20 years. That is how long it did not know how to do this! 20 years ago I decided "crop doesn't work" and never even see that button now. It was because I had always done it with the clipping mask IN the group! Thanks!
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help! Thanks for your comment too!
@tessellatiaartilery81972 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this stellar explanation. I was having difficulties stripping down some masked objects insides symbols until I watched this. I learnt some bonus things too - Opacity issues in groups, expanding strokes to get the desired end result in some cases. Most worthwhile ten minutes of the week watching your video. Do keep up the great work, it's much appreciated!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
So happy to hear this helped you.
@mattkemp19022 жыл бұрын
You have saved me so much time with this astonishingly simple trick. You've allowed me to rescue a wrecked pdf and saved me a lot of hassle.
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to hear that.
@kernow-alan8 ай бұрын
4 year old video, but a lifsaver for me, it was driving me crazy, with the clipping still there with svg files, this solved that. Thank you
@HelenBradley8 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@aprilrotelli4 жыл бұрын
Thank you this helped so much. I had a clipping mask on and was trying to export SVG but the mask wasn't applying. I did this and it solved the problem. Thanks!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that you found out what was causing your issues April. Best of luck with your SVGs in future.
@rabbit45352 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. It was very helpful. I was finally able to remove the excess parts that were not part of the clipped mask. Thank you so much.
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@546573573456 Жыл бұрын
Finally got this to work for complex shape I was dealing with. Make sure that the path (your outline) has a fill before you use pathfinder.
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this and adding to the discussion!
@KaraStarSWN238 ай бұрын
I've spent the past 2 hours trying to get pathfinder clip to work and I saw this comment and made sure my path had a fill like you said and that was what FINALLY made it work... thank you random youtube commenter... I owe u my life...
@cassieberg55544 ай бұрын
Same - my issue was that I had strokes. I had to select my group and expand objects! Then it worked with no fill needed!
@_aiborie4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god almost wasted a day figuring this out, thank goodness I found this tutorial!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@_aiborie4 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley You're a lifesaver! Subscribed 💗
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to help.
@tobycd57604 жыл бұрын
I found this super helpful and was exactly what I'd been searching for! Thanks for the great tutorials :D
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Awesome news!
@melinamelina69972 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for creating this video! Actually learned how to use clipping mask and crop tool, I have been using Pathfinder before 😄
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@officialcisko4 жыл бұрын
I can always count on you for illustrator “how to “ videos. Thank you!!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! I am so happy you like my videos!
@emanabdelraouf17024 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Helen excellent tips. five stars for the tip about cropping objects with trnasperency
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
I am glad you liked the video Eman - you're right - that transparency problem will cause issues if you're not aware of it.
@thesmuuuuggh Жыл бұрын
amazingly helpful as I put together massive large format graphics. Thank you.
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@involutionOcean3 жыл бұрын
This was very useful, thanks. I've kinda ignored the crop operation, silly of me I know. The awesome developers at Astute, who make a fantastic suite of plugins for Illustrator, have been working on their own version of pathfinder via their Astui research and API project. It's on the backburner right now but I think it's coming. I think their aim is to make their own and more sophisticated pathfinder palette that would work as you'd expect, rather than all this messing around. In the background it'll probably be doing automatically all the things you had to manually do here, but in the blink of an eye.
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
That sounds like it will be an amazing plug-in. In the meantime at least you know how to do it the hard way.
@lindajayneclark7674 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate you, Helen. you are so helpful in so many of your videos. Thx!!!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Linda, thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
@tlaide94824 жыл бұрын
Perfectly clear instructions for exactly what I needed (getting rid of everything outside the bounds of a clipping mask)!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@teabagNBG4 жыл бұрын
i used the pathfinder anyways lol but still i like the method to remove the no fill no stroke shapes.... u learn something new everytime :D thanks
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Yes I’m still a Pathfinder user but sometimes another tool is just a bit better for an obscure task like this.
