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Inspiring
November 25, 2024
Question

Crop to a circle

  • November 25, 2024
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how can I crop an image to other then a simple rectangle?

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2024

Cropping is always rectangular, you may want to use a clipping mask:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/clipping-masks.html

Inspiring
November 26, 2024

But when I make a circle the clipping option is greyed and not able to be selected.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 26, 2024

Put the circle on top of the image.

Select both the circle and the image.

Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 25, 2024

Hello @hendy_5450,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind sharing more details about your exact workflow, along with some screenshots (if possible) so I can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Anubhav