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8. Click near the top point of the white flame area (inside the first path) and
drag to create the white inner shape in the fire icon.

Use the Pencil tool Note:
to draw this shape.
Pressing the Option/
Alt key while you drag
with the Pencil tool
9. Using the Rectangle tool, draw the gray bar below the fire shape. places an anchor point
at the location of the
10. In the Layers panel, delete the Template campfire.jpg layer. cursor when you press the

11. Expand the Icon Art layer if necessary. modifier key.
If you hold down the
Option/Alt key while
dragging, you can draw
a straight line with the
tool. When you release the
modifier key, an anchor
point ends the straight
segment; continuing to
drag resumes drawing a
12. Use the Selection tool to select all three shapes of the icon art. Change the path in whatever shape
fill color to black and the stroke color to None.
you drag.
When all three objects are filled, you can’t see the inner shape at the top of the flame.

13. Choose Object>Compound Path>Make.
A compound path is a single shape made up of more than one path. Compound paths
usually have inner “empty” areas, such as the letter O or Q.
This option combines all three selected shapes into a single shape; the area of the smaller
top shape is removed from the larger shape behind it.

All shapes that are
part of the compound
path are combined
into a single object.

As a compound path, the top shape is
knocked out from the bottom shape.

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