Type clipping path of a vector pattern

Trying to mask type with a vector pattern (place a vector pattern in a type clipping path), but nothing seems to be working. Never had issue before. Tried path in front, pattern in front, converting type path to compound path, converting vector to compound path. A couple of times it looked like it worked, but the pattern was invisible within the path. Illustrator CS6, on a Mac. Help is appreciated, thank you.

1 Keep the type live no rason to outline it.
2 place the pattern in the back (behind the text)
3 select both the patternand the text
4 Object>Clipping Mask>Make
If you outline the text
then after you outlined the text
1.while the text group is still selected go to Object Compund Path>Make (even though it already says it is a compound path tht actually refers to the individual letter forms)You need the whole group to be a compund path.
2 Make sure the pattern is behind the text and select both
3 Now make your clipping mask

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Bring in .psd file along with clipping path

Okay, this client has a very odd request. They want a collage of images put together in one file and they want the clipping paths to be attached. Then it's to be saved as an eps file. I'd like to do this in InDesign rather than Photoshop because the clipping path stays with the image in InDesign when you move it. However, I don't know how to save the file as an .eps file with the clipping paths attached. I open the .eps files in Photoshop and there are no clipping paths present.
Help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

My suggestion is to compose the entire collage in Photoshop. And if you need to preserve the clipping paths of each image of the finished collage, then convert the clipping path to a vector mask. Then you can drag a layer (that will include image and path) into one photoshop file to make collage.
Here are the instructions from previous post to convert a path into a vector mask.
To create a vector mask in PS, select the path in the Path Panel, then under Layer menu > Vector Mask > Current Path.

How to make clipping mask with text and vector pattern?

Hey there guys, any help would be greatly appreciated. Im making a logo for a client and am having a nightmare of a time trying to properly use the clipping masks in illustrator CS5. I copied and pasted the logo I made behind itself with a different color just for a drop shadow-like effect. And now I'm trying to apply this diagonal line pattern I created over top the "shadow" I made to give it some texture.
Here's an example of what I'm going for, only imagine the line pattern on the text instead of banner

Eric,
As I (mis)understand it, you can either keep the Type live (or outline it) and:
1) Create one copy of the pattern for each Type object (this will give you the opportunity of having different(ly coloured) patterns;
2) For each Type object, select the type object and one of the patterns and Object>Clipping Path>Make;
or you can:
1) Select both Type objects and Type>Create Outlines, then Object>Compound Path>Make;
2) Select the compound object and the pattern and Object>Clipping Path>Make.

Linking Photoshop EPS Files with Clipping Paths

I'm running InDesign CS4 6.0.3 on a dual 2GHz G5 with Mac OS X 10.5.7.
We have a workflow that involves Photoshop EPS files being placed in InDesign with the object's clipping path set to Photoshop Path. If the link is updated or relinked, InDesign no longer restricts the image to the boundaries of the path—either on screen or on export to PDF—even though choosing Object -> Clipping Path -> Options still shows the type set to Photoshop Path. The only way that I have found to get the clipping path to fully apply to the image is to change the type from Photoshop Path to None and back to Photoshop Path, all while the Preview check box is on. I tried different combinations of turning the Apply Photoshop Clipping Path option on and off at the time of initial placement and at the time of relinking with no effect on this behavior.
Assuming that using a format other than EPS and using transparency rather than clipping paths are not in play at the moment, my questions are:
1. Is this a know issue with InDesign CS4? If so, can we expect a fix soon?
2. Is there anything that can be done on the user side that is less cumbersome than the workaround described above?

@Mark
Photoshop PSD is fine for all raster work. But if you have vector masks, vector shapes or text in the file then saving as PDF would be the better option, you can choose to remove the white background when importing the PDF in the Show Options of the Place Dialog box.
And that's null point anyway, as soon as you open a photoshop EPS file in Photoshop it rasterises everything. So what I said isn't a viable solution for this project. But to keep in mind that PSD will output as raster only and PDF can have transparency and raster + vector data.
Just thought I'd through that out there.

Clipping paths in AICS3 IMPROVED!

