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Remember to start and stop on the same anchor point. Setting up Layer Options to create a Template layer with the image dimmed to 50% Create a New Layer from the Layers panel Create a new layer above this template layer.

Double-click the icon in the Layer panel and click on the “Template” checkbox.

For beginning students, it is recommended to embed images, or keep “Link” unchecked. However, linked files must remain available on the hard disk or in the folder, in the same relative position as they were when the relationship between the linked image and Illustrator® file was created in order to view and print the Ai document. Linking files can be useful as the images are not actually stored in the Illustrator® document, so the file size of the Ai document is not affected by large images. Watch Out: The “link” checkbox in the Place dialog box is used to link (when checked) or embed (when unchecked) the image file in the Illustrator® document.

Choose File > Place to place the image of the hand (ch6-hand.psd) on the new layer.

Name and save your file as ch6-clippath-hand.ai. You may change the unit of measure to Inches.

Start with a new print document in Adobe® Illustrator® set to standard letter size dimensions.

First the Pen Tool will be used to draw a path around the arm, then the resultant path will be used as a clipping mask to hide the rest of the photograph. Included in the files for this chapter is a photograph of a hand in front of a flat wall (ch6-hand.psd is a Photoshop® document). They are commonly used on photograhic images to “remove the background” from a figure in the image. A clipping mask is used to redefine which parts of an object are revealed to the viewer.

The Pen Tool is often used in combination with images or vector art to create clipping masks. Plagiarism may result in banning.įLAMING, HARASSING, OR DISCRIMINATING against another user may result in banning.6.5 Exercise 5: Tracing an image and creating a clipping mask Clipping Masks

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