Using a Vector Art File as a matte for an image collage

II have a vector art file of a paw print. I would like to use it with a variety of photos to create a collage. I have the image files selected and the vector art file sized, but what I can't figure out is how to have the images seen ONLY inside each toe/pad of the paw print. Once the file is completed, I would like to be able to flow text around the paw prints so I don't want the entire art board area to be white as this would effect my text wrap properties. Any and all suggestions are welcome!
Ubiquitous Information:
Adobe CS6 Design & Web premium
Illustrator v. 16.0.3 (32-bit)
Windows 7 Professional sp 1 64-bit OS
Thanks in advance for your help this morning!
Susan

I developed a Photo Collage Toolkit for Photoshop. I feel its very easy to create PSD templates that can be populated with images.
Photo Collage Toolkit
Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this video showing a 5 image collage PSD template being populates with images:
The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.
Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.
There are twelve scripts in this package they provide the following functions:
TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder
PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.
Documentation and Examples

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Can you recommend any good tutorials for using paths/vector art in Photoshop?
Honestly, I've had a good look for even one - without much success.
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John,
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<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 4.2-c020 1.124078, Tue Sep 11 2007 23:21:40
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<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
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Hello
When placing an image in my (web/pixel) project the resolution is dependent from the set ppi.
When I create a new document for web, then logically only the pixels matter. Nonetheless there's a ppi field, why? And depending what value it has, placed pictures (file > place or drag&drop from Windows' explorer) get resized instead of the wanted 1:1 resolution.
1 pixel should remain 1 pixel when working with in pixels.
Try it out:
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Ppi has nothing lost in pixels-only projects.
The only way that works is to open all single images in Photoshop as tabs, and then drag&drop from within Ps. -.-
Regards
Mopsi
Example screenshot: http://www.m-i-u.de/images-i83580bxvogj.jpg
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The green framed layer is a screenshot from a movie, drag&drop from the explorer. 1920x1080 (normally) unwanted upscaled here.
The red framed layer is a screensot as well, but drag&dropped from a tab within Photoshop. It remains in its original resolution of 1920x1080.

I'm wrong and your right. I just did some testing and Photoshop does indeed interpolate the lower resolution 600x400 72DPI image is up size to match the higher resolution document document size during the place process. I just assumed Photoshop would preserve image quality and not interpolate the image.    As you have shown it does interpolate the image which greatly lowers the image quality of re-sized low resolution image.
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When you use Place you get
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You had enabled the "Sequence"check box at one point. Simply use File --> Repalce Footage and load the files again with correct options.
Mylenium

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Can anyone tell me the options for vector art? It seems you can export singular groups from Illustrator, can anyone expand on this? I know in After Effects for example, you can import a vector art file, like .ai, and it retains its scalability. In Motion it seems to get rasterized. True? Thanks.

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Hello,
I'm sorry you're having trouble. Unfortunately, this forum is for questions about Acrobat.com (www.acrobat.com) only; we can't help with problems experienced with other products. Here is a thread in the Adobe Reader forum that may pertain to your question:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/391798
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I am trying to create a small PDF file for e-book distribution purposes. My Indesign pages contain a variety of photographs, vector icons and vector maps.
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I don't know if he's exporting directly out of Indesign, but my best guess is that he is.
My vector-based icons, numbers and maps are bloating my PDFs considerably. When I remove them, the Indesign and exported PDF file sizes drop dramatically. For the life of me, I can't figure out how he got such small PDF files sizes using so much vector art! The PDF graphic compression settings don't seem to include any options for vector art.
My vector art graphics (numbering, icons, maps) are all saved as Illustrator AI files and then placed in Indesign as linked graphics. My best guess as to why I can't achieve smaller PDF files is I'm either doing something wrong with the vector graphics themselves or handling/exporting them improperly out of Indesign.
I am using CS4 for PC and am on a Dell Machine running Windows 7.

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Apparently I have to save my AI files as PDFs and print from there, but this poses extra steps, troubles in sizing, colors, page set up...
I mean nothing beats being able to print direct from AI... I cannot understand what the problem is all of a sudden.
At home I have a late '06 Mac Pro running CS4 and printing successfully to a C88 epson inkjet printer under OSX 10.5
What is the matter, please help, this is cramping my style and performance???
thank you
JF
New York

Ok this would not be a problem with 10.4.11 on a Power PV Mac but on an Intel Mac running 10.6.4 or running anything above 10.4.11 on any Mac you would need a postscript driver. Problem, there is no postscript driver for this model Printer this is actually a photo quality printer, that is what it does best.
So what to do the best one can do is to save the file as a pdf and print from Acrobat. There is no other way regardless of what one would like and expect.

