Eraser Tool

A few days ago egg showed in a design how to use the eraser tool to erase a line. I have been trying to do the same thing to erase a line over a leaf in my design. I drew the leaf then created a curved corner rectangle over the leaf with no fill so basically I have a outline of the rectangle covering parts of the leaf. What I want do is erase the line part that is over the leaf. When I use the eraser tool all it does is distort the line instead of erasing it. What am I missing? Attachment 126712

The dark green cnaibus is already a vectot with a rectctangle overlaying the light green is an image and the line can be erased

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Originally Posted by Scotty

The dark green cnaibus is already a vectot with a rectctangle overlaying the light green is an image and the line can be erased

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I think I get your meaning, if I turn the rectangle into a bitmap image instead of a vector it will erase. Thanks going directly to give it a try.

The eraser tool works for me over a line. You might need to Arrange > Break Shapes to create separate lines. But the line remains a line. I use Designer Pro X. This may not be true in Web Designer.

Her is the document

From the idea I got from Scotty I went back and Made a bitmap copy of the rectangle, got rid of the original vector and then the eraser tool worked like a charm. Thanks Scotty. Also thanks Gary for chiming in. I was just going at it the wrong way!!!!

Why use bitmap when you can retain all in vector?

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When I use the eraser tool all it does is distort the line instead of erasing it. What am I missing?

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you are not erasing a line - you are erasing a rectangle with an outline and no fill - so what you see as you erase is the outline moving to stay with the new edge of the partly erased rectangle

I would do it like egg...

As pointed out you have two vector objects: leaf and rounded rectangle.

Just put the rectangle behind the leaf.
To get the gap between the leaf and the line add a white Line width of 6px to the leaf. Clone the leaf and remove the Line.

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The pale cyan background is to emphasise the Line border.

Acorn

Or a white glow shadow with 0% blur and 0% transparency ... adjust the width of the glow shadow to suit (click and drag). That way the white stays outside the boundary of the leaves.

As Acorn says though make sure you put the rectangle behind the leaf.

No erasing necessary.

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Stick to the line and the clone that Acorn suggested ... The line is vector, whilst the shadow is raster, and even with the blur set to 0, it doesn't clean up well. If only we could adjust the line position as Serif Designer can ... Ahh well hoping for new vector abilities is probably a waste of time - especially for a PRO GRAPHIC APPLICATION ... it's getting to be time they dropped the PRO designation.

Like a lot of things in Xara there are many ways to achieve the same result. The problem with using shadows is your introducing a bitmap, destroying the all vector approach. Acorns method retains a vector but if placed over a none white background retains a white edge all around the leaf.

I take it were are now all complicit in designing a graphic for a cannabis leaf?

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Acorn

;))

Doesn't matter to me ... Cannabis is legal here.

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Originally Posted by ss-kalm

Doesn't matter to me ... Cannabis is legal here.

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I didn't mention it was illicit.

Acorn

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adjective: complicit

involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.

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I quess that depends how pedantic we are about your use of language ;)

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Originally Posted by handrawn

I quess that depends how pedantic we are about your use of language ;)

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Agreed. I meant the "involved in" aspect, be it unlawful, unfair or questionable.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Acorn

I take it were are now all complicit in designing a graphic for a cannabis leaf?


Acorn

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Well if your complicit, your complicit in helping me design a logo for my new website Maryjane-Media I won't leave a link although I am sure you can figure it out because the site wasn't designed in Xara. Thanks all for the help as all of the approach's will work since it is going on a white background. I think I will go with Eggs approach though because there may be a day that I might want to put it on a different background.

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Originally Posted by Acorn

Agreed. I meant the "involved in" aspect, be it unlawful, unfair or questionable.

Acorn

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then a better worsd might be 'implicated'.. or if you want to avoid the legality issue all together 'embroiled'...

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Originally Posted by handrawn

then a better worsd might be 'implicated'.. or if you want to avoid the legality issue all together 'embroiled'...

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Lily the Pink's embrocation immediately comes to mind.

Acorn

complicit implies intent; implication is neutral in such regard; embrocation needs care during application in case it rubs you up the wrong way, especially if it is of the rubefacient kind;

but did you know that 'lily the pink' is based on the trad ballad 'Ballad of Lydia Pinkham' who really did invent a 'medicinal compound'

http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiLYD...tLYDIAPNK.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Pinkham

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more of the same:

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-.../lily-the-pink

interesting marketing slogan... I think we would prefer the cannabis

@handrawn - ;))

Acorn

Well since cannabis is legal here in Michigan if not the USA so whether you are complicit implicated etc.. I don't there will be any LEGAL ramifications for anyone for giving me great advice on how to create my logo. If there is legal ramifications just don't buy any ebooks from Maryjane-Media even though so far I haven't been able to find a ebook on cannabis. If any of you want to be even more complicit, do me a favor and write a ebook on cannabis. Looking at Eggs website might I suggest he might be a great author LOL>:)

We are this close to legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico. Maybe next year.

Right now we are focusing on staying alive. :)

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Originally Posted by gwpriester

We are this close to legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico. Maybe next year.

Right now we are focusing on staying alive. :)

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If the Fed ever gets their heads out of you know where it will get much easier all around