Photoshop clipping path?

Can anyone tell me how to drop a background out of a photo & make it transparent?

A Clipping Path is just one option.
Another would be to use a psd with transparency (for example by making the background layer a regular one by double-clicking it and using the Selection and Paint Tools to create and edit a Layer Mask for that).
Please check out
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/removing_background_from_image

Similar Messages

[CS2] [JS] Apply photoshop clipping path

Hi,
Does anyone know how to apply the photoshop clipping path to all images in a document, If the image contains one ?
I can't find a clipping path property of the graphic object in the reference manual...
The loop structure itself is not a problem...
for (var j = app.activeDocument.allGraphics.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
Thanx
Tim

Hi Peter,
I've just tried using...
for (var j = app.activeDocument.allGraphics.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
try
var theEPSItem = app.activeDocument.allGraphics[j];
var theClippingPath = theEPSItem.clippingPath;
if ( ( theClippingPath.clippingType != ClippingPathType.photoshopPath ) &&
( theClippingPath.photoshopPathNames.length > 0 ) )
theClippingPath.clippingType = ClippingPathType.photoshopPath;
catch ( e )
... something strang happens when running the script. The clipping path settings of the EPS-files are changed and are correct. However, the result is not yet visible. So I still have to open the clipping path settings menu and click on the ok button... Then the result is displayed.
Any idea's ?
Tim

Is there anyway to activate photoshop clipping paths automatically in CS4/5?

Hello,
Can a preference be set in Indesign to automatically apply the photoshop clipping path to Tiff images?
Cheers Joe.

You don't need to specify a flatness for indesign to pick up on that path, just need to set that it is the preferred path for an application to use. Paths aren't exclusively used for the purpose of knocking out a background or portion of a photo. You could google up device path flatness and you'll find a spiel something to the effect of set it quite a few pixels for very high res scans, fewer for low res. I believe it is just the tolerance for the application to use in interpreting which pixels to use. After all, a path is a vector outline and the application needs to determine how to cut the photo, which pixels to keep and which to exclude.
Short adobe word on it.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327368.html

Photoshop Clipping Paths to Illustrator

When I make a clipping path in photoshop and save it as a .psd and then place it in Illustrator the bounding box of the path is the whole image and not just the bounding box of the path. How can I make it just the bounding box of the path? Export it a different way or what? Another computer does what I want to happen, but this one will not.

Only way is to crop your image in Phoshhsop
CMD click on path name
Image >> Crop
Save
Unfortunately the bounding box is defined in Photoshop and Illustrator >> link palette >> placement options will NOT help you. So don't waste your time there with this old, of little use placement options.

Suggested New Feature to Photoshop Clipping Path Lines

I've been using Photoshop for 20 years, and now that I'm 51 yrs old I have an increasingly hard time seeing the thin clipping path line if it is on a dark texture. Yes, I have had my eyes checked very recently, and yes, I do need eyeglasses when working on the computer now. I would like to suggest that Adobe consider adding a feature that allows a user to choose line weight and color. It would really be helpful. Age has certainly taken it's toll on my eyes (and my hair)! Does anyone else have my same issue?

Clipping Path or are you referring to the Pen Option ruber Band?

IDCS2 How to use Photoshop Clipping Path at TIFF import

For EPS-Import there are IEPSPrefs!
But how do i activate a Use-PS-Clipping-Path when importing a TIFF?

For EPS-Import there are IEPSPrefs!
But how do i activate a Use-PS-Clipping-Path when importing a TIFF?

Photoshop Clipping Path Glitch

I just got a new computer and installed CS5 on it and I'm noticing whenever I use the pen tool my clipping path is invisible.. The pen tool is still working, if I can still make a selection from said invisible clipping path, but its proving to be really annoying, as I have some pretty intense selections to make at work.. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? Is is a common one?
Side Notes:
The monitor is the same as the one I was using before I got this new computer, the problem only started with the new computer.
The resize box (free transform tool) also is invisible.

Clipping Path or are you referring to the Pen Option ruber Band?

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.

Possible bug in Clipping Path - weird behaviour

I've got a bunch of images with clipping paths. All the same size. They're all book covers from a series.
Well I applied a clipping path to all of them.
Some when placed into InDesign will place fine with the clipping path applied.
Others will not - and the only difference I can see is that:
The images that import with the clipping path applied - in Photoshop they are as Layer 1 and a Background Layer
The images that import without a clipping path applied - in Photoshop they are flattened.
Is that the same behaviour for everyone else - would you consider it a bug?
InDesign CS5 - Fully Patched
Photoshop CS2 - Fully Patched
Photoshop File Type> TIFF

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.

Reset multiple images' clipping paths to "None"

In InDesign CS4, is there a way to check all images at once and reset their clipping paths to "none?" I work on catalogs that have several thousand photos (tif, Photoshop, and a few jpg files) in each one. We break the catalogs into approximately 10 sections/documents then organize them into a book file/palette, so there are only a few hundred images in each section/document. Originally a clipping path was applied to the photos (either a Photoshop clipping path or a "detect edges" path), but we now save them with transparency, so I'd like to be able to turn them all of at once (especially the "detect edges" paths).
Any suggestions? I know basically nothing about scripting, so writing a script wouldn't work in this case.
I appreciate any help...
Thanks,
Lloyd

