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: Making a path transparant on another path, Illustrator I looked on this site (and other sites) for my answer but I couldn't find it. If it is here, I am sorry. My problem is I made something

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I looked on this site (and other sites) for my answer but I couldn't find it. If it is here, I am sorry.

My problem is I made something and I want to print it on a bag. It is a city, outlined, and filled with black. And the streets and lakes are filled with white. Both on different layers. But if I am going to print it, the streets and lakes have to be transparant, so the color of the bag will come through it. But I just can't find out how to do it. Any suggestions?

(The streets/lakes are all individual paths, grouped together, the map itself is one path.)




Thanks in advance!
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@Nimeshi706

Assuming all your roads are on a single layer and you want them all to be transparent (if not just group them and do the same to the group instead):


Select the layer in the layers panel
Set Opacity to "0%"
Check "Page Knockout Group" in the Transparency panel menu




Regular Knockout groups are great for creating transparency and keeping everything editable; Page knockout groups are good for things like this since they knockout everything.

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@Samaraweera207

Select everything on your 'streets' layer.
Go to Object > Path > Outline Stroke
Open the Pathfinder window (with everything on that layer still selected) and hit Unite
Select the newly created, united shape and the shape on your 'map'
layer
In the Pathfinder window hit Minus Front


Done.

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