It has excellent compression characteristics and has the nice feature that the user may specify what level of compression they desire, trading off fidelity for file size. One of the most widely-used image formats. They are also commonly used on the web to save bandwidth. They are best suited to photographs and other images where perfect accuracy is not important. These have smaller file sizes but do not store a perfect copy of the image. Some of the most common are: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF.īroadly speaking, they fall into two categories: Lossy formats Well done on successfully cropping an image to a shape in Illustrator! We hope that this tutorial has been helpful and if you enjoyed it, be sure to have a look at our other tutorials.There is a large number of different bitmap formats. If you need to modify or adjust the shape, just select it using the Selection tool (V) or Direct Selection tool (A). Now, you can adjust the image without affecting the shape.

Then, go to Object > Clipping Mask > Edit Contents. To edit the clipped image first select the Clipping mask. Step 3 - Edit the Clipping Mask if Needed Only the area of the image that was inside of the triangle will now be visible. Then, go to Object > Clipping Mask (Command/Control + 7). You can also select by clicking and dragging over them to make the selection. Select both the image and shape by clicking on them while holding the Shift key. Step 2 - Crop to the Shape Using a Clipping Mask Resize the shape and position it so that it covers the area of the image you want to show. In our case, we will be cropping an image into a triangle in Adobe Illustrator, but you can use any shape you like. Make sure to place it on top of the image. Next, create the shape you want to use to crop your image. Start by importing your image into Illustrator. We need to create our shape before we can use it to crop out the image. We will use a stack of pebbles photos, but there are tons of great stock photos available on Design Bundles. This is a useful feature that can be used across various crafts such as t-shirts or creating custom shaped logos. We will do this using Clipping Masks, a non-destructive method that can be easily undone if needed.

Today we will learn how to crop an image to a shape in Illustrator.

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