Illy Question///
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- rob1
In Illy CS, I know how to mask a bitmap, but is there a way to crop a bitmap inside Illy, ie. not using Photoshop?
- brooke0
Nope. Just mask it.
- MisterNiddles0
Mask it. Illy will mask bitmaps just like vectors...... Werd
- MrWhite0
Yeah, thanks....but I was doing a large amount of work in Illy and had imported some bitmaps that are larger than the Artboard, and I was wanting to just crop them inside Illy, without having to go into PS....plus, when I export as a PDF, it exports not just what is inside the "artboard", but the mask I am using that falls outside the artboard...which I don't want to happen.
- pyeaton0
You can throw a path on the image in PS, and select all, and drag into illy. it will be masked by the path.
Hope this helps.
- horton0
....plus, when I export as a PDF, it exports not just what is inside the "artboard", but the mask I am using that falls outside the artboard...which I don't want to happen.
MrWhite
(Nov 14 05, 12:40)one of my fav latest discoveries in AI...
object/ crop area
(if you have nothing selected it crops to page size, for PDFs, jpeg exports etc etc.)
don't know how long this feature has been there.
- MisterNiddles0
horton is on point.... make crop area eliminates excess nonsense....
- MrWhite0
horton....you are da man!
That solved my problems! Thanks alot!!!
- horton0
that trick rules..
i routinely export 8.5x11 pages and have been cropping in PS for a couple years..
just discovered crop area a couple weeks ago... fuuuuuuuuukme!.
- madirish0
man,
i wish i woudl have posted that trick years ago! it is an awesome thing to know about for sure. glad it helped you.
and i too wish illy cropped bitmap's natively. but then again, use each for what they are best for...