@jesuspereiraoficial4 жыл бұрын
Very good info about Clipping Mask in Illustrator. Thanks
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jesús!
@chazdesimone73062 жыл бұрын
I had a favorite teacher, Mrs. Hix, in 4th grade. She explained everything clearly, thoroughly, and with a pleasant voice and warm personality. She is still my favorite teacher of all time, and I'm 70 years old. You are my new favorite teacher. Obviously, Mrs. Hix wasn't teaching computer graphics 60 years ago. I have one question related to this: besides "cleaning things up," is it advantageous to crop the extraneous stuff-does it conserve memory, file size, other resources? Thanks. (I liked, of course, and subscribed.)
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear this Chaz. I am thrilled to join the team along with Mrs Hix. The reason people will remove extra stuff is typically just for neatness. For your own use you might not bother, but if you are selling stock art, for example, having a clipping mask in a file to 'neaten things up' is a big NO. No one wants to buy messy artwork and some stock sites just plain wouldn't accept your work. When you are selling art you aren't just selling one image, you're typically trying to build a worthwhile brand and you are unlikely to get repeat customers if your artwork looks like spaghetti. Neat, well labelled, trimmed, clean artwork is a thing of beauty and so much easier to work with as a consumer. For your own use, if you come back at a later time to change something you'll also appreciate things well ordered and neat. It will conserve some file size but, with vectors, file size is typically not a huge issue.
@sunsterv12 жыл бұрын
Thank you Helen - really helpful and clear turorial!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
@Raidoven2 жыл бұрын
2:02, very good time saving tip, thanks! although it does get rid of masks which arent the main clipping mask
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it does, it crops everything.
@argststr3 жыл бұрын
Thanks to explain everything in simple way!
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@Intrapath2 жыл бұрын
Great video, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear.
@Daniele.Rossini2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Helen!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Glad to be of help.
@Palasstuffs4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. perfect video Right to the point an multiple examples well explained. Thank you
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@jeansienkin13 сағат бұрын
Thanks, exactly what I needed to know!
@JoeBodego4 жыл бұрын
Nice tutorial, i use the shape builder tool for this
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
That's a great alternative Joe. I just tried it to see how it would work on that pattern with transparency and it worked great in the sense that it didn't have problems with the object that had transparency applied at a group level - so that makes it a valid option in that sense. That said, I still have a one pixel size shape somewhere around the outside of where the clipping mask is/was that will take me some time to find and remove. In the meantime I don't have my seamless repeat tile - instead, when I use my object as a pattern fill the result has a whopping big white line through it. So I like your option for big simple shapes but I am thinking this option will work better for detailed/complex ones. I would have had a working result in a few minutes with my method on that complex pattern - with your method, I'm still trying to find really small pixel size objects :(
@skalzangotsal43184 жыл бұрын
Thanks🙏nice and helpful tutorial.
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
So glad you liked this.
@cristinaacosta1232 жыл бұрын
thanks so Much for your explication, just what i needed!! Blessings
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear this.
@disidentnongrata30911 ай бұрын
Thanks Mrs Helen, grat useful tutorial
@HelenBradley11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Buracodogalo3 жыл бұрын
Such a complete video, amazing, thanks!!!
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Fabiano
@MaggiieBabiiee3 жыл бұрын
I am trying to get rid of my background a photo, and I have made the mask around the face that I want to keep. I need the background gone, because I need the file as an SVG - but when you have a mask, you still see the whole image when looking at is as an SVG file in another program. The crop is not working on my image - it this because my mask isn't some sort of rectangle?
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is, and it's because you are using an image rather than vector shapes. Is there a reason you aren't using Photoshop for example?
@MaggiieBabiiee3 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley thank you for replying! simply because I’m used to using illustrator rather than the photoshop. I normal don’t use actual photos, but this project requires me to. Am I able to do what I need in photoshop?
