Illustrator CS beginner questions * How do I........?

(1) How do I cut an object in half?


(2) How do I get rid of the black edge surrounding the object?


(3) How do I cut a small portion from a photo (I want to cut my dog's body from a photo and paste it to the illustrator document, can I do that?)





Thanks so much :xIllustrator CS beginner questions * How do I........?
1) draw a line through the object. go to window%26gt;%26gt;pathfinder. Select the object(s) and line. Click ';Divide'; in the pathfinder tool pallette. Should be the first option. Leave the object(s) and line selected. Go to Object%26gt;%26gt;expand (a menu should pop up that asks you if you want to expand the line and object, click OK) then Object%26gt;%26gt;Ungroup. Click on the line only and delete it out. Now you have the two pieces on either side. This also works with two objects that are laying on top of eachother.





2) Dont understand. If you are talking about a shape then in your tool pallete you need to click on the outline color and make it ';none'; by selecting the box with a line through it. If you are importing a picture then you need to take it to photoshop and erase. If you are exporting a picture and want to get rid of the background then save it by file%26gt;%26gt;export%26gt;%26gt; and make it a png file.





3) use photoshop and erase what you dont need. save the file as a tiff or jpeg. open it in an illustrator document. ';copy'; the image and ';paste'; it into your document.