In this video, learn how to crop and mask imported assets in Principle to make them conform specifically to your project needs.
- [Instructor] When you are constructing … your prototypes using Principle, … a common task you will be confronted with … is either cropping or masking. … And that's the subject of this exercise, … cropping and masking. … So to get yourself started, … open the CropMask file found in your chapter download. … The way to crop or mask an image … is to select the image and group it. … So we're going to select it … and we can choose Arrange Group … or just press Command + G and it's now a group. … And I'm just going to name this one Flowers. … Now, what you don't do next is grab a handle. … 'Kay, all you're going to be doing is resizing the group. … What you need to do is select Clip Sublayers. … And this is where the masking and cropping comes into play. … By choosing Clip Sublayers, … the bounding box of the image or the object … this is the bounding box here, is turned into a mask. … If you drag one of the points in, … you will see a mask in action. … Now, one of the really neat things about this …
Author
Tom Green
Released
1/4/2021- Adding content to new artboards
- Creating your first Principle animation
- Managing the Principle timeline
- Animating with keyframes and drivers
- Using assets from Photoshop and Sketch
- Masking and cropping
- Creating an Apple Watch UI
- Creating a video player
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introducing Principle
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What is Principle?1m 17s
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1. Getting Started with Principle
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Principle tools4m 35s
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Adding and formatting text4m 20s
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Create your first animation3m 59s
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Test and share your work3m 8s
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2. Using the Principle Timeline
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Understanding the timeline6m 16s
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Using the easing feature6m 5s
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Motion paths3m 54s
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Create scrollable content2m 23s
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3. Using the Principle Drivers
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Overview of Driver channel3m 41s
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Constrain drivers3m 29s
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Interactive drivers4m 13s
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Paging3m 57s
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Drivers and paging3m 44s
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4. Managing Content in Principle
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What Principle doesn't do4m 15s
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Create assets in Photoshop6m 21s
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Create assets in Sketch3m 57s
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Import Sketch artboards2m 34s
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Import Figma artboards4m 45s
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Cropping and masking1m 53s
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5. Practical Principle Projects
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Drag and drop5m 41s
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Create a preloader animation3m 45s
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Card animation5m 45s
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Create a slide in menu6m 35s
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Auto animations3m 26s
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Import video3m 16s
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Create a video controller4m 57s
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Using multiple drivers7m 4s
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Create an Apple Watch UI4m 1s
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