Help creating clipping path???

I have a wreath I would like to use as a picture frame and have Adopt Photoshop Elements 6 ... how can I create a clipping path to make this possible? Thanks. Gary.

Well, I can make the frame within photoshop and make it blank, but I want to use this as the frame for several pictures, so I want to be able to have the center cut out and import into Quark and put the pictures below this in Quark. I don't want to put the pictures in in Photoshop. I was also unable to select the simplify option in photoshop elements but somehow got the inside cleared out. How can I make a clipping path in photoshop elements or how can I make this work so that I can put my picture behind the frame in Quark. Thanks for your help.

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I think I need to create 8 layers to house the 8 slices of photo, each layer gets a clipping path that is in the shape of a 45 degree slice of the circle. Once I have this setup I can paste photos into the layers and adjust the photos until it looks good in the confine of each slice.
The question is how to create these clipping paths in the shape of a slice of the pie? I have already drawn a 120mm circle (using the elipse path tool) denoting the outside boundary of the dvd label. But I don't know how to cut it into 8 precise slices of 45 degree each. Help?

Here's another way:
Make a circle and a square that covers one quadrant of the circle. Select the square with the Path Selection Tool. Edit > Free Transform, using the reference point that corresponds to the center of the circle, and 90 minus the angle of the slice into the Horizontal Skew field. Hint: you can copy the results from the Windows Calculator and paste them directly into Photoshop for this. This will give you greater precision that you might care to enter by hand.
Once you have committed the transform, select 'Intersect shape areas' in the option bar for the Path Selection Tool, and click Combine. There's your slice.

Help creating a path using variables.

HI
I;m trying to create a path to a movievclip created with
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Tks,

Hello Tks,
depending where the movieclip is that you are trying
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var gong:MovieClip;
var bong:MovieClip;
var song:MovieClip;
this.attachMovie("gong".....
gong.attachMovie("bong"....
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to access song from the timeline in which all these movie
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Create clipping path from selection

I'm driving crazy!
Why this script does not work?
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
tell current document
make work path selection
make clipping path (path item 1) flatness 0.5
end tell
end tell
The work path is created with no prob.
But the clipping one returns this error:
"The command »Define« is not avalaible"
What's wrong?

I've found the solution!
You have to name the work path to memorize it in order to be able to create the clipping path.
This is the code:
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
tell current document
make work path selection
set name of path item 1 to "Détourage"
make clipping path path item "Détourage" flatness 0.5
end tell
end tell

Create clipping path, mask

I love fireworks, but can't seem to figure this part out...
when I create a web button (for example), then want to place
another image over top of it so that it bleeds off the edge, but I
don't want anything past the edge of the button to be visible - how
would i do that in fireworks
correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be a clipping mask or
clipping path?
anyone know of a good online tutorial or how-to guide for
this sort of thing?
thanks
--bp

brandonjp wrote:
> I love fireworks, but can't seem to figure this part
out...
> when I create a web button (for example), then want to
place another image
> over top of it so that it bleeds off the edge, but I
don't want anything past
> the edge of the button to be visible - how would i do
that in fireworks
> correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be a clipping
mask or clipping path?
> anyone know of a good online tutorial or how-to guide
for this sort of thing?
> thanks
> --bp
>
Here is a series of tutorials for those kinds of operations.
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/images/photo_magic/index.htm
Linda Rathgeber [PVII] *Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks*
http://www.projectseven.com
Fireworks Newsgroup:
news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/
CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

What's the fastest way to create a clipping path?

In CS3 & 4 I've created a bazillion clipping paths via pen tool and mouse. I've also tried using the various selection tools to create selections, then turning those selections into paths and modifying the path. I've roughed in paths then zoomed way up to fine tune them.
Is there any plug-in or other slick method to create clipping paths real quickly? Maybe a Wacom pen would work quicker than a mouse? I haven't tried that. I've tried everything else I can think of.
I happened to notice there are online services that charge like $2.00 to create a clipping path for you. So that either has to be from slave labor or someone has figured out a real fast way to do it.
I'm sorry to repeat a question if it's been answered before. I searched for clipping paths in the Photoshop forum and Adobe returned 0 results.

A Wacom tablet is a must. If you are doing lots of clipping paths, avoid carpel-tunnel, and get the work done easier and faster using the Wacom. I've tried all the sizes and I use a 4x5 because it's all the real estate you need, even on 30" monitors. Other than that, there is no software that thinks like a human can in making discretionary choices. Just get the Wacom and roll. You'll have that pen tool motating at full throttle and even make the labor enjoyable.
Be sure to take your customary 20 minute ergonomic breaks to let your eyes focus and +20 feet away.
Best,
Ken

Creating clipping mask

Good afternoon y'all!
I'm just concerned with not knowing how to create a clipping mask for my awesome design.
Can somebody please help me out with this issue?!