@SharWilsonGitxsanArtist Жыл бұрын
Hi, when I try to do this, my whole design disappears. I took a look at the layers and I cannot see anything that would cause this - before I crop all layers look identical to your layers panel. I do have compound elements in the clipped group but they are simply strokes and no fill. My whole design is all stroke and no fill. Any advice? PS, thanks for sharing your knowledge with me - you helped me more than you can imagine
@HelenBradley4 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure you can’t do this with strokes. I think you’ll need filled shapes.
@moroco.design4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, Helen! Thanks!!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
So glad you liked this!
@israrmalik43364 жыл бұрын
so helpfull
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you liked this Israr.
@DisneyUpBoilerUp Жыл бұрын
I think I'm dragging the wrong part out. When I crop, everything disappears, including the piece I want to keep. :/ The only 2 items I have in the group are the clipped piece I want, and another piece that looks like the no fill/no stroke shapes at 2:32. I'm thinking I did something wrong, lol. If I delete the no fill shape, it deletes the mask and makes the piece I want clipped whole again. lol. I'm a mess. UPDATE: I got it to work, but no idea what I did, lol. All good though. Thanks for the video's I refer to you channel often.
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
I am so glad you got this to work. One thing to look out for with the Crop tool is sometimes it "double crops" so it does it twice and not once with disastrous results. Undoing and doing it again very slowly and carefully sometimes works. Just a thought.
@B___86 Жыл бұрын
Helen, if you select 'Trim' from Pathfinder options instead of 'Crop' it seems to work without additional steps. This video is older, so I was wondering if you've tried that out?
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
That's awesome Brandon. I just tried it and it works a treat. I don't think it is the age of the video just that I wasn't aware of this tool. I'll look to making a new video on this as it is super handy! Interestingly it doesn't work like the crop tool so it doesn't work in other situations the same way the Crop tool does but it works so well for Clipping Masks! Thank you.
@B___86 Жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Awesome! You're welcome. :]
@sushmithajanakiram90883 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. This really helped.
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@alishahraizo4 жыл бұрын
thanks
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by my channel.
@jayhive48844 жыл бұрын
This has been really helpful! Thank youuuu!!!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@oscarnmhaffmans7 ай бұрын
Other way I achieve this: Draw an Artboard as close as possible around the Clipped Art. Fit Clipping Object in Artboard. Select Art. Choose: Export Selection.
@HelenBradley7 ай бұрын
That sounds like an interesting alternative. Thank you so much for the information.
@GiselleWorldVlogАй бұрын
Hi I would like to know how to do that when I have a clipping mask but its from an embelmed image and not vectors.
@HelenBradleyАй бұрын
I’m sorry. It can’t be done with bitmap images - only with vectors.
@zacharydeegan881716 күн бұрын
Does this work if the area behind the mask is an image? I'm trying to crop images using a clipping path and delete all of the image outside of the path. This technique doesn't seem to want to work (unless I am doing something wrong).
@HelenBradley15 күн бұрын
It doesn’t work on bitmap images so you’re not going to be able to do that in illustrator. You’d really need to be using Photoshop.
@samanthacampos23072 жыл бұрын
When I try to do it with a gradiet mesh, and try to remove all the content outside the rectangle with crop, it says "The filter produced no results please select two overlapping paths" :(
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Samantha, Gradient Meshes are very complex so you'd need to expand the mesh before removing the content outside the clipping mask.
@Silenceguy_d67h2 жыл бұрын
thank you
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@MlleCrazyPicz10 ай бұрын
THANK YOU !
@HelenBradley10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@aimee99254 жыл бұрын
Hi Helen, not sure if you've covered this before, was wondering if you could cover how to do lines with a slight bend/curve to them (i.e. longitude/latitude lines on a map). Not sure if it'd be best to do a big grid or do the lines individually and then manipulate them somehow. That'd be great thanks. :)
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
That’s a great idea Aimee. I’ll add that to my to do list!
