Hello everyone.
Right now we're going to learn something different in Adobe Illustrator.
And that's called the masking.
And we're going to we're going to learn masking with the images.
We're going to learn masking with the text.
And sometimes we will combine text and image with masking in illustrator.
So let's start learning masking in Adobe Illustrator.
And therefore I'm going to use this common preset.
And you can see this is our preset okay.
So I want to I want to place an image inside a circle okay.
So let me draw a circle first.
And you can see this is my rectangle tool.
And if you right click with your mouse you will have this ellipse tool.
And I want to change the fill color.
So instead of white I want to pick this kind of orange color.
And yeah I want to keep um 4.4 stroke okay.
So let me draw a circle okay.
You can see I have created a circle in here, but I want to I want to place an image inside the circle.
So how you will do that.
And for doing that you have to use the clipping mask.
And this is what we are going to, uh, do right now.
So I want to place an image and therefore what I have to do, I have to add an image here, which image
I want to place inside the circle.
And therefore I'm going to use this file menu place option.
And you can see I have an image inside our resource file that's called the Beautiful Girls.
So you have to select it.
And then you have to click place.
And I'm clicking here okay.
So you can see this is the image.
And let me use the selection tool.
And here uh I want to I want to place this image inside this circle.
But one more thing I need to tell you.
I don't want to place this entire image inside the circle.
I want to place specific part like this face part I want to place inside the circle.
And therefore what I have to do, I have to place in here.
And yeah, I have to I have to make the arrangement here.
Till yet we didn't learn about the arrangement.
You can see when I placed my mouse cursor, or when I'm using my mouse cursor to place this image at
here, the circle is disappeared because at first we create the circle.
So this is the first object.
And then we place this image and this is the second object.
So ultimately this come first then this image appeared.
So we need to we need to bring this circle in front of this image okay.
So therefore we have to send this image back.
And how you will do that.
To do that you have to right click with your mouse on the image.
Then you will have this arrange option.
And you have to use this send to back.
Okay, I hope you got the idea how this arrangement is working.
Now I send this image back and I bring this circle at front.
Okay, now I need to I need to place the circle in my image, and I need to declare what will be my
area that I want to put inside my circle.
So I have placed my circle properly in here.
And now we have to.
We have to select this circle as well as we have to select the image at once.
So therefore you have to use the selection tool.
And you can you can select in this way.
So you can see I have selected this circle as well as I have selected this image.
And then you have to right click with your mouse.
Then you will have this make Clipping mask option.
So let me click this make Clipping mask.
And you can see I have placed this image inside the circle.
Okay.
As it looks good answer is yes.
Yeah.
So this is the simple process how you will now place any image inside a circle or inside any, uh,
kind of rectangle or any, any shape, even if you need to put the image inside the stores or inside
the triangles or inside any, uh, drawing shape, you will be able to do that using the clipping mask
option.
Okay, so we have created a mask with the images.
Now time for text border.
So I'm going to delete this thing.
So you just have to select it.
And then you have to uh place or press the delete button from your keyboard okay.
Now I need to work with the um text.
So for text I want to add a colorful background.
And I already given inside our exercise file or resource file.
So you just have to go for the file menu.
And from there you will have this place option.
So I'm going to use this place option.
And.
Then you will have this colorful design.
Uh, this image, you just have to select it and then you have to click place.
And I'm clicking here and you can see it seems quite large in image.
And I need to scale it properly.
So I'm going to use my mouse cursor and make sure that you have, uh, selected the selection point.
And I'm going to scale it with the use of my anchor point.
Okay, so you can see I have a scalar image with my frame properly.
And now I have to use my type tool because this time I'm going to use my type tool.
And I want to I want to place this images inside my text okay.
That means I will have the color, all the color, all the images, its content.
It will be placed inside my text and this is what I am going to do.
So here is my text and let me write my name.
Must defend Corwell for rent.
Okay, so you can see the size of my text seems smaller and I need to make it bigger.
And therefore you have to make a selection the entire text.
And then here is the option I want to increase my font size.
So you can see it's have 72 point.
Or you can put the manual value.
So instead of 72 I want to go for 92.
And after writing the values you have to press enter button from your keyboard.
Okay.
And let me use this selection tool.
And I want to place it here.
But you can see that, uh, the style of my text seems, um, not in bold mode.
And for applying this, uh, image properly inside the text, I have to increase or I have to make it
bold.
And for making the bold, you have to change the font.
And for changing font again, you have to use this type tool.
You have to make a selection.
And here is the option for changing the font.
So I want to I want to pick some bold font.
So you have to click here.
And I'll let me scroll up if I get some bold font.
So you can see that that's called the impact font.
So I'm going to use this one.
So you can see now it seems in a bold font.
Looks good right now okay.
So I'm going to use my selection tool and let's increase.
Let's increase the uh text size by using the anchor point.
Okay.
So I want to I want to use this size.
Okay.
So now what I have to do I have to I have to place this color or this image inside this text.
And therefore you have to follow the same process.
You have to make the selection with um with the text and the images.
So I am I am selecting uh, from the outside of the frame.
Therefore, um, I'm placing my mouse cursor outside of the frame, and I am selecting this image and
text at once.
So you can see I got the selection for my text as well as for my images.
And then you have to put your mouse as a text and you have to right click with your mouse.
Then you will have this make clipping mask option.
So I'm going to click this make Clipping mask option.
And yeah you can see that the image placed inside the text.
And this is what we were looking for.
So I hope you got the idea.
And you have to make sure about the arrangement always.
You have to place the image behind and you have to bring or you have to put the text or the circles
at the front.
Then you have to select once and you have to use the clipping mask option.
So I hope you got the idea how this thing is working, and I will suggest you to do some more practice.
Then you will have the idea how this clipping mask is working.
Okay, so I'm going to see you in next lesson.
But before jumping to our next lesson, I must have to say you that you must do at least 2 to 3 times.
Practice this masking.