17 Replies Latest reply: Jan 3, 2012 3:10 PM by digiday RSS

    Can I trim around a path on an imported bitmap layer?

    digiday Community Member

      Hi all,

       

      I'm working in Illustrator 9 on Windows 7.

       

      Can I trim around a path on an imported bitmap layer?

       

      I've imported a layer from Photoshop and I have a triangle path on a sub-layer of that placed bitmap layer that I'd like to select around outside of and then trim around the path on the imported bitmap layer to make that bitmap layer the shape of my triangle path.

       

      But when I select "Inverse" it is trying to select other paths outside my triangle path, so it selects only the bitmap layer and leaves me to delete only that entire bitmap layer.

       

      I want to select my path, then have it trim around the outside of the path on my placed bitmap layer.

       

      Thanks for any input,

       

      digi