Creating Fill Around Objects

[PaulMcAlenan]

One might think it convoluted but I often use this curious feature of Layout to do what you are asking about ( at least if I understand you correctly ):

Layout Clipping Masking

Here’s something curious I stubbled upon years ago but recently realised it was useful for creating a more complex clipping mask. ( Has this been posted about before? ) So, from an exploded vector rendered viewport I was able to extract the following group, but is it a ‘group’…? [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130206] [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130238] For clarity I applied a stroke and turned off fill… [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130339] I can use this to create a clipping mask… [Screenshot 2021-05-2…