Adobe Illustrator for Typography, Lettering and Calligraphy

Overview

“Another very useful tool is clipping masks. These help you to delimit certain areas in which you want certain effects to exist. We will see how to use figures to create windows and frame other figures or images. ”

In this video lesson Andrés Ochoa addresses the topic: Clipping mask, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5 - Adornments and Tricks. Learn techniques and tools for professional results.

Partial transcription of the video

“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 5 LESSON 4 Clipping Mask Another very useful tool is the Clipping Mask. What it does is that a figure delimits what is seen from another figure. As if it were a window. In this lesson we will see how it works. For example, I will put a rectangle over the word. Nothing more than half. Everything inside the area of this rectangle It will remain visible and what is left out will no longer be. To do this, we take the two elements, both what will be the window and the masked object. Right click the mouse and press Create clipping mask. Then this window becomes that lets you se...”

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Course summary for: Course 5 - Adornments and Tricks

• Level: Beginner
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• 15 students
• 9 units
• 9 lessons (47m)
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