There are three ways to dismantle a shape. Breaking, Splitting, and Layering.
BREAK
When you break a shape, every inner shape becomes its own entity allowing you to move, size, remove
or reuse any part of a shape you want.
LAYER
When you layer a shape, you end up with two separate entities: the background and the foreground. This
is useful if you want to take a single shape and turn it into two separate colors giving the shape more depth.
You can break, layer and split the resulting layers.
SPLIT
When you split a shape, every shape that isn't inside another shape becomes its own entity. This is useful
when you want to split apart text. You can break, layer and split the resulting entities.
If you are still having problems, please watch the video tutorials for
more help.