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I have artwork I created in Illustrator that is made out of 3 objects.
I have a photo.
I want to use the artwork I created in Illustrator as a clipping mask in InDesign for the photo and I want the photo to span the three objects in the group. I can't get this to work.
Try 1:
1. Import Illustrator art
2. Import photo
3. Cut photo
4. Select Illustrator art
5. Select Paste Into
Result: InDesign pastes the photo into the rectangle boundary that the Illustrator is inside, so I end up with a rectangle mask instead of the Illustrator shape.
Try 2:
1. Copy and paste the shape from Illustrator into InDesign
2. Import the photo
3. Cut the photo
4. Select the pasted Illustrator shape
5. Select Paste Into
Result: It only made 1 of the 3 shapes that make up the artwork a clipping mask, not all three. It needs to span all three shapes.
This can't be hard. I've seen people do this kind of thing in brochures a million times. What am I missing here?
Thank you so much!
In InDesign, select the 3 shape objects and make them Object > Paths > Make Compound Path.
Now that the 3 are a compound path, you can Paste Into.
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In InDesign, select the 3 shape objects and make them Object > Paths > Make Compound Path.
Now that the 3 are a compound path, you can Paste Into.
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Ahhhh!! Thank you!
This didn't work at first. I had to paste from Illustrator and then select Object>Paths>Open Path and THEN I could select Make Compound Path.
Thank you so much, Michael. Have a great day.
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Why can't we do that in Illustrator?
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You can (I'm using Adobe Illustrator 2020 on Windows)
Select the objects > Right click > Make compound path
Or
Select the objects > Object > Compound path > Make (Ctrl + 8 by default)