I would be inclined to do this with an effect.
actually the whole Tick can be done as a single path.
draw tick, set fill to red ,add stroke, add dropshadow (no blur and blend to normal).
in appearance panel add Sponge effect to the fill to get the texture you want.
for clipping path. clipping shape must be on top of your texture image, select both and create clipping path.

Possible to export clipping path from InDesign CS5?

I ran into a minor problem. We just upgraded from CS1 to CS5 in our company and at the moment we're quite happy about the change to the more "modern" (if you are getting my hints here).
Anyhow, before the new install of Adobe CS5 I just recently asked our IT-guy to reformat my pc and re-install Win XP again. I did this so I could start from scratch and eliminate most common pc-errors in the near future (I took over this pc from someone else some time ago who used and installed stuff on it which I didn't know about nor needed).
Most of my data and files were backed up and re-installed. However, to my great horror I just realized that some of the linked image-files in an InDesign document containing A LOT of clipping paths are no longer listed as linked but missing. I checked and saw that these image-files weren't backed up at all.
Now the problem isn't getting back these images as I can quickly download and relink them from a number of databases.
However, these images were all painstakingly cut out in Photoshop by creating clipping-paths for each and every one of them and those clipping-paths are now lost with the deleted files.
If I check my InDesign file now I can see that every preview still retains the original cutpath from the original (but now deleted) Photoshop file. I have tried to mark this cutpath first, copy it and then tried to see if I could insert it back into an image-file that I opened in Photoshop but this didn't - at least for me - work out.
My question is now.., can these clipping-paths somehow be saved and re-imported back into Photoshop.
Any creative, ingenious, cumbersome and even crazy thoughts and methods are very, very welcome as I'd hate to sit down once more and spend hours of re-creating those paths.
Hoping on some bright brains out there... ;-)
Thanks for any help in advance.

You sir, are nothing short of a genius! :-)
The last solution is exactly what I was looking and hoping for. I realize that this will take some extra time and work but that's a small headache in relation to redrawing each of those clipping-paths. Now that would be a true nightmare as well as it would take much more time.
The clipping-paths are quite complex as they are drawn around images such as printers, mice, laptops, external harddisks, office-chairs, designer-furnitures (for office use) and the like since this is what our company sells.
So the solution you suggested works perfect. I am deeply, deeply grateful for your input and time and thank you very, very much for helping out in this time of despair. ;-D
If I can ever help you or anybody else with a good advice in return (I doubt I will know more than you but I can give it a try) please do not hesitate to contact me. I'd be most happy to do so.
Allow me to ask you..., are you a private person helping out or are you part of the Adobe-team since it seems that you are well acquainted with the programs and trouble-shooting?

CS6 clipping path for layer group

Hi
In PS cs6 i cant find how to create clipping path for layer group (apply to folder from some shape layer with alt + drag&drop) created with pen, rectangle etc tools.
Here is how it should look in cs6 but i don't know how to do that
Thanx in advance

Shape Layers’ Vector Masks don’t appear in the Layers Panel in CS6 (seems like a bad idea to me, but that’s the way it is now), so you could still select the Shape Layer with a Path Tool, select the Paths, copy, select the Group, paste, Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path or command-click the Layer Mask icon in the Layers Panel.

How to create a clipping path in PE12

I work in Photoshop but am helping a client who has only Elements 12, which I know nothing about other than what looks like PS features.
We want to create a clipping PATH around part of a photo and save the photo as a JPG so that type wraps around it in our layout program. I can do this in PS CC, but this response (Re: Trying to create a Clipping Path for a Photo In PE10. How is it done?) says PE can save only to PSD or TIF. I have a jpg photo with a clipping path that works fine, but can't get PE to save the clipping path with the jpg.
Thanks.

If you don't mind telling us, which layout program are you using?
Yes, by default creating a Clipping Path in photoshop elements does not exist.
That's why you would need to create/record an action using photoshop cc and then use the action in photoshop elements using Window>Actions
Something like this:

My Clipping Path isn't working? Please help...

I am working in Photoshop CS4 on Mac. I have followed the steps below to create a clipping path:
* Opened image that I want to add a clipping path to
* Selected the part of the image that I wanted to clip (with the eliptical marquee tool)
* On the Paths tab, selected "Make Work path"
* In the pop-up box tolerance is set to 0,5pixels
* I can now see an outline of a shape on the image
* In the Paths tab - double clicked on the work path and saved the path as "Path 1"
* Select the created path on the path tab and then chose "Clipping Path" from the tab dropdown
* Left "Flatness" blank in the pop-up provided
* The name "Path 1" now looks outlined in the paths tab
I have tried to save the image as a JPG, PNG, TIF... RGB and CMYK... nothing seems to work. The entire image still previews.
I turned off OpenGL and there are no layer styles applied to the image. There is only one layer in the file. I am very confused... this function used to work and now for some reason it doesn't. Are there any other settings linked to creating a clipping path that i may have changed by mistake without knowing it would affect this?

