Photoshop clipping mask to Illustrator

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July 24, 2023
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I am trying to place a jpg with a clipping mask (created in photoshop) into illustrator. The clipping path is not coming over with the file. What am I missing?

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

If you want a clipping path in Illustrator, use PSD, TIFF or PDF

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

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If you want a clipping path in Illustrator, use PSD, TIFF or PDF

Crow Design

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You can place a TIF with a clipping path in Illustrator but, if your intention is to use a grayscale tif and recolor it with a spot color, you wont be able to. For that you need a flat image.

Andy Tells Things

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How did you make the mask in Photoshop, and how exactly are you bringing it over to Illustrator?

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Veronica22551996i6fwAuthor

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I created a working path, saved, named and selected the path as a clipping path. Saved the file as a jpg file. Placed the image in Illustrator. When placing I selected show options but didn't get any options.

Andy Tells Things

Community Expert

Right. I believe this is a function that only works when bringing the JPEG to InDesign, Veronica. I suggest you just apply the mask to the image in Photoshop, save it as a PNG, and then bring it to Illustrator. Or just create the clipping mask straight in Illustrator.