my new best friend. I did that then filled the three different colours in and its perfect! not that it matters but the black is a cut out as well, right now i just plan on not weeding the inside outlines of the black, is that unprofessional or is there a better way? i have tried before to remove and make the black a seperate layer but then i have problems sizing them the same.

regardless you helped me a great deal.

cheers.

fred

[Jay2703 704]

Your black should be solid and the white and green layered on top of it.

[Jay2703 704]

Post your .eps file and I will set it up for you.

[creepyfred 0]

ok i thought i had it but signcut still shows the black as a cut out. I will post it but please let me know what you did. Its the whole teach a man to fish thing.

cheers,

a slightly disappointed he couldn't do it himself, fred

new eye2.eps

[Jay2703 704]

I only have CS3. Can you save it as an older .eps version?

[creepyfred 0]

sorry bout that i am on day 8 of my trial, dont know what i am going to do after that yet.

i have already made it a compound path but this one is not coloured in.

cheers again

fred.

new eye2.eps

[creepyfred 0]

i dont need this right away or anything. i do appreciate your help tho

[Jay2703 704]

Here you go. I included a video showing how I did it.

Tips:

Right Click in the color bar lets you select objects by color (CRTL lets you select more than one color at a time)

I use the Vertical Nudge to move things a set distance then move them back when I am done. (lower right corner, click in the box to change the value)

http://screencast.com/t/iqTelgPoz3

new eye2.eps

[creepyfred 0]

Wow i will have to watch that video again maybe a few times, i only played with sighnblazer a bit last night. looks like i will be doing the full tutorial this week.

thanks again and i owe you about 3.

cheers.

fred.

[creepyfred 0]

ok i am learning, when you seperated the colours you grouped one green wing tip with the white wing. it took me a while un grouping, re grouping re colour and punch again but i got it. i am also on the second boring chapter of signblazer tutorial. i am not to sure why but i put your eps in illustrator, bucket filled the wing tip and resaved, and it put be back to square one in sign blazer. wierd.

cheers

[Jay2703 704]

Sorry about that. I realized what I had done but thought you would get the idea from the video.