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  1. 09-30-2002, 11:03 PM #1
    oakleyzrosae
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    Photoshop clipping path....

    Okay I am having trouble using the photoshop clipping path atribute. This is what i am trying to do, i have an image and i have used the pen tool and "traced" around it the area i want to keep. When i have finished and have closed the path, i go to "path" the double click and name it "path1". then i go and make it a clipping path. How do i make the bg go away (or make it look like it went away? so that when i save it as a .tiff so when i import it into pagemake all that is seen is the image (transparent)...i hope this makes sense. I have seen other do this before....not sure how to accomplish it. I am using PS6 by the way

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  2. 10-01-2002, 12:15 AM #2
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    Re: Photoshop clipping path....

    I think I follow ...

    ctrl + enter to make it a selection ... shift + ctrl + I to inverse the selection ... delete ...

    Is that what you're looking for?
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  3. 10-01-2002, 01:04 AM #3
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  4. 10-02-2002, 12:43 AM #4
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    thanks you thank you thank you.......thank you
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  5. 10-02-2002, 12:46 AM #5
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    Okay I have another question I now have the clipping path and I saved the image as a .tiff and brought it into pagemaker and it is working fine.....is there anyway to add a drop shadow to it? i tried give a drop shadow to the image then doing a clipping path but the drop shadow but i cant get it to select around the drop shadow when i use the magic wand it just selects the main graphic.
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  6. 10-02-2002, 02:04 AM #6
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  7. 10-04-2002, 04:52 PM #7
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    try this.
    If you have a solid color background make your bg in photoshop the same cmyk value and bump out the clipping path to go arounf the layer shadow.
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