Editing a clipping path (mask)
To edit a clipping path, you need to be able to select it. Illustrator offers several ways to do this.
Next you’ll edit the mask you just created.
- Click the Properties panel tab to show the panel. With the kayak image still selected on the
artboard, click the Edit Contents button ( ) at the top of the Properties panel.
Note
You may want to drag the left edge of the Layers panel to the left to see more of the
names, like I did for the figure.
- Click the Layers panel tab, and notice that the
sublayer (in the ) is
showing the selected-art indicator (small color box) to the far right of the sublayer name.