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Old 03-29-2019, 01:19 PM   #1
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Question Adobe Illustrator Help: Patterns and Fills

I'm reaching out to my fellow designers out there, as I'm having difficulties with something seemingly simple in the latest version of Adobe Illustrator CC...

I have a pattern that I created from an L shape outlined with a blue stroke:

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The fill of each L shape is transparent.

What I want to do is fill in the spaces between each L with the blue colour while keeping the interior of each L transparent.

I've attempted to turn a rectangle filled with the pattern into a live paint group, or to turn it into a clipping mask, but nothing seems to work.

If anyone could offer any guidance, I would be very grateful. I'm pulling my hair out over this, haha!
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Old 03-29-2019, 01:54 PM   #2
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I think you would have to fill the L shape before making the pattern.
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Old 03-30-2019, 08:55 AM   #3
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I think you would have to fill the L shape before making the pattern.
I'm trying that, but I still can't seem to get it working.

I actually was (sort of) able to do what I wanted in Photoshop with the Magic Wand. However, that required rasterizing the L shape.

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I'm really curious more than frustrated. There must be a way to do that in Illustrator, I figure.
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Old 03-30-2019, 09:39 AM   #4
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Make a blue square that exactly matches the dimensions of the L shape and place it behind your shape. Use your shape to punch two holes into the square where you want it to be transparent. Create your pattern from that square with the transparency.

Will that work?
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Your initial spoiler image doesn't seem to be working, so its hard to see exactly what you want, but this looks like something to do with one of the Pathfinder shape tools.
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You can view the original here, it can't be embedded due to cloudflare protection.:


https://cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019...2c444-full.png
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Kipper, I could probably figure it out for you if you send me the AI file.
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I just tried it now that I am at work with Illustrator. Basically create your L pattern, draw a box behind it filled in. Then select everything and click the far right pathfinder (exclude on my version). Then re-select fill. Voila.
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Yeah, that was basically what I was thinking would work. One of the pathfinder tools almost always does the job.
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Old 04-01-2019, 11:16 AM   #10
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Yup, I usually just click through until I find the right one!
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Thank you everyone for your help. I'm occupied with other things at the moment, but I'll try to work it out tomorrow. Table 5, I'll send you a PM if I can't get it going.
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