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How to make a clipping mask in this particular case?

Jun 24, 2012 3:02 PM

Okay, Just to begin I know how to make a clipping mask, but for the case that I'm going to present right now I just can't figure out what mistake I am doing (if any). However I am a beginner.

 

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-medi eval-paper-scroll/

 

In the link to above tutorial on how to make a medieval scrol I'm stuck at step 25 and would be glad to anyone who helped.

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As said in step 25 that expand the appearance of the scroll and select the two then clip the mask. In th above picture I have just selected the scroll to show how it looks.

 

Now as you can see in the image below I have expanded the appearance of the paper scroll. Then I selected the paper scrol and the yellowish green grunge background placed below it. And the moment I hit Ctrl+7 (in windows) or Command+7 (in Mac) to make a clipping mask the error that showed up has been highlighted.

 

One more thing, I have clipped masks before too in the same tutorial given above but I don't know what has gone wrong for me in this step.

Please help.

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Signed,

Awais Rauf

 
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    Jun 24, 2012 3:18 PM   in reply to awaisrauf95

    Why would you want a clipping mask? I don’t see a reason for it.

     

    However, for what you want I would use the Pathfinder panel to combine all the paths into one shape. First use the ungroup and release compound commands a few times each, to make sure you have nothing grouped. Then press the top left button in the Pathfinder p[panel. This should produce one closed path that just surrounds the scroll.

     
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    Jun 24, 2012 5:51 PM   in reply to awaisrauf95

    Paths for clipping masks must be one closed path or one closed compound shape. You can not create clipping masks out of many paths.

     
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    Jun 25, 2012 6:49 AM   in reply to awaisrauf95

    That tutorial includes a comments section - maybe you would want to ask the question there.

     
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    Jun 25, 2012 4:52 PM   in reply to Monika Gause

    Looks liek the tutorial doesn't mention that the shape was copied expanded and reduced to one path.

     
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    Jun 25, 2012 7:54 PM   in reply to [scott w]

    I think that is common with many tutorials they foret to mention in the beginning thst you need prior experience in preparing art to make the clipping mask.

     
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