Clip from an image with illustrator

[myront]

 

[Zoogee World]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you'd use a clipping mask. Make a box over top of the area you want to clip and then select both, right click and choose clipping mask.

 

[myront]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you'd use a clipping mask. Make a box over top of the area you want to clip and then select both, right click and choose clipping mask.

So, if I wanted the orig to remain I'd have to create a duplicate in place then make a clipping mask?

 

[Zoogee World]

So, if I wanted the orig to remain I'd have to create a duplicate in place then make a clipping mask?

Yes, make a copy and then do the clipping mask on whichever.

 

[myront]

 

[Zoogee World]

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The box must be the top layer.

 

[myront]

Ok, I figured it out. I didn't have the rectangle in the front. Works fine if the rectangle is completely within the image, however, if I just want a corner of an image the clipping mask will be the same size as the rectangle instead of a "crop out" of the image. Does that make sense? Maybe it's not a clipping mask I'm after?

 

[Zoogee World]

Ok, I figured it out. I didn't have the rectangle in the front. Works fine if the rectangle is completely within the image, however, if I just want a corner of an image the clipping mask will be the same size as the rectangle instead of a "crop out" of the image. Does that make sense? Maybe it's not a clipping mask I'm after?

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I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want, are you talking about that black stroke box in the background? If not and you mean the clipping box isn't the right size, you can adjust as you want, it doesn't have to be a box either, can be any shape. If I'm wrong all around, maybe if you explain what you need to do with it or are trying to accomplish, maybe I can advise better.

 

[Attila Nagy]

So, if I wanted the orig to remain I'd have to create a duplicate in place then make a clipping mask?

The original remains, you can release the clipping mask any time. If you need multiple clippings, you need to have an other copy of the image.

 

[myront]

Hmmm, I don't want the boundaries that the clipping mask produces. The black box is the actual boundaries of the clipping mask, not only that you'd still have the full image which increases the file size. I'm after a true "cropped" section of the image.

 

[Zoogee World]

If I'm understanding correctly, you just need to make a smaller box for the clipping mask that is only the size of the area you want cropped.

 

[myront]

If I'm understanding correctly, you just need to make a smaller box for the clipping mask that is only the size of the area you want cropped.

Okay, yes, but that would be a pia task if you had to do it several times.

 

[Zoogee World]

Okay, yes, but that would be a pia task if you had to do it several times.

True, maybe someone else might have a better way, unfortunately I only know how to do it manually, but you only need the 1 clipping mask box, you just need to make it to size or can adjust it. I just typically use the box tool and drag it over the area to make it the correct size before I apply the clipping mask.

 

[myront]

True, maybe someone else might have a better way, unfortunately I only know how to do it manually, but you only need the 1 clipping mask box, you just need to make it to size or can adjust it. I just typically use the box tool and drag it over the area to make it the correct size before I apply the clipping mask.

Created a script to do it.

 

[Zoogee World]

Created a script to do it.

Great.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

if you don't need any of the original image you can also select the image and then on the menu object>crop image. This is destructive so a clipping mask is preferred if you want to retain all of the original image