Saturday, 19 July 2014

Visualise Your Imagination Instantly With The Clipping Mask Download

By Coleen Torres


A clipping mask is a cover that's placed on another object which hides the part of the object that falls outside the boundary. You do all these with a clipping mask download. The clipping path is nothing but a closed vector path or shape. It can be circular, square, triangular, rectangular, etc. Anything inside the path will be included, while those falling outside the path will be omitted.

The covering encloses the whole or part of the object in a defined shape. Any image layer can be changed to a clipped image, which takes on the dimension and shape of the layer beneath it. This is called the base layer. The unwanted parts of the layer are removed or omitted from view using the mask.

Draw the shape on the base layer and use its transparency to delete or omit the pixels in the image. You can alter the image to the desired effect. The image will also take the shape of the circle you have created in the base level.

Once the circular image is developed, you may want to change the shape. You don't have to repeat the process of creating layers, generating shape and transferring, or clipping image over again. With the clipping mask, it is not necessary.

The mask/cover doesn't require destructive editing and saves all layers you work on. You can start at any stage of your job and make editing easy and simple. To start working with the mask, make sure that the base layer is placed right under the image or layer that you need to clip in the layers palete.

You may press the shift-select buttons for multiple layers, or press alt/option and click on the dividing line between the layers. The additional base layers will be created on the same panel immediately. This is helpful when you want to change the shape to an elliptical one and check how it fits into the image.

The cursor immediately changes to a pointing arrow to the left of the content layer, and tow the circles like in a Venn diagram. Just click the mouse and your job is done. Your photo or content layer will be clipped to the shape of the base layer. A right-angled downward arrow next to the clipped layer will denote this.

Select the clipped layer for recomposition and drag the image around the mask using the move tool. It saves you time compared to the destructive approach. Naturally, it encourages more experimentation in the given time.

The cover allows you to recompose the clipping layers within the veil that holds all the image data. Select the clipped layer you need to edit or recompose, and drag the image neared to the mask. You can do this by using the Move tool until you get it rightly placed.

This mask allows you to save lot of time and encourages you to experiment on your. Another advantage is to reshape the base layer. Just use shape editing tools and change the shape layer. Get your feedback instantly and finalize the visuals.




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