Questions tagged [clipping-mask]
A clipping mask is a layer whose content and transparency is used to control what is visible in the masked layer(s), in a non-destructive way.
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I'm trying to put a image of my logo over a can of pepsi in real life but I can make it mask behind my thumb in Illustrator [closed]
I'm trying to put a logo onto a real-life can I am holding for a school project.
I have already colored out the rest of the can but I can't put the logo on as it covers my thumb. On this answer it ...
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Illustrator: how to avoid extra white space after export
I am new to Illustrator and need to export artwork to JPG format, but getting some white space around the artwork when exporting.
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Illustrator - Clipping Mask inside a Bubble font
From looking at this screenshot, I would like to put the pattern inside the text but keep the thick black outline. It is a bubble writing font. I have created 2 layers. One for the text, one for the ...
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Border around artwork when exporting Illustrator
I've had a continual issue with exporting Illustrator documents and getting a border around the artwork.
See image attached.
The artboard is 1080 x 1080 pixels. I created a background box filled ...
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How can I apply a scatter brush effect only inside paths in Adobe Illustrator?
hello
i'm a beginner learning drawing on Illustrator
i'd like apply a scatter brush to an object and remove outside the paths
i did it once on draw inside mode and it never happened again
anyone know ...
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Illustrator - Clipping mask has untidy edges
I'm attempting to draw a basic "armorial achievement" (aka a "coat of arms"). I have a shield outlined with a bold stroke and there is a diagonal white stripe that passes through the shield.
I used ...
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Can I clip on all objects at once using Inkscape?
I have created a poster using several objects throughout several layers. I would like to export the final document with a small, white padding. Can I use Inkscape's clipping functionality to create a ...
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Inkscape - Moving objects inside clipping group
I have an image clipped inside a rectangle shape, how can I move the image inside without affecting the rectangle shape?
Maybe it is a simple operation but I already search for hours without a right ...
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How do I get a clipping mask to actually cut strokes
I have some map data that I've pulled together from openstreetmap, which has streets marked up as paths. Now, I need to clip the paths with a clipping mask.
Clips to
As noted above, the streets ...
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Can't move the bottom layer of a clipping mask
I wanted to apply a gaussian blur filter to just a recatngle area across a picture, so I duplicated the background layer, converted it for smart filters, used Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur, then ...
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How can I use clipping masks in libre software without side effects when creating a print-ready EPS file for fabric?
I'm creating a vintage style design for a t-shirt with a weathered texture.
I heard that inkscape can't create print ready EPS files as it converts everything into raster files, then throw them all ...
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Is it possible to use a group as one of the layers in a clipping group?
To make it perfectly clear - there are two types of layers in a clipping group
One layer which determines the boundaries of the group
One or more layers above 1. which "pour into" the boudaries set ...
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How to mask a group?
I have a bunch of groups and I want to mask them using a shape.
Is there any way to do that?
(Without having to rasterize or unwrap the layers)
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Copying/pasting (or transferring) clipping masked image Illustrator to Photoshop
Little question about working between Illustrator and Photoshop when using clipping masks over images (photograph Jpeg).
I have created a layout in Illustrator, and am trialling different Jpeg ...
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Shape looks cut off / cropped - different problem?
https://sky-walker.net/temp/test/liquid.svg
The problem is similar to this:
Shape looks cut off / cropped
I have tried:
saving the file and reopening - unfortunately it does not help.
menu Object /...
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How do I turn a clippath into vectors?
I am new to inkscapeand have the following problem:
I need to generate an svg image which does not contain a clippath - only vectors.
But I used a clip mask to create a shaped pattern from an outline ...
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Place image on text with effects - Adobe Illustrator
I have a logo where I have applied effects to the text. I have a transparent image of some stars I would like to apply over the text but when I create a clipping mask it removes the colour of the text....
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Releasing Masks in Sketch
I'm working on a library in Sketch, an I have made the icons with color masks, but I need to change them to color styles.
Is there any way to release mask in a group of icons at once?
Thank you
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Can't create the right clipping mask
I'm trying to use a clipping mask to fill a design I've been working on. So far, when I clip them I get the message that the top object is very complex. When I press yes to go ahead, the outline, and ...
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Why does my clipping mask not work?
I've been looking for a while and i haven't found an answer so far,
So i make a compound path of all the paths in "quentin" , and then convert it to a clipping mask in Layer 1.
Then i dragged the ...
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Clipping mask doesn't work in Illustrator
I have this repeat pattern I wanted to use over a blank square, which is a merged layer of the same symbol over and over again. but every time I press Object-Clipping Mask-Make it just results in a ...
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How can I use multiple layers as a subtractive mask for a single layer in After Effects?
I am trying use the three lines as a subtractive mask for the circle. Each line is it's own layer that animates over the circle.
What I tried:
1.) Using TrkMat to mask the one of the lines. (this ...
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How to remove background from a complex figure?
I want to remove the background from this cartoon image :-
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I have made outline with the bezier tool.
But when i am filling the color in it, it is not filling the whole image.:-
and that's why ...
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Interlacing Letter Objects Using Transparency Mask?
I'm interested in preserving the object integrity of the two letters in the image on the left. However, I would like to interlace the letters in the same manner as the image on the right without ...
