Gradient fill and trim

I am trying to create a logo from an ellipse which has a radial fill. The 
idea is to cut out letters so that I end up with two parts - an ellipse with 
letter cutouts (a stencil effect) and the letters - that if put back 
together would make a seamless, solid elipse again.

Making the stencil part is easy using trim. Making the letters is difficult 
as if I trim away the excess ellipse the fill in the remaining letters 
alters so that it will no longer match up if I place the letters back into 
the stencil. I can mimic the correct effect by making a mask to cover the 
ellipse and leave only the letters showing. This however means that I can't 
position the letters over any other graphics as the mask shows. I have tried 
converting the letters to a bitmap and removing the background in Photoshop 
but the bitmap conversion process alters the colour of the letters.

What I need to do is fix the fill in the ellipse without converting to a 
bitmap so that I can still work on it with  trim etc. Any ideas much 
appreciated. 

On  4-Apr-2007, "Allan Lhermette" <alhermette@hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> What I need to do is fix the fill in the ellipse without converting to a
> bitmap so that I can still work on it with  trim etc. Any ideas much
> appreciated.

Sorry, an example? also bitmap, I do not understand  8(

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The attached file shows the problem where I have cut out a letter "J"

and reinserted it back into the ellipse. You can clearly see how the 
fill has altered in the letter and does not match that of the original 
ellipse.



Lurker wrote:
> On  4-Apr-2007, "Allan Lhermette" <alhermette@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> CUT
> 
>> What I need to do is fix the fill in the ellipse without converting to
a
>> bitmap so that I can still work on it with  trim etc. Any ideas much
>> appreciated.
> 
> Sorry, an example? also bitmap, I do not understand  8(
> 

Thank you for help Peter the result is just what I was looking for but 
have never come across powerclip.

Many thanks

Allan

Peter Clifton wrote:
> Allan Lhermette spoke unto the group and said...
>> The attached file shows the problem where I have cut out a letter
"J" 
>> and reinserted it back into the ellipse. You can clearly see how the 
>> fill has altered in the letter and does not match that of the original

>> ellipse.
> 
> Look at the attached example
> 
> Select the left filled ellipse and powerclip it inside ellipse with j 
> shaped hole.
> 
> Select the right filled ellipse and powerclip it inside the J shape.
> 
> Give resultant powerclip object no outline.
> 
> The bottom shape shows the result.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Peter

Allan Lhermette spoke unto the group and said...
> The attached file shows the problem where I have cut out a letter
"J" 
> and reinserted it back into the ellipse. You can clearly see how the 
> fill has altered in the letter and does not match that of the original 
> ellipse.

Look at the attached example

Select the left filled ellipse and powerclip it inside ellipse with j 
shaped hole.

Select the right filled ellipse and powerclip it inside the J shape.

Give resultant powerclip object no outline.

The bottom shape shows the result.

HTH

Peter