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randy
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Blackstone, Ma, USA
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 02-27-2001 17:52

whats the difference between a clipping path and a layer mask?

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-27-2001 18:53

they are similar, so the question is valid.

as far as i know, the clipping mask uses paths to determine what area is allowed to be visible; hence it clips off areas and that area can be changed, based on vectors, to whatever the user wishes. a layer mask, while it clips out areas of the layer not to be seen, the control of it is not vectoral.

make sense?

Boudga
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Jacks raging bile duct....
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 02-27-2001 19:17

so in other words...

clipping paths are vector based and layer masks are raster based?

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-27-2001 19:26

well, if you want to turn my diatribe into a summary, yes.

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 02-27-2001 20:21

Well - almost.
"the clipping mask uses paths to determine what area is allowed to be visible"

There's a thread from a while back about the confusion around clipping paths, clipping masks and clipping groups.

If you meant clipping paths, these are intended to drop out a background when the image is placed in a page layout software such as InDesign, Quark or Pagemaker. It's the only way to create a transparent background in these postscript based programs. You create a path in Photoshop, define it as a clipping path, and then save the file in a format that supports clipping paths, such as TIFF or EPS. When the image is placed in Quark, the area outside the path becomes transparent.

If you meant clipping masks, these are vector shapes that live on a new layer introduced with Photoshop 6, the shape layer. These behave similarly to a layer mask, with the exception that they are vector based and can be reshaped with pen type tools.

If you meant clipping groups, well that's a layer-based trick in Photoshop where the opaque pixels on one layer can be made to "mask" a layer or layers above it.

More clear?

Nah, didn't think so.

randy
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Blackstone, Ma, USA
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 02-27-2001 20:58

can you explain this clipping groups trick alittle more?

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 02-27-2001 22:26

http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/backdoors.html

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-28-2001 04:48

there are only two people that i could accept correction from without bruising my ego; peter and steve.

but..uhh... gosh... umm... don't ever do it again, or say hello to klaus.

:: smile ::

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 02-28-2001 15:35

(I'm assuming we're not talking about Santa Klaus here, are we???)

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-28-2001 18:12

no steve... this klaus is angry.

and german.

kretsminky
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 02-28-2001 20:39

Hey, wait a second... I thought Peter and Steve were the same person? he he

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-28-2001 21:29

they are.

:: cough ::

kretsminky
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 03-01-2001 00:23

This is klaus...

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 03-01-2001 01:02

- uh -

do I dare ask who belong(ed) to all the empty boots?

~shiver~

I only weigh 135 lbs., and I'm really not all that angry

randy
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Blackstone, Ma, USA
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 03-01-2001 03:29

lol look what i started

klaus
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 03-01-2001 03:57

wichtigere Probleme?

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 03-01-2001 05:11

(I think klaus heard schiizzzam was administering urine tests.)

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