Use a texture and gradient of an image as Stroke, not fill.

[christineh28226546]

I am trying to get a textured, gold outline on a logo. I want it to be the texture and gradient of an image of gold.
I tried to create a clipping mask but I don't want the fill, only the outline. Is this possible in Illustrator?

Thanks!

[Mohammad.Harb]

first you need to convert the stroke to outlines :

object -> path -> outlines stroke

if the result was "compund path " the clipping mask will work perfectly , if not, convert the outlined stroke to a compound path

object -> compound path -> make

Now you can  make the clipping mask

please let us know if that helps,

regards.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You don't need to outline the path. You can instead use it as an opacity mask.

Cropping Images with Opacity Masks

[malay_karmakar]

Yes, this is very helpful feature. Even a typography can be used as mask without converting into path