Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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indicator (the colored box) in the Layers panel up from the Background layer to the Text layer
to move the image to the Text layer.

Later you will mask the image with text on the Text layer.


  1. Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.


Masking images


To achieve certain design effects, you can apply a clipping mask (clipping path) to content. A
clipping mask is an object whose shape masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within the
shape are visible. In the first part of the figure to the right is an image with a white circle on top.
In the second part of the figure, the white circle was used to mask or hide part of the image.
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