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Moving objects into a clipping mask

Moving objects into a clipping mask - Illustrator Tutorial

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Moving objects into a clipping mask

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- [Instructor] All right now we're back to clipping masks. And so in this movie, I'm going to show you how to move objects into an existing mask. So in other words, after you create the mask, you can put more optics inside of it. And we're going to use this technique in order to mask this guy's face in the background as well as all these helmet details in the foreground in order to create this final effect. So first I'm going to show you you have another way to create a clipping mask just in case you're interested. I'll start by twirling open this helmet layer right here, and then I'm going to scroll down the list and I want you to notice these objects right here. This guy, if I were to turn it off and turn it back on, that's the dark shadow on the right-hand side, the next path outlined down is a relatively brighter shadow on the left-hand side. And then below that we have this light gray helmet. I want to put these two…

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