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Treza2005
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mask text?

Jul 19, 2012 10:34 AM

I have text that I live traced and I am trying to mask vertical lines through the letters. When I do this the text turns white. When I ungroup and do it one at a time only one letter works the others turn white. When I use make a compound path still only one letter will work and the other letters turn white.

Please help, I just purchase CS6 and I have not had time to do tutorials and I have a deadline to meet...

Thank you,

T

1004 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: Wade_Zimmerman, Jul 20, 2012 5:23 PM
 
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    1. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 19, 2012 10:53 AM   in reply to Treza2005
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    In the Att5ribute panel change the fill rule to even-odd as opposed to non zero winding.

     

    If that does not work you can make the lines black make that a compound path and go the the opacity mask and make an opacity mask. Do not clip the mask and do not invert it.

     

    it will look like this

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-19 at 1.52.54 PM.png

     
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  • Treza2005
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    2. Treza2005,
    Jul 19, 2012 11:40 AM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    Thank you, but I need for this to be white lines and that way if can work on a black or white background. This should not b that difficult, does anyone know of a way to get this to work?  I wonder why it will work on one of the letter, but not all?

     
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    3. Silkrooster,
    Jul 19, 2012 9:31 PM   in reply to Treza2005
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    Select your lines, edit>cut

    Select text

    Change drawing mode to Draw inside (shift-D)

    paste

    Change draw mode back to Draw normal (shift-D)text lines.jpg

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    4. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 20, 2012 2:16 AM   in reply to Treza2005
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    The letter forms are probably grouped

     

    1. Ungroup them, you might have ti use the ungroup command more than once or twice.

     

    2. while all the letters are still selected make the text art a compund path (even if the option to release a compund path is present.)

     

    3. make sure the letters are in font of the lines

     

    4. select all and make your clipping mask

     
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    5. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 20, 2012 2:17 AM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    You get this

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-20 at 4.54.09 AM.png

     
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  • Treza2005
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    6. Treza2005,
    Jul 20, 2012 1:41 PM   in reply to Silkrooster
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    Silkrooster,

    That works perfectly, my problem is that it is a vector graphic that I created by using image trace. Tech support is working with me and they have not solved it yet either   Thank you so much tho...

     
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  • Treza2005
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    7. Treza2005,
    Jul 20, 2012 1:44 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    Wade,

    thank you for your assistance. I think there may be a problem with the image(text) that I traced. Adobe has yet to figure it out so I may start over and see if that fixes the problem.

    thank you,

    T

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    8. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 20, 2012 4:56 PM   in reply to Treza2005
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    In the mean time I will make a text image and trace it and see what i come up with but another appraoch would be to use the new pattern amking tool to make a pattern of lines whit and black and fill the text shapes witht he pattern that should do the trick.

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    9. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 20, 2012 5:20 PM   in reply to Treza2005
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    I got it now you live trace and expand text image

     

    then ungroup

     

    then flatten the transparency 100% vector as the settings

     

    then make a compund path

     

    now you can successfully the clipping mask and the letters will mask the art.

     

    Flattening the transparency seems to be the important ingredient.

     

    This was traced from a text image expanded ungrouped flatten the transparency made a compound path and then the clipping mask. Voila!

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-20 at 8.18.03 PM.png

     
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    10. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jul 20, 2012 5:23 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    The pattern Fill works as well

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-20 at 8.22.24 PM.png

     
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