Using a clipping mask on text and compound image

[lisaj65770440]

Happy Monday everyone, trying to sound cheerful but actually want to throw something 🤦🏾‍:female_sign:

I'm trying to use a clipping mask to make both of these gold foil, Illustrator will only do one or the other what have I missed???

Thanks in advance, any assistance will be greatly appreciated 😢

Lisa

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Both of what? Please explain further. And show your Layers panel.

[lisaj65770440]

Thanks for replying Jeff

I want to use a clipping mask on the text and object on the left

I hope you are able to see 

[Monika Gause]

The text is still text?

Try and make a compound shape out of the text and the graphic.

If that doesn't work then you will need to either

- expand the text and then make a compound path

or

- apply the text as one clipping mask and the graphic as another one.

Compound shapes: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/combining-objects.html

[lisaj65770440]

Thank you Monika, I will try both ways.

[Ton Frederiks]

Or Group the text and circles 

Select the group and the image

Click Make mask in the Transparency panel

[lisaj65770440]

Hi Tom

I think I love you a little bit, thanks so much.

[Ton Frederiks]

Your love is appreciated, Lisa 🙂

[lisaj65770440]

Hi Ton, misspelt your name before, that actually didn't work 😖 do you think it's because the image I'm using for the mask is a jpg?

[Ton Frederiks]

It should not matter what kind of image it is.

What did not work?

Did you check/uncheck the options in the Transparency panel like Clip and Invert mask>

Were your text and circles White?

[lisaj65770440]

Yes they were white

[Ton Frederiks]

Can you share the file?

You can embed an Illustrator file (sort of...).

Save the Illustrator file as PDF with "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" checked (the default).

If you edit your post (click the 3 dots...) you will notice a very small icon below the contents of your post.

Put on your glasses and click the chain icon to embed the PDF.

If someone opens the embedded pdf in Illustrator, they will get the original Illustrator file.

[lisaj65770440]

  

Sorry Ton, It won't accept pdf so I couldn't embed it

[Ton Frederiks]

I don't know why it doesn'tn accept pdf, maybe something changed. (you could try other sharing options like WeTransfer, CC filesharing, Dropbox, Google Transfer)

But to come back to your problem, did you first undo the clipping mask, group the white objects, and select both the jpeg and the group?