Placing images behind a transparent font.

Hello everybody
I have a transparent font and an image of lightning. I would like for the transparent font to be filled with the image of the lightning. So rather than the font color be a solid color, it would be the image. Hopefully that makes sense. Thank you very much for your willingness to help newbies like me.
Tim

I have no idea what you mean by "transparent font". Transparency is not an attribute a font can have. An object can have transparency, and that object can be text set in a font, but the font itself has no measure of transparency.
BUT, if you want to use some text to mask an image, make sure the text is above the object in this case, the lightning image), select both, the go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make.

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>>>>Can i just change the HTML code to allow me
to move one image downwards
>>>>when both are within the same table?
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>> If by "downward" you are referring to the stacking
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>>> have strait lines. Basically it is a sort of jig
saw type of scenario
>>> where by
>>> i need the images to fit each other. One is a
flash file and the other
>>> a
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fitting them together,
>>> there is
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>>> Can i just change the HTML code to allow me to
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Hi,
I'm having some problems with Illustrator CS2.
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Not only that, but after working on my arrangement some more, if i click my placed image, i notice how Illustrator has sliced it into 2 or more parts..
This is annoying, since getting those white stitching lines doesn't really make me safe for print, and also bothers me that Illustrator slices the image into 2 or more parts without asking or confirmation.
Anyone knows how i can fix this problem?
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John

Hi,
I'm having some problems with Illustrator CS2.
When i place a .PSD file (1 layer, photo, transparent background) with 300 dpi / CMYK 8bit into my main page, i get these strange stitching white lines over the image.
Not only that, but after working on my arrangement some more, if i click my placed image, i notice how Illustrator has sliced it into 2 or more parts..
This is annoying, since getting those white stitching lines doesn't really make me safe for print, and also bothers me that Illustrator slices the image into 2 or more parts without asking or confirmation.
Anyone knows how i can fix this problem?
Thanks,
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White lines appear around placed images in printing.

A native Illustrator document with placed Photoshop (both CS6) images produces whites lines around the placed images when printed. The Illustrator document does not show white lines on screen. Nor does the PDF (Acrobat X Pro) generated from the IA doc show white lines when viewed on screen. When the document goes to press, the printed product show the white lines:
See upper left image and lower right image-note: other images are not affected. Both both are native Photoshop images, placed on a gradient in IA. Perhaps the PDF settings: "Adobe PDF Preset" or "Standard" are not chosen correctly? Why the white lines?

You screenshot shows a modified Illustrator Default preset with Compatability to Acrobat 4. That setting always flattens transparency which is what I would suggest avoiding first.
Note the Warnings summary alerts that transparency will be flattened.
garlic541 wrote:
2.That same initial 'Save Adobe PDF' widow allows for three settings: Adobe PDF Preset (12 choices); Standard (6 choices), and Compatibility (5 choices). Note how the window signals a Warning (Warnings: Saving this file with Compatibilty set to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) requires items with transparency to be flattened.) Could this be a warning that produces the stitch lines in the actual printing?
Yes
garlic541 wrote:
After researching....
Discussion seems to indicate seeing 'stiching lines' on screen; sometimes in the designing application; or in the generated PDF. My instances are visible only in printing-in two of the four images.
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Transparency in Adobe Applications: A Print Production Guide
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I'm designing a brochure in Illustrator that contains several logos and photos. (Yes, I know, Illustrator... I've read several forums and know that InDesign may be a better program for this, but I completely underbid this project and really need to stick with something I know for cost efficiency.)
I need to resize several images in Photoshop to place in Illustrator and I'm wondering if I should save them as CMYK jpegs, or tiffs, etc. I need the file to be the smallest it can be for upload to the printer. I need the basics on different file types and their pros and cons.
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"I need to resize several images in Photoshop to place in Illustrator and I'm wondering if I should save them as CMYK jpegs, or tiffs, etc. I need the file to be the smallest it can be for upload to the printer. I need the basics on different file types and their pros and cons."
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-Get Adobe's Print Publishing Guide. It has enough information in it to help you wade through all of the disinformation out there. Get in touch with a couple of local print shops and have them take a look at your files. Good shops can spot problems and give you some handy tips. Not all shops will take the time, so finding one can be tricky.
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Change stacking order of placed images/objects?

Hello All,
Is it possible to change the order of placed images in a PDF?
I have a PDF with several objects in it, I want to be able to place an image into the PDF, and have it appear behind some of the objects and in front of others... is this possible?
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As far as AS3 goes, I don't know what you mean, but it can be used pretty much the same way you use AS2, with the exception that in AS3 you cannot place code "on" object like you can in AS1/AS2... all code must be on the timeline. Beyond that, there is no difference beyond alot of the code being different between the two languages. The timeline remains as a place to build things in if you choose to.
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> Can someone explain the steps in order for me to put a
jpeg image BEHIND
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could someone help me. i want to put the an image behind another image. The image on the top will have some invisible parts, and the behind will fill in those parts. How should i do it?
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check some alpha values
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