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After reading Bill's thread: Illustrator with Freehand
Features..
Mordy Golding put up links to a video podcast about AICS3 and
some of
the great enhancements...
Here's a link Illustrator CS3 Overview
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http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/2007/03/real-world-illustrator-podcast.html>
you'll need to sign up to Mordy's video podcasts if you
haven't already.
Including the new way in which clipping paths works!.. I
believe the
method of creating a clipping path may still be the same
however the BIG
difference now is that at the very least alignment uses the
clipping
path and not the contents!!! a good step in the right
direction.. I'm
still not sure whether the clipping contents outside the path
remain
visible or not.. as per previous versions.. but it will be
interesting
to see what it's like once it starts to ship and people get
their hands
on it.
Incidentally I used Freehand from version 3 on a PC to MX but
our studio
got fed up with Freehands bad color fidelity for printing
comps - it
worked fine for output of fairly simple spot colour jobs but
full colour
stuff was getting difficult to manage. I didn't cross over
lightly - I
used AIv10 in the background sometimes duplicating jobs in AI
from
Freehand in my spare time to see how it worked. While I loved
the tools
in Freehand - pen tool, Find and replace, paste inside etc..
better
colour fidelity and integration with InDesign and Photoshop
and more
reliability for output were more crucial to us than the
tools. That's
just me/us.
But at the end of the day it looks like AICS3 is giving us at
least some
of what we've been asking for.
I hope this has been of some help.
Kind Regards
Piers Le Sueur
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After reading Bill's thread: Illustrator with Freehand
Features.. 
Mordy Golding put up links to a video podcast about AICS3 and
some of
the great enhancements... 
 
Here's a link <a
href="
http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/2007/03/real-world-illustrator-podcast.html">Illustrator
CS3 Overview</a> you'll need to sign up to Mordy's
video podcasts if
you haven't already. 
 
Including the new way in which clipping paths works!.. I
believe the
method of creating a clipping path may still be the same
however the
BIG difference now is that at the very least alignment uses
the
clipping path and not the contents!!! a good step in the
right
direction.. I'm still not sure whether the clipping contents
outside
the path remain visible or not.. as per previous versions..
but it will
be interesting to see what it's like once it starts to ship
and people
get their hands on it. 
 
Incidentally I used Freehand from version 3 on a PC to MX but
our
studio got fed up with Freehands bad color fidelity for
printing comps
- it worked fine for output of fairly simple spot colour jobs
but full
colour stuff was getting difficult to manage. I didn't cross
over
lightly - I used AIv10 in the background sometimes
duplicating jobs in
AI from Freehand in my spare time to see how it worked. While
I loved
the tools in Freehand - pen tool, Find and replace, paste
inside etc..
better colour fidelity and integration with InDesign and
Photoshop and
more reliability for output were more crucial to us than the
tools.
That's just me/us. 
 
But at the end of the day it looks like AICS3 is giving us at
least
some of what we've been asking for. 
 
I hope this has been of some help. 
 
Kind Regards 
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(I'm still not sure whether the clipping contents outside the
path remain
visible or not.. as per previous versions)
Yes the contents are still visable.
AI cs3 does have a new quick mask type feature. It only works
on placed images and not vector artwork. When you place a Photo
there is a button that appears in the top menu bar called "MASK"
..ooo haha.
So in one step you can set your photo in a clipping mask
"square" shape only. It creats a path that is the exact size of the
image you have placed. From there you can resize the path to crop
the image as needed. the menu bar also shows more options like
adding a stroke etc.

Trouble with clipping paths in Photoshop CS5

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edtGrfx wrote:
Hello everyone, I am having trouble with clipping paths in Photoshop CS5. When I start a new path both path and anchor points are not visible. working on a Layer not background 0 and a Path Layer was created.
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Hey y'all. Okay, so I have a Illustrator element that uses a clipping path.
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It's making for difficult to position correctly when copying into Photoshop as a Smart Vector or Shape Layer:
And it isn't correct in After Effects either.

What you are describing is just another example of the very common need to trim artwork (including filled, unfilled, open, and/or closed paths) without wrecking its already-applied Attributes, Appearances.
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Once again:
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Well I applied a clipping path to all of them.
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Others will not - and the only difference I can see is that:
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The images that import without a clipping path applied - in Photoshop they are flattened.
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InDesign CS5 - Fully Patched
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Yeh I can apply the Path after placing - Jongware wrote me script to apply the photoshop path.
But I just think it's odd behaviour.
On most of them that are flattened - there is no option to Apply the Photoshop Clipping Path - it's greyed out.
Then on the ones with layers - the option is selectable.

