How to cut out an image / object in Illustrator CC 2018

In this step by step Illustrator CC 2018 tutorial we will teach you how to cut out an object within an image in Illustrator CC in order to remove it's background and export it as a PNG file with transparency ( Cut out an image with Illustrator ), for this Illustrator tutorial we will use the pen tool to cut out a portion of the image and put it on a different layer, the end result will be removing the object from the rest of the background ( It shows you how to remove the background in Illustrator AKA cutting out an object).

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I love your tutorials. No fluff, no filler and its super clear. I also like the fact that you zoom in to the specific area of the software interface that you're clicking.

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No bs intro, no talking, straight to the point and precise instructions. This alone deserves a like. Well done good sire. 🙆

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Finally, a video tutorial that's easy to follow! After long hunting, I am so grateful to find this. Thank you!

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I looked at so many videos and tutorials, even from Adobe themselves. This has been the only one that actually showed me how to do it in a way I could understand. Thank you!!

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[DuyTran-sslu]

For those of you who want to cut the background with multiple paths, not just 1 path like in the video, just select all the paths, use pathfinder tool (or Shift + M) to remove small paths then they become 1 compound path. Then Clipping Mask -> Make like the video.

[brendaspeirs]

I have tried to learn how to do this numerous times and the videos I found were always so confusing I'd give up. This is perfect!! Thank you so much for sharing. I was able to follow along and immediately got the results I was after!

[flippy]

Nothing in Illustrator is simple, this is literally one button in PS 😡

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I have been struggling to figure out how to make this by my own but then I found your video it really a big help, only one try and I make it. Im crying thank you.

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Finally a tutorial with zoomed details, so I can see what do I have to click on :) Thank you very much it was very helpful.

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I’ve come back here like 30 times because I can’t remember how to do this. Your video is easy and to the point. Thanks for making it.

[SrtKillz]

Thank you, so much for this. I’ve looked at other Adobe videos, and I could never get a accurate or even a straight forward way, to basically cut/copy a specific part of the image. With beginners, we know what we visually want, but don’t know the graphics vocabulary to ask the right question, which is very frustrating, when many you tubers largely take advantage of that. Your video just answered a question I have trying to figure out ( on Adobe, by myself) for over a month 😳. Thank you, again. Subscribed

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Such an awesome instructional video. Easy and concise. Thank you. More folks should make their videos this easy to understand.

[UnseenPeoples]

This is the first video of the 6 videos I watched that really helped me. Perfect explanation! Thanks and subscribed!
Could you tell us something about the layers work in illustrator? I just started for 1month

[dariodefendi]

thank you!!!! very clear, no stupid musik, no long talking and boring presentation!!! AWESOME!!!

[ananyamitra]

I always use photoshop but I didn't have it installed and I urgently wanted to remove the background. Thank you so much for the easy and quick tutorial. Saved my day!

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