Help with a clipping mask

Hopefully I can adequately explain this. I'm a design dabbler so excuse my lack of knowledge. I have a text logo that I am trying to place a tennis string (essentially just a grid of strings) mask over. I want the mask itself to be transparent so whatever color is underneath makes up the strings. For the life of me, I can't get it to happen without making the logo transparent or just jacking it up in general. I know this is probably really easy so please help me and make me feel stupid in the process.

sure, but it depends on whether or not those lines are shapes or paths. if they are paths;
1) select all of the paths that make up the net
2) go up to object>expand, make sure you have "strokes" checked in the dialogue box that pops up.
3) then go to your pathfinder pallet (window>pathfinder if it isnt already open)
4) click on the top left option (unite) and click it.
5) the word elite has to be an object not text so if you have not already done that, click on the text (dont highlite it) and press cmd+o, or ctrl+o if you are on a windows machine)
6) now select both objects (the net and "elite") and select object>clipping mask>make or type cmd+7
if the lines are shapes and not paths start from step 5.

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I you are using a template in AI CS 4 or 5 then it is possible thgat the template is an artboard which you cannot use as a clipping mask.
You would have to draw a rectaangle to the size of the enevelope template and use that rectangle path as a clipping mask.
Ok! Besides from that possibility if yiou are printing an envelope withy objects that have to be clipped to the edge of the front of the enevelope that is not a very good idea.
Even if you are printing and then converting the envelope it is a bad idea as you8 would definitely need a bleed and that would wrap around to the back of the envelope and in a nott so pretty way.
OK so say you are using an inkjet that can print on an envelope and it can even successfu8lly print it with a bleed feature the way thoise bleed features have to work is that they enlarge the art slightly and so whyat every you design and create will be enlarge and trying to figure that out is not going to be very easy.

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http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs6/cropping-images-with-clipping-masks/
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Christine,
As Larry said, and as I said in the first post:
For a Clipping Mask, you just create a path, in this case a circle, and place it on top of the image, then select both and Object>Clipping Mask>Make.
You can see the shortcut when you use the dropdown; it is Ctrl+7 for Windows.
At least in the old days, you could also use Alt/Option+O+M+M (easy to remember, Object>Mask>Make).
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Nope... it scales the clipping mask itself.
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Ok, I really need help here, and I'll be very grateful for
help before Monday.
Someone has made a movie with a different set of text on each
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I have been asked to make these frames appear in a pop-up on
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i thought this would be easy...just cut and paste them into a
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you have extraneous graphics on-stage that are slowing the
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here's your file with those graphics removed:
http://www.gladstien.com/Files.popupTest.fla

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I'm just learning Illustrator (CS3) and have a simple project that I'm having trouble with. I'm hoping someone can give me a brief step-by-step.
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