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How to use Clip and Set in Inkscape by filling only the borders of the object, not the interior
I want to fill the outline of my object with another image. If I use Clip & Set, my object gets all filled.
My current object is a cat:
The black color should be replaced by an image, the ...
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How to delete inside part of a photo in Adobe Illustrator
I am very new to Illustrator so sorry for the simple question. I wanted to delete an inside part of an image and I cannot find a way to do that.
I already used the Clipping Mask to delete the ...
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How to create text clipping mask with Adobe XD?
How can I create text clipping masks with Adobe XD? I know you can do this with images, but how about with text?
I know this is possible to do with other Adobe software, but I'd prefer not to install ...
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What is Clipping mask?
I am really new to Illustrator. I was going throught Qs and As on this site when i came across "clipping mask". Please what tool is that and how do i use it?
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Photoshop - Export Asset with multiple clipping masks
How could I export all my clipping masks (the clipping masks in different colors and pattern - 32 clipping masks) in one go with a single asset/model?
My normal approach is to export manually, one by ...
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What is a clipping path?
Someone wants me to produce "clipping courses" in photos. I've never heard the term before.
What does it mean?
What does this process involve?
I have the ability to do plenty of things that I ...
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Masking an image using a shape with layer style in Photoshop
I am working on a UI design in Photoshop CC 2019. I have an image and I would like to mask it with a shape. Masking works fine with the shape. But if I applied some layer style like gradient or color ...
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Photoshop: Is it possible to “apply” a clipping mask?
Is it possible to "apply" a clipping mask, just like I can apply a layer mask? Let's say I have two layers like this:
(I know it's ugly but it makes my point clearer)
When I create a clipping mask ...
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Clipping mask over photo doesn't show in PDF
I created a design where there is a clipping mask over a photo. When I save the AI file as a pdf the full photo shows without the clipping mask. I have tried to save it a variety of different ways ...
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Can't get clipping mask to work for custom shape
I am trying to make a fairly simple image design. Its a versus poster where there will be an image on the left and an opposing one on the right. An angled line goes down the middle to separate them. ...
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Clipping Mask makes coloured box disappear
I'm having issues with Adobe Illustrator clipping mask.
I'm learning as I go and have a created a masking path to work with a coloured rectangle. However, whenever I select 'Make Clipping Mask', the ...
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How to make this white?
I am making a reverse logo but am running some issues. Can anyone help me figure out how to make this zero in this logo white, just like the draft picture.
Thank you.
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White spaces in clipping mask of just gradient and compound mask?
How do I take these annoying spaces away? I thought it was a preview error. But I moved it and it stayed in the exact same place.
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Clipping Mask Questions - Beginner - Adobe Illustrator
I'm new here, so I am really sorry if this question has been already asked, but I can't seem to find an exact answer to my situation...
I'm relatively new to Illustrator, and have never really ...
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Why is there a faint line around my clipping mask
This image was constructed with a gradient-filled circle with the white-filled art on top (no strokes). Then I copied the circle to the top of the layer and applied a clipping mask to trim the edges ...
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How to take a circle out of a scene on Adobe Illustrator?
I have made a few mountains, but I want them to fit nicely inside a hexagon:
So, I want to take a circle out of them, only render what’s inside the circle, and erase whatever is outside.
I’ve tried ...
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How to clip multiple lines with multiple polygons in Illustrator
I have two layers - one layer that is a map of rivers (the lines), and a second layer that is a map of the catchment basins (the polygons in yellow). I intend to make a colourful map where the rivers ...
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Easier or smarter method to apply a texture over multiple layered parts of an image
Because I don't have the artistic talent needed, I often Google random images with the overall shape I need/want and modify it by recolouring or by applying "textures" — quotes because I'm using this ...
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How to change everything white in a design to a texture image
I have a design I'm updating and it seems the previous designer was able to replace everything set to white in the Illustrator file to show up with a kraft background instead:
If you triple-click on ...
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Clip out the part of an image in Inkscape
How could I clip out the yellow part of the image below?
Here is what I tried.
Select the yellow part and the image itself.
Go to Object->Clip->Set. And here is what I am getting.
As you can see ...
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Dieline and .eps file: Clipping Mask
I create a simple dieline, wrapping around is a .eps file (freepix by Creative Hat), but I cant use clipping mask to wrap.
Appreciate, if someone can point me in the right direction?
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Issue with strokes switching orientation in Illustrator CC
I designed a logo in Illustrator CC. Everything looks fine until I zoom out. When I reach 33.33% the areas with the fine strokes change orientation, they reverse (these were created from clipping ...
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Complex Composition with Clipping mask
I want to achieve an effect, of a country map (Greece in black background) with thin parallel white lines running through the map (for visualization, you can think it will be similar to IBM Logo -but ...
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Why doesn't my masked object have a stroke from the object it's in?
I have a group which has a stroke applied:
And I want to mask part of an object to change the color on part of it. But when I mask the two objects, it stops applying the stroke to that object.
Is ...
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In Illustrator, can I make Envelope Distort with Top Object ignore clipped art?
This is a recurring problem for me which has cropped up again recently.
I have a rectangular object, a clipping mask with shapes inside, which needs to be warped to a very specific shape using the ...
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Inkscape: clip imported raster just inside colored line
here's a map of a country with a red border:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Congo_Kinshasa_Topography.png
i've imported the .png and now want to clip it to just show what's ...
