Create and control complex clipping and opacity masks in illustrator.
Author: Corey Barker
Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.
Excellent!!!
Definitely very good & very easy to benefit from.
Good Job
Nice job for begginers cool dude
Go on
Very brilliant. Another creative tip from the Magician!
As a begginer, I love it!
Thanks.
I had an epiphany moment and finally “get” the difference between when you use a clipping mask and when you use an opacity mask. It’s always sort of eluded me. Thanks!
Great work
This is a very helpful tutorial…
You guys really are cool.
Thank you 4 this tutorial.
You’re a master! Very nice tutorial, it’s simple but professional work. I said hi from Mexico.
man, I feel much smarter- Thank You sooo much.
greetings from australia
man i feel smarter thak yoo
excellent!
thankYOU very clear explanation but the video quality not to clear
Thank you so much! I now know how to make gaps in silhouettes! I’m so happy I could weep!
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[...] Creative Masking Techniques See a method for using complex masking techniques in Illustrator. [...]
[...] Creative Masking Techniques See a method for using complex masking techniques in Illustrator. [...]
Hello,
I love these tutorials, but how can I get them in a printable format? I use them as supplements to classes.
Thank you for the tutorial.
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For a simpler beginners guide – there is a clipping mask tutorial here http://www.melsbrushes.co.uk/?p=593 which I found helpful – this video was a bit beyond me!
nice !!
was very helpful in my transition from PS to AI thanks much
Corey, Thank you x 3~4…! I’m an (old) newbie to Illy, (prepress), and Opacity Masks eluded me until I found your Tute.
Much clearer than some of the others I’ve tripped over, including those on the site of a large, well-known graphics software company, down San Jose-way.
Bookmarked!
it’s very helpful to me thanks….
now i know !!! thanks!! actually this is like the “power clip” of coreldraw.
I could fill it with something crazy, like purple. WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!
Thanks so much!!!
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Simply awesome! U have the Midas touch. Finally I understood this stuff of clipping and opacity. Thx a bunch.
this is the only video in internet which explaned mask to me THANK U IT WAS GREAT
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Dear Sir,
Very well explained and very much useful
Thanks a lot n expecting more to come
good help full in feature
i just start illustrator tutorials
THNX 1nce again