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pat · 31-07-2005, 17:55

Sorry

Got some white text on a photograph, and i want the text to be filled with the photograph.

How?

Sound.

gray · 31-07-2005, 18:05

convert text to outlines, select both text and photo, make clipping mask?

just off the top like...

gray · 31-07-2005, 18:12

ok, convert the text to outlines, then use the pathfinder tool "Add to shape area" then expand, then select photo underneath, then make clipping mask

just tried it in cs2

pat · 31-07-2005, 18:14

it should do, but i shift select both, press ctrl + 7, and it all goes the white colour of the text.

The text is hand drawn in paths by me, so i grouped it, then selected that, the photo, and then pressed ctrl 7, and it all goes white.

pat · 31-07-2005, 18:17

whoops, sound mate.

gray saves the day again.

pat · 31-07-2005, 18:29

gutted, now ive got all this area outside of my a4 border, so when i export it, my illus isn't in the left corner like it looks in illustrator. Any ideas on cropping the outisde?

adras · 31-07-2005, 22:33

Try drawing a rectangle over your illu as big as you want it to show up, and mask that - then export.

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pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,102	nuther illustrator q. Sorry Got some white text on a photograph, and i want the text to be filled with the photograph. How? Sound. __________________

31-07-2005, 18:14	#4 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,102	it should do, but i shift select both, press ctrl + 7, and it all goes the white colour of the text. The text is hand drawn in paths by me, so i grouped it, then selected that, the photo, and then pressed ctrl 7, and it all goes white. __________________

31-07-2005, 18:17	#5 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,102	whoops, sound mate. gray saves the day again. __________________

31-07-2005, 18:29	#6 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,102	gutted, now ive got all this area outside of my a4 border, so when i export it, my illus isn't in the left corner like it looks in illustrator. Any ideas on cropping the outisde? __________________

31-07-2005, 22:33	#7 (permalink)
adras Zły Join Date: May 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,091	Try drawing a rectangle over your illu as big as you want it to show up, and mask that - then export. __________________ Be Crisp (tm)

31-07-2005, 18:05	#2 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,768	convert text to outlines, select both text and photo, make clipping mask? just off the top like...

31-07-2005, 18:12	#3 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,768	ok, convert the text to outlines, then use the pathfinder tool "Add to shape area" then expand, then select photo underneath, then make clipping mask just tried it in cs2

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