From the course: Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Advanced

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Cropping an image using a clipping mask

Cropping an image using a clipping mask - Illustrator Tutorial

From the course: Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Advanced

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Cropping an image using a clipping mask

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- [Voiceover] In this movie, I'll show you how to crop an image inside of a clipping mask, which gives you a lot more control than relying on the bounding box. So, the first thing I'm going to do is select a shape tool. It can be any shape tool. You can place an image inside of a star, or a polygon, or a free-form path outline, whatever. But I'm going to keep things simple by selecting the rectangle tool, which you can get by pressing the M key. You also, if you're working along with me, want to make sure that your smart guides are turned on. And then I'm going to drag from the intersection of these two guys in the top left corner of the yellow rectangle, down and to the left, like so, in order to create a shape that's 162 points wide by 180 points tall, as you can see in that heads-up display. Notice that it's coming in with a white fill and a black stroke. Now what you want to do, is switch back to the black arrow tool, which you can get by pressing the V key, and then just drag my…

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