In the Path fly out menu, choose "Clipping Path" then in the drop down menu, select the path you want to use, and you can leave the Flatness blank, then click OK.
Then in the Path palette, you’ll see the path you’re using sort of get highlighted (the font has an outline to it).
P.S.: Now, get ready, because in the next few posts, people will tell you not to use EPS, it’s a dead format, etc. 🙂
That’s already done.
It’s always worked before. Is it a CS3 issue?
Steve
What is the receiving application of the EPS?
eg. Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.
Steve:
It’s just that there are better ways of doing things now that InDesign, and recent versions of QXP, can accept .psd files that contain transparency.
Hi and thanks for the input.
I’l be a little more clear
This is a file I’ve used for years every year I make the clients brochure in Quark (I don’t use InDesign) and the clipping works fine. I’ve done tests on other images also and all my clipping paths are fine in Quark. I also tested using the clipping path in photoshop to make a selection and then copy it into the PSD I’m working on and that works too. (which I could do for the next step but is more involved)
I’m doing a new cover for the brochure and thought photo montage would be good. I’m sure that I’ve done this in the past. Just start creating a PSD and then "place" the needed EPS file and it come in "clipped".
Steve
The old way will still work but the newer ways of doing things are quicker and you are not limited to hard edges.
Having issues with clipping paths all the sudden too.
I either get whole image or no image at all.
Trying to confirm that PS is registering the path and I can stroke the path in PS, but can’t fill it or convert it to selection. Majorly Frustrating.
I know I can use psd files and such now, but the good thing about clipping paths (that people seem to overlook) is that I don’t have to have huge layered files or many versions of the same file on my comp.
Did I mention this was frustrating?
all the sudden too
These are key words to reveal a software update or upgrade has occurred. What updated on your system?
Do you have it set correctly in Quark? Item>Modify>Clipping.
I know I can use psd files and such now, but the good thing about clipping paths (that people seem to overlook) is that I don’t have to have huge layered files or many versions of the same file on my comp.
Why save many versions? You would only have to have as many versions as you want to save. Also a PSD made of one layer with the background masked out will likely compress down to a smaller file size than an EPS. Plus, you would have the option of having soft edges or gradient masks if you choose, giving you more flexibility with your design.
What can I say? SOMETIMES, I just need a clipping path. ;o)
Hadn’t updated anything recently and there isn’t anything new for PS according to my updater.
Using InDesign (updated today after I posted thinking it would ‘maybe’ fix the problem, but to no avail), I think the problem is within Photoshop thoit’s like it just isn’t recognizing the path in certain applications (within PS) such as
make path a selection: it says no pixels selected (but if I go in piece by piece and select that way it will select, but that’s time consuming on complex paths.
fill path: flat out doesn’t work. doesn’t even register that I’ve made an action (in history palette)
stroke path: works like a charm on all parts of the path
Is that the Twighlight Zone theme I hear?
Found this thread on InDesign forum
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Looks like there’s a workaround that doesn’t involve switching the format, but it’s still extra steps. :o(
Looks like a bug, a very random, pesky bug.
the best workaround is stop using clipping paths.
You probably have duplicate paths on top of each other or they’re in the wrong mode. Click on a path and check the options bar to see which of the four path modes is chosen. You might have to select all the paths and change them to the path mode you need.
I do believe that someone else mentioned that paths were not being recognized on placed images though, and I think this was something new in CS3. If you need to make selections off the paths or have them behave properly in other software though, you’ll still need to fix the path modes.
