Cropping and deleting shapes in Adobe Illustrator

To create a beautiful illustration, we need to know how to cut and delete images correctly. Thankfully, Adobe Illustrator's 2 Eraser and Scrissosr tools will give you intelligent cropping and deleting. In this article, let's learn how to cut and delete images in Adobe Illustrator!

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First, you need to download the following sample file and open it in Adobe Illustrator to easily follow the steps that I guide. In this exercise we will use 2 Eraser and Scrissors tools to make this design complete.

cutting.zip

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Delete the image in Adobe Illustrator

To complete the design, I'll delete the area between the two lines so that I can insert text.

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To do this, we use the Eraser Tool on the toolbar. This tool is only applied by selected objects with the Selection Tool. The Eraser Tool cannot work with raster images but only works with vectors.

First, select the Selection Tool.

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Hold Shift and select 2 handle of the hammer in turn:

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Use Zoom (Z) to enlarge the image to help you process more accurately.

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Continue to select the Eraser Tool (Shift + E).

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Using common drawing to remove details, try deleting the line details (not selected with the Selection Tool:

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You will notice that after you release the mouse, the deleted content will immediately return to its original state, so you can be sure that only the selected object can be deleted.

To delete in a straight line, hold Shift while you delete, and the result is as follows:

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You can then easily remove the rest:

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Silhouette in Adobe Illustrator

Next, cropping in Adobe Illustrator is also very simple. Now let's cut the middle of the line to divide it into only 2 parts:

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Select the object with the Selection Tool, move it down a bit to be able to handle it more accurately.

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then right click and Eraser Tool and switch to Scrissors Tool - this tool is used to cut a path into multiple paths or cut a shape:

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Score 2 points of the beginning and end of the section to be cut:

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So your line has been divided into 3 parts.

Use the Selection Tool to select the path in the middle and press Delete to delete it.

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Finally, you bring the 2 lines back to the original position and move the text NOWHERE down to the correct position, you have completed the work:

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So, you already know how to use the Eraser and Scrissors tools to crop and delete images in Adobe Illustrator. Be sure to follow the next articles of ThuThu ThuatPhienM soft.vn to learn more about Illustrator's other features!

Good luck!