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So I'm trying to create a butterfly and I want to include a pattern I added using "Place" to only one wing. I'm trying to use pathfinder to do this but it won't work.
This is what the butterfly looks like with the pattern on:
I duplicated the left blue wing outline w/o fill and placed it above the pattern hoping that I could use "Intersect" in the pathfinder to crop it so it is only visible on the top left wing. However, I got this warning:
I'm not sure if it is because the texture isn't vector or what. I hope you were able to understand the problem!
Seems like you need to apply a clipping mask.
Object/Clipping Mask/Make
Make sure mask shape is on top of your image.
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Seems like you need to apply a clipping mask.
Object/Clipping Mask/Make
Make sure mask shape is on top of your image.
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You can NOT use the Pathfinder panel with images. Just you can use it with Shapes.
as porter1643​ said, here you need to use the Slipping Mask.
You can make it by bringing the shape above the image then select the shape and image and press Ctrl+7 or got to Object>Clipping Mask> Make.
It will be better if you make a copy from your shape first.
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it's not pathfinder you need but a clipping mask.
- your placed image, your wing, duplicate your placed image and paste it in front of your wing image. Select all, right click and make clipping mask
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Pathfinder doesn't work with images. it only works with shaoes, you can make image to shape by image trace. Then expand and ungroup, and then you can work with pathfinder
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