Questions about Using Vector To File And JTable

hi all
I want to write all data from Vector To File and read from file To Vector
And I want To show all data from vector to JTable
Note: I'm using the JBuilder Compiler
This is Class A that my datamember And Methods in it
import java.io.*;
* Title: 
* Description: 
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008
* Company: 
* @author unascribed
* @version 1.0
public class A implements Serializable {
int no;
String name;
int age;
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 no=n;
 name=na;
 age=a;
public void set_no(int n)
 no = n;
public void set_age(int a)
 age = a;
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 return age;
public void setName(String a)
 name = a;
public String getname ()
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public int getno ()
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This is The Frame That the JTextFeild And JButtons & JTable in it
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.borland.jbcl.layout.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
* Title: 
* Description: 
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008
* Company: 
* @author unascribed
* @version 1.0
public class Frame1 extends JFrame {
/* Vector v = new Vector ();
public int i=0;*/
A a = new A();
XYLayout xYLayout1 = new XYLayout();
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JTextField txtname = new JTextField();
JTextField txtage = new JTextField();
JButton add = new JButton();
JButton search = new JButton();
/*JTable jTable1 = new JTable();
TableModel tableModel1 = new MyTableModel(*/
 TableModel dataModel = new AbstractTableModel() {
 public int getColumnCount() { return 2; }
 public int getRowCount() { return 2;}
 public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) { return new A(); }
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 JScrollPane scrollpane = new JScrollPane(table);
TitledBorder titledBorder1;
TitledBorder titledBorder2;
ObjectInputStream in;
ObjectOutputStream out;
JButton read = new JButton();
public Frame1() {
 try {
 jbInit();
 catch(Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
 titledBorder1 = new TitledBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(),"");
 titledBorder2 = new TitledBorder("");
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 add.setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
 add.setNextFocusableComponent(txtno);
 add.setMnemonic('0');
 add.setText("Add");
 add.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 add_actionPerformed(e);
 add.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 add_actionPerformed(e);
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 search.setText("Search");
 search.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 search_actionPerformed(e);
 xYLayout1.setWidth(411);
 xYLayout1.setHeight(350);
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 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 read_actionPerformed(e);
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 this.getContentPane().add(txtage, new XYConstraints(44, 97, 115, 23));
 this.getContentPane().add(add, new XYConstraints(60, 184, 97, 26));
 this.getContentPane().add(search, new XYConstraints(167, 185, 88, 24));
 this.getContentPane().add(table, new XYConstraints(187, 24, 205, 119));
 this.getContentPane().add(read, new XYConstraints(265, 185, 75, 24));
 this.setSize(450,250);
 table.setGridColor(new Color(0,0,255));
void add_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 a.set_no(Integer.parseInt(txtno.getText()));
 a.setName(txtname.getText());
 a.set_age(Integer.parseInt(txtage.getText()));
 fileOutput();
 txtno.setText(null);
 txtname.setText(null);
 txtage.setText(null);
 try
 out.writeObject(a);
 out.close();
 }catch (Exception excep){};
/* try
 add.setDefaultCapable(true);
 v.addElement(new A());
 ((A)v.elementAt(i)).setA(Integer.parseInt(txtno.getText()),txtname.getText(),Integer.parseInt(txtage.getText()));
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"The Record is Added");
 txtno.setText(null);
 txtname.setText(null);
 txtage.setText(null);
 i++;
}catch (Exception excep){};*/
void search_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 int n = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter No:"));
 for (int i=0;i<v.size();i++)
 if (((A)v.elementAt(i)).getno()==n)
 txtno.setText(Integer.toString(((A)v.elementAt(i)).getno()));
 txtname.setText(((A)v.elementAt(i)).getname() );
 txtage.setText(Integer.toString(((A)v.elementAt(i)).getage()));
public void fileOutput()
 try
 out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("c:\\UserData.txt",true));
 }catch(Exception excep){};
public void fileInput()
 try
 in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("c:\\UserData.txt"));
 }catch(Exception excep){};
void read_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
fileInput();
 try
 a = (A)in.readObject();
 txtno.setText(Integer.toString(a.getno()));
 txtname.setText(a.getname());
 txtage.setText(Integer.toString(a.getage()));
 }catch (Exception excep){};
}

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import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class Util
private Vector v;
private FileReader filereader;
private FileWriter filewriter;
Util(String data[])throws Exception
v=new Vector();
for(String o:data)
 v.add(o);
public void listData()throws Exception
int size=v.size();
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 System.out.println(v.get(i));
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filewriter =new FileWriter(fname);
filewriter.write(data);
filewriter.flush();
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filereader=new FileReader(fname);
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filereader.read(fcont,0,fcont.length);
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public String getData()throws Exception
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class TestUtil
public static void main(String a[])throws Exception
String arr[]={"siva","rama","krishna"};
Util util=new Util(arr);
System.out.println("before copy from file...");
util.listData();
String fname=System.getProperty("user.home")+"\\"+"vecdata";
util.copyToFile(util.getData(),fname);
util.copyFromFile(fname);
System.out.println("after copy from file...");
util.listData();
}

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