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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.
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If you don't mind telling us, which layout program are you using?
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I am working on a logo for a client and put a clipping path around a group of vector objects that are all black and white. Basically I did it just to create staright edges around some stuff that I may need to adjust later. For some reason, at the bottom it is creating a thin black line all the way around the path. There is no stroke on it, looked at in outlines and there is nothing there, but it definitly showing when I am in previem mode. If I put a white box over it the priblem is solved, but I would like to know why it is there in the first place.
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Thanks for getting back to me Kurt. Using CS5, it doesnt print, and you were right if I turn off anti aliasing it goes away although then my text looks like bad. Do you know if there is a way to turn off anti aliasing for just one object? If not no worries, I can manage one way or the other but it would be nice to know.
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Thanks again for the help.

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I've used both and don't see an advantage to either EXCEPT when converting an InDesign file to PDF. Files with PSDs with clipping paths seem to make much larger pdfs than same file using PSD with alpha channel. Not important for a final press file, but when I have to email screen proofs, then it's a big deal.
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Ringo

Hi, there,
I found this discussion during a search for alpha channels vs. clipping paths for clipping (for a job I'm working on), and thought I'd offer my own feedback based on my own experiences w/ similar files. I can't really offer a printer perspective, however, although we do work closely with many and also print film fairly regularly for local printers who are not yet Direct-To-Plate.
For what it's worth, I use paths, myself, and save the file as a TIFF. Then I use the Object: Clipping Path menu in InDesign to select the path (I don't specifically designate a path as an actual clipping path in Photoshop anymore, as sometimes an image will have more than one path to isolate different elements).
I find that alpha channels don't look very good when used in InDesign. They're just not that smooth/precise, in my admittedly limited use.
I've uploaded a quick sample to http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Xiebinrui/Alpha_vs_Clipping.jpg -- it's pretty self-explanatory, but the left side shows the bottom of an image using an alpha channel created from the original clipping path (cmd-click on the path to create a selection and then click the "create channel" button in the Channels tab, which automatically creates an "Alpha 1" channel), with the original clipped version on the right. I've tried adjusting the threshold and tolerance in InDesign, but it just always looks bad.
I also haven't used the behemoth Photoshop EPS format since my QuarkXPress/Mac OS 9 days (even then, it eventually became possible to use TIFFs w/ clipping paths -- I could finally see my photo correctly instead of with the horrible Quark EPS preview).
Anyway, re: alpha channels, maybe it's just that I don't know the right way to use them, but they don't seem to be very smooth when importing into InDesign (I was working on a job yesterday and today for which I had to download hi-res images from the client -- many of which used alpha channels instead of actual paths, but they're used on white backgrounds in InDesign, so I just didn't use the channels).
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Working in Photoshop CS2

I’m afraid You will have to employ a workaround.
I would recommend applying the Path as a Vector Mask to the Layer (with the Path selected command-click on the Add Layer Mask-button in the Layers-panel), then transforming, subsequently duplicating the Vector Mask and removing it from the Layer.
Or copy-paste it into the existing Clipping Path and then remove it.
Some part of the procedure may be automate-able with Actions or Scripts and hopefully it will still save at least some time.

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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
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* 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"
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* Left "Flatness" blank in the pop-up provided
* The name "Path 1" now looks outlined in the paths tab
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Tiff format definetly works - i have used it in the past. I just tried EPS and the clipping path works - so thank you!
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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.

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I found a posting saying they need someone to knock out the background of a lot of images using clipping paths. My question is, WHY use a clipping path? I know the rule of not using a selection tool such as the Magic Wand and then turning it into a clipping path and I know why that is. But if all is needed is for the background to be knocked out, why can't we just use the selection tool in the first place and just knock out the background from there? What is the benefit of that clipping mask?

Usually the term Clipping Path refers to turning a path into a clipping path (in the paths panel) for use in older programs such as PageMaker that don't support transparency.
For example if one wanted to import a file into PageMaker and only have a certain part of the document visible, one would make a path (or selection) around the object
and turn the path (or selection) into a clipping path. Sorta the same results you see in photoshop using a layer mask or vector mask.
Also clipping paths are used in certain printing workflows.
Without seeing the posting it's hard to say what they meant and in photoshop 6 vector masks were labeled as Layer Clipping Paths not to be confused with real clipping paths.
Old versions of photoshop also used the term Group With Previous to denote Create Clipping Mask.
photoshop 6:
Photoshop cs6:
Anyway clipping masks and clipping paths are two different things in photoshop.
layer masks, vector masks and clipping masks:
http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/photoshop/using/masking-layers.html
an example of creating a clipping path:
http://www.clippingpathspecialist.com/tutorials.html

Type clipping path of a vector pattern

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