: How to merge objects with background in Illustrator and export them as PNG I am new to Illustrator and learning it for my graphic needs. I am working to create buttons for an app so I grabbed

@Berryessa866

I downloaded the EPS, unfortunately it's not as simple as deleteing the background, there are a lot of overlapping gradients with blending modes and what-not.


Mask off the background. I just drew rectangles over each button, but you can copy & paste the existing shapes for a more acurate mask.

Create a compound path out of your masking shapes (Ctrl+8), select that and the background and create a clipping mask (Ctrl+7).





Set the black stop on the gradients to transparent. Most of the gradients are the same so you can select one and do "Select → Same → Fill Color" to get most of them.

There are a few white gradients too that aren't easy to spot on a white background, set those to be transparent too (Turn on the transparency grid to help you see them).




Ta-da:



Of course, if you're not too worried about the glow on the outside you could have just masked the whole thing to begin with instead of messing about with those gradients...

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