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Crosshatch pattern applied to an image

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August 3, 2017
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Hello

I'm trying to apply a crosshatch pattern (or any pattern for that reason) to an image. The result should be a crosshatched image. Most likely there are several ways of applying a pattern to an image in Illustrator. I don't remember how they did that in the video I saw a while back (long story short, I might have not bookmarked it). I'm not looking for applying the pattern to an object, though. Please help me with that. Thanks a lot

Cristian

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Correct answer edgrimley

If you just want a pattern over an image just add a rectangle shape above the image and fill it with a pattern.

visualWebberAuthor

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Thanks again for your replies, Monika, Ed

visualWebberAuthor

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In the meanwhile I found the video. It's also on lynda.com. It uses opacity masks. I guess it's somehow related to clipping masks

I need to keep track of the videos better

Monika Gause

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Opacity masks are not related to clipping masks

visualWebberAuthor

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They are not. It's just that they are masks, too. I did a poor job at explaining it but that's all I remembered. I posted this so that everyone knows I found what I was looking for. Unlike U2

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edgrimleyCorrect answer

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If you just want a pattern over an image just add a rectangle shape above the image and fill it with a pattern.

visualWebberAuthor

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Ok, thank you, I didn't think about it, I'll just do that!

visualWebberAuthor

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There was a video about this by Mordy Golding, he used for sure a crosshatch rectangle, but I didn't see it on Lynda.com.

visualWebberAuthor

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Thank you for replying, Monika.

By "image" I mean a placed image (picture).

I will be able to show something later.

I had to select the placed image and also the crosshatched rectangle. It wasn't a swatch, so maybe it wasn't an actual pattern, just a rectangle that had a crosshatch fill.

I guess I don't know how to reply to you, Monika, I don't have that option, that's why I'm replying to original question.

Monika Gause

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visualWebber schrieb
Thank you for replying, Monika.
By "image" I mean a placed image (picture).

You will need to first trace it before you can apply a pattern.

visualWebberAuthor

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Thank you, Monika, I guess I can trace the image, too, what I was thinking about didn't involve tracing, though.

Monika Gause

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Please show.

It's not clear what you mean by "image".

Patterns are applied by using swatches

visualWebberAuthor

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I remember it as being vaguely similar to clipping masks

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