Knocking out a texture in a pice of art

How do you knock out a texture in a piece of art so that it seperates and one piece of art is left?
I am trying the pathfinder but can't seem to get it to seperate so I am left with one piece of art.

There's a couple of different ways ( i.e., compound paths, masks, clipping paths, etc. ). You do not specify if it is vector art or bitmap art. If it's vector, you could create a compound path / mask combo because you want the inside shape gone. First, I'd create the outside shape and then the inside shape > make sure the inside shape is on top > choose Object > Compound Path. Then, select Object > Make Clipping Mask. The same method could be used for bitmap artwork, but you might have better results using Photoshop.

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Sorry if the thread title is rather oblique but I'm having a little trouble articulating what my issue is.
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welcome to the might Photoshop bug since PS 6.0. here is a quick fix short of recreating the path from scratch:
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photoshop 6:
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http://www.m-server.de/m_g/Knockout-cs5.ai
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Hi,
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