I'm not sure.
Isn't it a collection up to this:
docs[l].rectangles.everyItem().images.everyItem()
from this point it's got a length:
docs[l].rectangles.everyItem().images.everyItem().clippingPath
So this works here:
#target indesign
function main() {
          var docs = app.documents.everyItem().getElements(),
                    l = docs.length;
          while(l--) {
                    try {
                            cPaths = docs[l].rectangles.everyItem().images.everyItem().clippingPath;
                            pl = cPaths.length;
                            while(pl--){
                                cPaths[pl].clippingType = ClippingPathType.NONE;
                    } catch(e) {
                              alert(e);
                    alert('All done! You can go outside and play now!')
app.doScript('main()', undefined, undefined, UndoModes.entireScript, 'Reset Clipping');
Have a nice day
Hans-gerd Claßen

Bring in another .psd file with the 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 and am going to be posting this same question there as well. I like that in InDesign, the clipping path stays attached to the image when you move it. However, is there a way to do this in Photoshop? I don't know how to bring .psd files into Photoshop along with their clipping paths. If there is a way to do this, is there a way to link the clipping path to the layer so that when I move the individual layers, the clipping path moves with it?
Help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

In Photoshop "Clipping Path" is a special kind of Path and limited to one per image and not linked to one Layer.
A work-around to combine multiple images with individual Clipping Paths into one psd file with a combined Clipping Path could be
• applying the Clipping Paths as Vector Masks to the images (flattened to one Layer or converted to a Smart Object each),
• combining them and after positioning/transforming/…
• copy/pasting the individual Vector Masks into one new Clipping Path.

Visibility of clipping paths

Whilst CS 6 has some great improvements, I find running clipping paths in it very difficult. That is because in earlier versions of photoshop, clipping paths showed up in the complementary colour of the underlaying colour and were very visible. Now they are a darkish grey, which makes it often impossible to see them. You can go blind trying to see where you are clipping.
Any solutions to this?

I only have CC installed at the moment, and paths work really nicely on that, flipping from black to white according to the colour behind them. It always used to be a problem, and I have seen many discussions and moans on the subject, so you might have to grin and bear - or get a CC subscription

How do I save a clipping path in Photoshop so that Quark gives me the option to change the path opti

I created a clipping path on a photo, clipping out a person's head so that I can have the person's head show up over the masthead on a cover.
But when I save the photo in Photoshop and then import it into Quark, the option where it says I can change the clipping options in Quark is greyed out.
This is what it says to possibly fix it on the Quark help page:
"You may want to choose "None" from the Clipping path pop-up menu when you save the image from Adobe Photoshop, so you can specify which path to use as the clipping path when you import the image into QuarkXPress. Or, you may want to choose a path from the Clipping path pop-up menu, so you can be sure only that path will be used to clip the image."
I don't understand what that refers to....I can't find anything like that in the Photoshop options.
My goal is to have the person's head over the text, with the rest of the photo still retained in the background. As it is now, I just get an import of the clipping path alone, with Quark substituting the background part of the photo with a white box.
Thanks!

<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RxvmnVOUk55QdqS9tN4g7h79Bgef0" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1RxvmnVOUk55QdqS9tN4g7h79Bgef0_thumb.gif" border="0" />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=17oVBzeqvr2YeN0BkvJUS0rFTjMqHh" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/17oVBzeqvr2YeN0BkvJUS0rFTjMqHh_thumb.gif" border="0" />

[AS][Photoshop] Checking if there is any paths or clipping paths

Hey guys,
I would like to determine if there is any paths or clipping paths in the files dropped onto the droplet. Then sort them into different folders. One folder for files with paths and one for without paths. Getting the files to move I think I can manage, but I can't get checking for the paths to work. Anyone got a clue? This is how far I have got.
> on open fileList
> tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
> activate
>
>
> repeat with thisFile in fileList
> open thisFile showing dialogs never
>
> set CountOfPaths to count of path items
> display dialog CountOfPaths
>
> end repeat
>
> end tell
end open

Solved it! :D
on open fileList
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
activate
-- DO WITH EVERY FILE DROPPED ONTO THE DROPLET
repeat with thisFile in fileList
open thisFile showing dialogs never
tell current document
-- CHECK FOR PATHS
set CountOfPaths to every path item
if CountOfPaths is equal to {} then
-- IF THERE'S NO PATH
tell application "Finder"
-- MAKE RED IN FINDER
set the label index of thisFile to 2
end tell
else
-- IF THERE IS A _CLIPPING PATH_
if exists (every path item whose kind is clipping) then
tell application "Finder"
-- MAKE GREEN IN FINDER
set the label index of thisFile to 6
end tell
else
-- IF THERE IS A PATH BUT _NO_ CLIPPING PATH
tell application "Finder"
-- MAKE PURPLE IN FINDER
set the label index of thisFile to 5
end tell
end if
end if
end tell
-- CLOSE THE FILE
close current document saving no
end repeat
end tell
end open

How do I get clipping paths to work in PhotoShop CS5?

I've always used clipping paths to pull-out parts of images that I then save as eps files and bring into other images.
For some reason, I can't get CS5 PS to capture only the path I created, instead it continues to capture the entire image.
I normally create a path with the pen tool, save the path, identify it with the Clipping Path from the dropdown, then save out as an EPS. Has worked thousands of times for me in previous versions of PhotoShop, but not with CS5.
Anyone else encounter this problem or have a solution?

Ok, I did that but it's still reacting the same way. So I need to start from scrtach and build a new path? That can't b
e. When I make the change and hit selection I am still getting an inverted selection. See.

Photoshop clipping path?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for