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Clipping Path
You may want to use only part of a Photoshop image when printing it or placing it in another application. For example, you may want to use a foreground object and exclude the background. An image clipping path lets you isolate the foreground object and make everything else transparent when the image is printed or placed in another application.
Clipping Path Exercise
Please download the files below. Once you have them, double-click on the zip files to decompress them.
- CG1_Clipping_Bowling_Pin.psd.zip
- Simply draw around the whole bowling pin.
- CG1_Clipping_Bug.psd.zip
- Draw around the whole butterfly.
- CG1_Clipping_Duck.psd.zip
- Draw around the whole shape. Don't forget to include interior spaces.
- CG1_Clipping_Kids.psd.zip
- Draw around both kids. Don't forget to include interior spaces.
- CG1_Clipping_Ring_Dog.psd.zip
- Draw around the dog's whole body.
- CG1_Clipping_Space_Ball.psd.zip
- Draw around the whole ball excluding the pole base. Just cut across it making it look natural.
Instructions
- After you have drawn a clipping path on all your images, make sure you Save a Copy of them as Photoshop eps files.
- Launch InDesign. Place a coloured box over a whole tabloid-sized page. Go File>Place and select each .eps file.
- Gather your files using the Package function in InDesign into a folder named "lastname, firstname".
- Place this folder in my drop box on the "dropbox" server.
Please do not upload it to BlackBoard. I will only accept files this way. Files will not be graded if they are not named properly. Questions?