@tattookt42624 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the help!! ❤️
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@MitchHeil4 жыл бұрын
This apparently only works with shapes or closed and filled paths but not single line stroked paths?
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
You are so right. You really have to be careful with single line stroked paths as they don't work the same as filled shapes. Also, anything with a stoke on it will behave weirdly if it overlaps the edge of the clipping mask.
@MitchHeil4 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley do you have any suggestions or solutions? I only want single line paths. I do laser cutting and i need the "junk" removed because it just wastes laser time and manually selecting and deleting is time consuming and tedious
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
If you select everything and expand it then you should be able to get rid of the 'junk' - basically you would expand lines and stroked paths to all filled shapes. Test that on a duplicate of your file (because it's a one way process!) and see if that works.
@DanPollino4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video! For some reason it doesn't seem to work on a clipped image group. Is there any way to outline a clipped image so I can cut it with a laser? Thanks so much!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Can you see if this video will help? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6SsmaVuqbh0jJo
@jarrodlim19713 жыл бұрын
Hi Helen! This is really helpful! How do I make transparent of the shape outline after I have cropped it? Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Jarrod, I am not sure what you mean about the shape outline? Can you help me understand and I can perhaps help.
@pseebald12 жыл бұрын
When I hit Crop only my outside shape remains. What am I doing wrong? For example if I want to keep everything inside of a circle and I hit crop my art that I want clipped disappears and my circle remains
@timmytee7342 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Have a problem though. I did this and I would like to split the image then mirror both of them. So I get a kind of a Rorschach affect. None of the cutting/splitting functions seem to work even after I selected all and grouped them. I find no answer to this product anywhere.
@AverageHomeBoy2 жыл бұрын
Normally when this happens, it's because it needs to be expanded/expand appearance.
@melittacampbell58724 жыл бұрын
This video was perfect thanks again
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@Lingatsu Жыл бұрын
Hi, do you know how can I make to make one part of a reunited shape inside and one part outside of my clipping mask please ?
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
I don't believe you can have part of a shape inside a clipping mask and the other part outside without hiding the part outside the mask as that's what masks are for. Or am I mistaking your question?
@Lingatsu Жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Okay too bad, yes that was the question
@danielcoward84962 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your excellent tutorial. Frustratingly for me, I am not getting the desired result? I am producing a repeating background to use as a swatch, the background features a solid colour background and 8 different images created in photoshop positioned and spcaed out over it. Clipping mask steps work as expected however, when I action the crop step the inverse happens, instead of removing the images spilled off the artboard, the background disappears? If you have any insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Daniel - I just ran a test on this for you and the issue is most likely to be that the images you mention which come from Photoshop are actually bitmap images and not vectors. You can't crop bitmap images using the Crop feature - you can use clipping masks though and that's part of your answer. Here is a video which I think will solve your problem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Ozf6uVjZ5sa9U Ignore the Spoonflower focus as the process is the same for any time you need a repeat background to use as a swatch! Best of luck!
@haerijung44313 жыл бұрын
Hi, I've tried my project and it is not working. I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 does this method work on mine too? because I am using vector (I made it from photo) and can't see the clipping mask layer on my layer pannel :(
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
This works on vectors and not on bitmap images. A photo is a bitmap so it won't work for you. Sorry!
@artdsn2 жыл бұрын
great!!!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Glad to be of help.
@adityakusuma24012 жыл бұрын
does it work when we clipping mask a picture ?
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately no. It only works with vectors.
@pattp.73582 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley In this case does the remaining part of the picture that sticks out (invisibly) from the clipping mask have effect on the artboard? Especially when printing will there be any issues? Thank you in advance :)
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Patt, it doesn't. If you save your document as a PNG image it remains transparent around the edges and it doesn't have an effect on the artboard either. It should print as you see it on the screen.
@pattp.73582 жыл бұрын
Thank you 💙 So lucky to have found your channel! Useful contents and covers every necessary details. ☺️
@shellythomas55554 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@keyurparmar54594 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to do this for raster objects?
