Look behind the mask

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2. Look behind the mask. Tutorial. When Illustrator creates a clipping mask, the mask and. the art are grouped together, making it easy …

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Look behind the mask
Masking in Adobe?Illustrator?CS2 is a way to define
parts of your artwork as being hidden from view. Rather
than having to delete unwanted parts of your art, you
can use a vector shape to define an area that acts like a
window: Anything that appears within the borders of
the shape is visible, and anything that falls outside its
boundaries is not visible. The main benefit derived
from using masks is that you aren’t deleting anything
from your file, and once a mask is created, it’s possible
to change the mask or the artwork behind it, as well as
reposition the mask to show or hide different parts of
your artwork.
When you use masks in a file and are required to make
changes, you’ll never have to re-create art that you’ve
already deleted. Instead, everything that you create is
always in the file, and you simply choose what is or isn’t
visible. Additionally, a mask allows you to instantly clip
parts of an image or an object. By using a mask, you can
do with one click what might take tens of clicks…