An outline, embedded into the file, that tells an application which areas of a picture should be considered transparent.
A path made with Photoshop's Pen tool, which is used to make part of an image transparent. When a clipping path is created, everything inside the path is opaque, and everything outside the path is transparent. Images with clipping paths should be saved as EPS files. Since clipping paths are POSTSCRIPT objects, they print correctly only on PostScript printers. (Note: On Windows computers, images with clipping paths may appear on-screen in a white background, due to a technical limitation in Microsoft Windows. They will print correctly to a PostScript printer.)
A function of the PostScript language that allows one shape to mask another. A clipping path shape acts much like a cookie cutter. The term clipping path does not appear on the menus of illustration software but instead commands like "Mask" (Adobe Illustrator) or "Paste Inside" (Aldus FreeHand) use this facet of PostScript. Excessive use of clipping paths can lead to files that will not output.
The function in image editing software that allows a path to be draw around an object within an image. This is important when deep etching an object. The clipping path allows the object to be removed from the photograph in other design software packages such as Quark Express.
a combination of path, text, and basic shape objects that define an outline
a mask you can apply to an image if you want to cut out a specific part
a mathematically defined curve that is included with the bitmap in an encapsulated Postscript (EPS) file, so that when the file is printed on a Postscript printer only the area within the curve is imaged, and the area outside is blank (clipped)
a path which is used for creating silhouetted images which will knock out smoothly in another application
a vector object that crops or clips other objects to the shape of its path, creating a cookie-cutter effect
a vector outline in a bitmap graphic image, used to 'cut-out' or select a portion of the bitmap graphic
a vector path which allows part of an image to show
A Bézier outline that tells an application which areas of a picture are considered transparent.
A function that allows a shape to mask part of an image. A clipping path acts like a digital cookie cutter, making it easy to lift an object from its white background and drop it into a design.
A path is a series of line segments connected by endpoints. Paths are created by the pen tool and can be reshaped and moved--even exported to other files or programs. Clipping paths silhouette an area to mask out the background, so only that part of the images within the path appears when the image is placed in another program or combined with another image file.
A path that defines an image's edges, created in an image-handling program, such as Photoshop. The image can be separated from its background and made to float, as if transparent, over another background.
A drawn vector outline that acts as a mask to hide unwanted parts of a photograph or any other object. Also referred to as outlining.
A clipping path is a vector line that outlines the separation between an image and its background. It assists designers in "clipping" an image from its original background and inserting it seamlessly into a new context.
In computer graphics and imaging, a curve or polygon that defines the boundary of an image. Only the portion of the image that is enclosed within the clipping path will be visible when the item is printed or displayed. Clipping paths can be created in a program such as Photoshop; the Pen tool is used to draw the path around the object in questions, and the image must then be saved out as an EPS file.
A vector path deep etching by masking unwanted areas of an image.
In computer graphics, a clipping path is a path, or shape, used to cut out an image. Anything inside the path will be included after the clipping path is applied; anything outside the path will be omitted from the output. Applying the clipping path results in a hard edge.