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Great question. Yes and No! In the most recent versions of Illustrator CC there is a Crop option for bitmap images which does remove the content outside the crop area so that's your best option. I hope this helps?
@heliski9894 жыл бұрын
Helen, I just can not get this to work. Is there a difference in doing it on MacOS than Windows? (im using MacOS.)
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Jonathan it should work in either. When you say you can't get it to work, what exactly is happening? If you can get me more information I might be able to help. You can also send me a copy of your file to helen@helenbradley.com and I'll check it for you if you like.
@icehounddigital4 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Can I send you a copy of my file? I can't get it to work without the colours changing/becoming transparent. I couldn't find any issues with the opacity in the groups etc.
@usmandaud89484 жыл бұрын
When I copy-paste illustrator to photoshop a bounding box show into photoshop it difficult to adjust or place the design in the photoshop.
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
So, you should click the checkmark icon (or press Enter/Return) when you paste it and that should fix the issue so you can work with it. Let me know how you go.
@usmandaud89484 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley where check mark if you understand me make a video and share with me Thanks
@anggarats69094 жыл бұрын
woooow, awesome, thanks :)
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@anggarats69094 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley thanks mom :)
@DonutFilmsCo3 жыл бұрын
How can I make this in Inkscape??
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry, I don't use Inkscape.
@dhanushkaprageeth2924 жыл бұрын
I'm using Illustrator 2020. When I drag and drop the clipping path above the clipping group and click CROP in the pathfinder it doesn't do anything. How can I make the crop work?
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Do you have both the clipping path and the stuff you want to crop selected? You need to select everything. Let me know if this doesn't work?
@dhanushkaprageeth2924 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Yes. The stuff I want to crop is a photo downloaded from the web. Is it make a problem for cropping.
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Ah that is the issue. You can't crop bitmap images using the Crop option in the Pathfinder palette. When you add a bitmap image to Illustrator select it and check the toolbar at the top of the screen for the Crop option. Use it to crop your bitmap. Just be aware that you can only crop it to a square or rectangular shape.
@dhanushkaprageeth2924 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Thanks for your quick reply. I have learned a lot from your tutorials.
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear that.
@Thyco25012 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to invert a clipping mask like in Photoshop?
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Not as such. There is a workaround and to do this I would make a shape the size of the artboard and then create a shape to remove from this to leave a shape to use as a clipping mask. Remove the second from the first and use the remainder as a clipping mask. Think of it as like making a donut shape where the donut is the area you want to keep and the hole is the area to hide. Does that help? This video might help too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnrSpaaQiJ6Hibc
@Thyco25012 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Thank you very much for such a detailed reply! I really appreciate it. Your solution worked perfectly, and your tutorials are amazing!
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear that. Thank you for letting me know that the solution worked for you!
@nacefsofiene48284 жыл бұрын
I don't understand the benefit of this video ? because the user ho create the clipping mask has a goal to keep the elements that contain it, otherwise he use the pathfinder from the beginning!
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
Actually there are a few situations in which this makes really good sense. One is where you inherit something from somebody else that already has a clipping mask that you don’t want to use and you want to delete everything outside it. You might have created a clipping mask and then change your mind and want to get rid of everything outside it. In addition when you create a pattern using the pattern make tool in Illustrator the pattern swatch itself has a clipping mask. In many instances you may want to take your pattern swatch out of the swatches pallet and remove everything outside the clipping mask so that you have a standalone swatch. I also encounter this situation using a template I built for creating mandalas - the clipping mask is crucial for building the effect but, in many situations, once you’ve designed the mandala you want to get rid of everything outside the clipped area so you can make use of the design elements you have created. If these or any other scenario requires you to crop outside a clipping mask - this video will ensure the result is successful. If you never have to do it, hopefully you learned something else of use from this video anyway!
