How to get a single path cut through?

Easel
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Hey gang,

What’s the trick to cutting out a shape on the line without making multiple paths?

Here you can see two blue lines.

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Here’s what I get under cut settings,

On Path: cuts in two paths
Outline: cuts in two wider paths
Inside: creates a red line that won’t cut
Outside: creates red line that won’t cut
Fill: seems to be a possibility, but does not have tabs

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All I want to do is cut through the outside of the California shape on one path instead of two paths. Thanks for any insight!

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To me, it looks like Easel is treating the California outline as a shape/rectangle and not as one big shape which is why you see the two lines. You’d want a filled in state shape and then set that to outline cut.

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Thanks guys, that really helped me understand how it works.

I filled in the image with a solid color and then uploaded it to the image trace. This time it traces/outlines it perfectly.

Thanks again!