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08-19-2003, 08:20 AM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #1 | | Joe Blow
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Ok, I think it's time I had someone expain this to me. What is a clipping path? How do I make one? And what is its purpose?
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08-19-2003, 11:38 AM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #2 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why? C9, You gotta start reading the book. The Photoshop Help menu will give a broad outline with related links.
Read, try then ask about the bits which you get stuck at.
Al.
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08-19-2003, 12:03 PM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #3 | | Joe Blow
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Hmmm. Sorry. I was under the impression you could ask about anything here. My mistake .....
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08-19-2003, 03:11 PM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #4 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why?
You can ask anything you want. I think what was confused here is terminology. You asked about a clipping path and I think people may have thought you meant a clipping group. AND until i just read your post I didn't know what a clipping path was either! [bustagut] [bustagut] Seems to me like it has to do mainly with print. However if you're shearly an "inside" artist and don't need to print with such fancy manuvours it doesn't really apply to you. Here's a link to read more about it. http://www.sketchpad.net/paths3.htm
Hope this helps
KOP
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08-19-2003, 07:31 PM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #5 | | Joe Blow
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A clipping path is a mathematical curve, aka a vector, that indicates which part of an image will be visible and which part not. It is used by some applications that are typical for offset printing like QuarkXpress to be apble to print images that are not square, but have the shape of the path.
Newer applications, like InDesign, don't need these anymore as they can handle transparancy nearly as good as Photoshop.Clipping paths have often been the cause of much stress, and severe depressions in the DTP world as they are the cause of many a problem. Just like inbedded fonts. (long live PDF!).
Practically speaking: just like you can draw a curve to select pixels that you want to manipulate, you can also draw a curve that tells which part of your image will be visible in print and which not. Whenever, in offset, you want to print for example a round or oval image, you need to hide the rest of the image, as all pixel-based images are, by their own nature, rectangular.
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08-19-2003, 10:41 PM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #6 | | Joe Blow
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Thank you, Erik.
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08-20-2003, 02:54 AM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #7 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why?
Doug, to practice with a Clipping Path;[list][*]Create a new document[*]Create a new layer[*]Fill that new layer with any colour you prefer[*]CTRL+click on the Layer Mask symbol (A)[*]Use the pen tool to draw a shape[/list:u]Make sure that the mask is active (B) when you use the pen tool; it will have a 2-lines border. if it's not active, just click on it.
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08-20-2003, 03:00 AM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #8 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why?
Other example;[list][*]Open an image[*]Double click on the layer to unlock it[*]Select part of the image with the pen tool[*]CTRL+left click on the Layer mask symbol[/list:u]
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08-20-2003, 03:07 AM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #9 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why?
Example #3;[list][*]Open an image[*]Double click on the layer to unlock it[*]Select part of the image with any selection tool (yes, not the pen tool!)[*]Go to the Paths palette and convert this selection to a path by clicking on the right symbol (see attachment)[*]Return to the Layers Palette[*]CTRL+left click on the Layer mask symbol[/list:u]And there are lot more examples that I can come up with.
Hopefully these examples give you an idea what's possible with a Clipping Path | |
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08-20-2003, 10:50 PM
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What is a clipping path and why? Post #10 | | Guest | What is a clipping path and why?
[righton] Great explanation and examples, Erik & Gaussian! :} :}
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