@nacefsofiene48284 жыл бұрын
Helen Bradley thank you, i agree with you now and apreciate your effort...
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
No problems at all, you really made me think about how it might be used - apart from the student questions I have already had on this topic. Now, just in case you're curious (I always am), of the last 10 videos I have launched here on KZbin this one is doing the best in the 1.5 days since launch. It has more viewers than some videos which have been up a week or two. This tells me it will continue to grow an audience faster than is typical for videos on my channel. My guess is that it's a question that a lot of people actually have and that there is no one else out there who has answered it before. It will be interesting to see how much traction it has long term!
@nacefsofiene48284 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley yes, I agree with you and suggest to redo a video about the pathfinder and taking this example as a problem.
@gabrielasimondk4 жыл бұрын
It is actually a very, very useful thing to know how to do. I for instance, use clipping masks a lot when I design motifs for seamless patterns. I love using textures in my motifs, but this means that the file size can get very big very fast, as these motifs will end up repeating multiple times inside the pattern swatch. So, when the motif is done, I always delete the content outside of the clipping mask in order to keep the file size reasonable. It makes my life so, so much easier and my my computer much happier.
@stijnvth3 жыл бұрын
thanks i have learned something ... i hate clipping masks :D
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
I hope this video helped you like them just a bit more?
@stijnvth3 жыл бұрын
@Helen Bradley your video sure did help. Especially the tip of outlining a stroke before trying to use pathfinder -> Divide. It makes so much sense but i didn't really figure it out before. ha. Thank you!
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
So glad to be of help.
@urbanplanninganddesign465111 ай бұрын
U r amazing
@HelenBradley11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@ghaziahanif41273 жыл бұрын
It didnt work in my case may I'm doing something wrong
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
I am sorry. It should work on vector shapes. Are you trying to remove parts of a bitmap image (like a photo) because it won't work on bitmaps - just vectors.
@ghaziahanif41273 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley Thank you for replying I tried with vector shapes too when I crop from the path finder everything goes away
@sams_3d_stuff2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't work for an image sadly.
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are correct, it won't work for images.
@muhammadarie79912 жыл бұрын
Luuv yuu madam❤️❤️❤️❤️
@RealStudBrownie Жыл бұрын
when i go to crop, who entire image is gone. im left with nothing
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
One thing - check you are only single clicking. If you go too fast it can all disappear. Let me know how you go?
@RealStudBrownie Жыл бұрын
i am single clicking. i followed exactly as your video described. but basically i have a topographic pattern that is just paths and/or stokes on one layer. a rectangle on another layer when i performed this action. did not work. so i tried the rectangle on the same layer, also did not worl. the only thing i could think of it my topographic pattern is a bunch of separate paths that make up a compound path. but when i go to crop it, i am left with a black rectangle. the pattern is gone. @@HelenBradley
@HelenBradley Жыл бұрын
It doesn’t work for lines. - only filled shapes. You could expand your pattern of lines and it will work. But that might cause other issues with your design if your lines aren’t lines any longer.
@syednaveedsarfaraz96373 жыл бұрын
for person image not working
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are right. This only works for vector art and not for photographs. There is no way in Illustrator to do this.
@syednaveedsarfaraz96373 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley thankx for replying. Will its effect printing
@HelenBradley3 жыл бұрын
If you just make your clipping mask and don't actually delete the content outside of it, it will print just fine. You only have to delete content outside a clipping mask when you actually want to have a vector document for distribution. When printing this simply isn't a requirement.
@syednaveedsarfaraz96373 жыл бұрын
@@HelenBradley thank you for your support
@NathanApffel2 жыл бұрын
drag mask out of group - pathfinder...
@HelenBradley2 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@danmills27824 жыл бұрын
literally doesn't work
@HelenBradley4 жыл бұрын
What part doesn’t work Dan? If you are a bit more specific as to what ‘literally doesn’t work’ means, perhaps I can help?