{"id":53022,"date":"2022-05-31T18:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/how-to-erase-part-of-a-circle-in-illustrator\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:28","slug":"how-to-erase-part-of-a-circle-in-illustrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/how-to-erase-part-of-a-circle-in-illustrator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to erase part of a circle in illustrator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> You can use the Eraser Tool to erase brush strokes, pencil paths, or vector shapes. Simply select the Eraser Tool (Shift + E) from the toolbar, and brush on the areas that you want to erase. When you <strong>erase<\/strong> on path or shape, you&#8217;re dividing them into different parts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, can you <strong>erase<\/strong> part of a shape in Illustrator? There are two ways of erasing portions of shapes in Adobe <strong>Illustrator<\/strong>. First, you can manipulate the anchor points in the shape to delete large or small portions from the edges and corners. Secondly, you can use the Eraser Tool to erase parts of a shape much the same way you would use a pencil eraser on paper.<\/p>\n<p>You asked, how do you use the eraser in <strong>Illustrator<\/strong>? Select the shape that you want to erase, make sure that the Eraser Tool (Shift-E) is active, and simply click and drag your mouse across the area that you wish to <strong>erase<\/strong>. Once you release the mouse button, that area will be erased.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, how do I delete everything outside of a <strong>circle<\/strong> in Illustrator? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LzH6aRiWa9Y\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, how do you delete one side of a shape in Illustrator? Select the Selection Tool ( ) from the toolbar or press the keyboard shortcut (v). Click the <strong>part<\/strong> that you cut with Scissors Tool and press the delete or backspace key.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Step 1: Open the image in Adobe Illustrator and click on the image.  <\/li>\n<li>Step 2: Click Crop Image and you&#8217;ll see a crop frame on your image.<\/li>\n<li>Step 3: Click Apply once you&#8217;re happy with the crop area and it&#8217;ll cut the image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why can&#8217;t I use eraser in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Solution: Unlock the Object Go to the overhead menu and select Object > Unlock All. Now you can use the Eraser Tool to erase, but the object must be a vector. The areas (paths) you remove, will separate the original shape but you can still edit the anchor points of the new shapes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I remove part of a picture?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Specify foreground and background colors.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Pencil tool .<\/li>\n<li>Select Auto Erase in the options bar.<\/li>\n<li>Drag over the image. If the center of the cursor is over the foreground color when you begin dragging, the area is erased to the background color.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Which tool is used to erase part of an image?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Photoshop&#8217;s Background Eraser Tool can be used to easily remove unwanted areas of an image. To select the Background Eraser Tool, right-click (Win) \/ Control-click (Mac) on the standard Eraser Tool in the Tools panel, then select the Background Eraser Tool from the menu.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where is the Eraser tool in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can find the eraser tool just below the blob brush tool in the tool panel of the Adobe Illustrator. If you click and hold down the eraser tool option, you will see the fly-out menu where there are other tools like Scissors tool and Knife.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you delete an outer shape in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>1 Correct answer Press SHift + D and then SHift + D again, which brings you in Draw inside mode.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you hide everything outside a shape in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Click on the \u201cSelect\u201d menu. Click \u201cSelect All\u201d or \u201cSelect all on Active Artboard.\u201d Click on the \u201cObject\u201d menu. Hover over \u201cClipping Mask\u201d and select \u201cMake.\u201d Everything outside the rectangle will be hidden; however, the information is still available if you release the clipping mask.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you delete things outside of canvas in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Put the clipping path on the top layer of the stack order, and then move it over the artboard. Select the clipping path and the object you wish to mask and click &#8220;Object&#8221; followed by &#8220;Clipping Mask&#8221; and &#8220;Make.&#8221; All objects outside of the clipping path will now be obscured, although they are still technically there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I use the path eraser tool?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jTYpjBmmdlU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I delete a selection in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the eraser icon on the toolbox (usually on the left)<\/li>\n<li>Hold the ALT key.<\/li>\n<li>Select by clicking and dragging the left mouse button what you want to erase, this will erase everything in the selection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you use clipping mask in Illustrator?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Drop down Menu: Object > Clipping Mask > Make.<\/li>\n<li>Shortcut Key: Command > 7.<\/li>\n<li>Layer Panel: Make\/Release Clipping Mask icon at the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>Right click: highlight all objects and select Make Clipping Mask.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the Eraser Tool to erase brush strokes, pencil paths, or vector shapes. Simply select the Eraser Tool (Shift + E) from the toolbar, and brush on the areas that you want to erase. When you erase on path or shape, you&#8217;re dividing them into different parts. Amazingly, can you erase part of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}