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Why is there no crop button ?

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
May 29, 2019
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I really don't understand why there is no crop button . What is the reason for this ? Also which is the best way to crop please .

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meganchi

Legend

You could try using the eraser tool. But keep a copy your original so you can revert back if necessary.

Omar.Fathy

Community Expert

You can edit the artboard size or with the Artboard Toll.
You can also use the Clipping Mask.
I'm with you if Adobe add the preview option to Illustrator like InDesign, it will be so good!

avid_body16B8

Legend

Definitely use the clipping mask as everyone here indicates.

Ray Yorkshire

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James

If you are still having problems you could show screen shots of the tree you are trying change,, selected with the layers panel open.

Or you can share the Illustrator file by uploading it to Google drive, Dropbox, Adobe Cloud etc and giving the link here

If you didn't make the tree yourself it is possible it could have locked parts etc and is more complicated construction marking things difficult..

All vector software has steep learning curves!

Grant H

Community Expert

James, dont get upset bud. I assure you there are many more reasons NOT to crop vector artwork. A clipping path is the way to go for sure.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

There are a few functions that are called 'crop' / that could serve as 'crop' in Illustrator depending on exactly what it is you are trying to achieve. What content are you trying to crop?

jamess25035340Author

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For example i have tree i only want part of that tree to go the logo . I just want to be able to crop like photoshop / gimp or even paint . Illustrator just constantly seems you have to work around simple things to make you buy photoshop aswell.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

Yes of course it's vector otherwise i would just use the crop that allows you to crop images . It's not just me complaining check every single forum or youtube video . I just wanted some help not a shill . I have both however i only need vectors and should not even need photoshop .

Do you want to actively remove unwanted content, or just have it hidden in your end result?

For the former: it's possible that the crop function in the Pathfinder panel will do what you want.

For the latter: you might just need to scale the artboard, or add a clipping mask.

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