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when using illustrator you may find
times when you want to cut a shape in
half or cut a piece off of a shape as if
you were cutting it with a knife luckily
you can easily do this in Illustrator
first make a shape that you would like
to cut then make a line using the line
tool in the place where you would like
the cut to occur then select both this
line and your shape and head up to
window and then down to Pathfinder today
we will be selecting divide which is the
farthest icon to the left under
pathfinders once you click this you will
see a split in your shape occur so grab
your direct selection tool and now you
can take and move the pieces apart this
method works on limited time so feel
free to keep dividing and slicing up
your objects in Illustrator this has
been a 60 second tutorial by River City
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