Resizing bounding box without scaling image

What would be the benefit of having a larger bounding box?

Clipping placed (linked) images with the bounding box has been possible for a long time (since AI 9 or 10). But its implementation has always been pretty bumpy.

1. Place an image (linked)

2. Select the image, go to the Links palette menu and choose Placement Options. Use the following settings:

Now select the image and clip it with the bounding box.

I don't recommend this method because it may cause some serious trouble. For example, it used to reset the clipping bounding box as soon as you embedded the image. You can avoid that by doing an Object > Rasterize command, but that's just another workaround.

Bee,

As I (mis)understand it, you may create a rectangle corresponding (in size and position) to the part of the image you want visible, then select both and Ctrl/Cmd+7 (Object>Clipping Mask>Make).

If you wish to really get rid of the outlying parts, you may do the dirty deed (or crop in Photoshop or something).

I am not sure if this is what you want.

Place an image.

Click the Mask button in the Options bar.

Make the mask larger or smaller.

You can also give it a color.

It's not possible. The bounding box of an object is intrinsic, it's not a separate transform. Simply add a rectangle of whtever size you need and group it with your image to get an object with padded borders.

Mylenium