Tiff format definetly works - i have used it in the past. I just tried EPS and the clipping path works - so thank you!
It seems that I have been a bit stupid though... I just realised my error - to check if the clipping path was applying correctly, I have been opening the clipped image in Preview... It seems that Preview can't "see" the clipping path on a .tif and it "sees" the area outside the clipping path on an .eps as "flattened" (so i see a hard white background, when i am expecting it to be transparent). I just imported the .eps and .tif into Indesign and Illustrator and the clipping path applies fine in both cases. it seems that the real issue is between Mac and PC.... I am running Adobe on Mac and Corel Draw on PC... Corel Draw seems to have an issue with .eps and .tif files with clipping paths.
png works in Corel Draw but transparency causes distortion for elements behind the transparent section... will keep trying :-)
...this is the story of my life! I hate working on PC but every now and then a client gives me a file where the artwork has been created in Corel Draw and I'm faced with these anomolies...
Thanks for helping me to think this through logically!
FYI on tiff format clipping paths...
Source: http://www.espressographics.com/text/fileformats.html
Photoshop EPS (.eps): EPS stands for Encapsulated PostScript format, which is based on the PostScript printing language. Most .eps graphics are created and edited in a draw (vector) application like Illustrator, and when you open an Illustrator vector .eps image in Photoshop, Photoshop will still convert it to pixels. As such, an Illustrator .eps doesn't have the same editable properties as a Photoshop .eps graphic so don't confuse the two. Photoshop .eps format is primarily used for creating images with clipping paths and monotone/duotones. It used to be that an image with a clipping path could only be saved as in .eps format in Photoshop. This is no longer true with later versions of Photoshop where you can save graphics with clipping paths in .tif format as well. When you create a monotone or duotone image in Photoshop, it is still best to save it in this .eps graphic file format, although .psd and .pdf options are also available.

At open, illustrator puts clipping path on images and slices it up HELP!

I am still using CS2, but this same problem has happened when I open a legacy (older version) file in CS4..... When I open a file, it all of a sudden has a clipping path around the image. Also, it is slicing up some images randomly. It is very strang and I can't explain it. I just saved and closed the file yesterday and today I go to open it on the same computer and all the photos have these clipping masks around them and some are sliced into multiple pieces. Can anyone help with this???

It's easily explained: It is opening the data as if it were an EPS or PDF, so the fault is probably with the options you chose when you saved the files in
CS2. Check them. also of course keep in mind that some specific features have notably changed, so it may do thius simply to retain appearance, which you can influence by setting teh respective prefs....
Mylenium

LSMW :Is it possible to create F4 Help for File path selection

Hi All .,
Please let me know is it possible to create F4 help for file path creation in LSMW .
thanks
Sreenivas

Hi,
I don't get it.
In the step " Specify files" you will have the option to pick your flat file which is on the desktop by pressing F4 .
What is that you exactly want??
Warm regards,
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Help! Getting clipping paths back on exported lightroom images!

A bit of a problem.
I have 22,000 images, half of which were colour corrected in lightroom, but all 22,000 were exported from lightroom.
So, out of the 22,000 exported files I don't know which ones were colour corrected or not, which is not important until I realise that non of my clipping paths stayed with the exported files.
There were clipping paths on about 6,000 of these images.
So first, is there any way of finding from the exported files which ones were worked on in lightroom?
Secondly, is there a clever scripty way of bringing a clipping path from one photoshop file to another photoshop file (pixel perfect).... preferbly maybe having a folder full of doner files that have the clipping paths that a script gets their clipping paths and puts them onto the photoshop files in the second folder (the two folders will have files with same file names?)

Unless you specifically set Lr to overwrite the original export creates anew file, which doesn't include layers, clipping paths, Smart Objects and a bunch of other Ps stuff. Hopefully, your original with clipping paths is still around because that's the only way you're getting them back.
BTW: as you've discovered, editing an image in Lr after t's been edited in Ps is leaving yourself open to a world of hurt, especially when the image includes editing features that Lr doesn't support.

Alt key switching documents instead of Creating Clipping Mask - New Mac Pro 2014 - Please help

I just got a new Mac Pro, and when I use the alt/option key as a shortcut in the layers palette (to create clipping masks and duplicate layers) instead it switches to other documents that I have open. It's only after this happened that I realized how often I use the option key in my work flow and it's frustrating.
Please help,
Thanks,
Lonno

Just solved it. It had to do with my secondary monitor, which is where my layers palette was. I used this link:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5476222?tstart=0
and turned off all the mission control settings I don't use. Apparently it was switching monitors whenever I used the alt key.
-Lonno

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