How to minus front a shape from an image

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August 20, 2022
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Hi. I'm trying to 'minus front' a shape from a jpg image but it wont work. The minus front works fine on my PC for shapes but not the image.

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Jacob Bugge

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default,

As I (mis)understand it, you wish to hide the part of the image behind the actual shape.

In addition to what Kurt and Jane said, you can use the actual shape as an Opacity Mask if you turn it black (or white and Invert Mask), or you can add a sufficiently large shape and make a Compound Path with the actual shape as the hole and use it as a Clipping Mask.

jane-e

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@default23137912fchw1r wrote:

The minus front works fine on my PC for shapes but not the image.

This is correct and by design. Be sure the vector object (can be text) is above your image in the Layers panel, select both, then Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make. Details here:

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

Jane

Kurt Gold

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You may use clipping paths or opacity masks to do it.

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Davide Giusep33879285r8rv

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How can i work the Opacity mask to do this job?

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Davide,

Have you (seen and) tried the way I wrote on 20th August 2022, the last post before yours?

To hide the image/artwork completely, you can use the reverse Clipping Mask described, or you need a fully black or white shape as an Opacity a (which can be a Compound Path, Group, or a raster image) as described:

"As I (mis)understand it, you wish to hide the part of the image behind the actual shape.

In addition to what Kurt and Jane said, you can use the actual shape as an Opacity Mask if you turn it black (or white and Invert Mask), or you can add a sufficiently large shape and make a Compound Path with the actual shape as the hole and use it as a Clipping Mask."

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