Divide an object into a grid, Clipping masks, About clipping masks – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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Reshaping objects
See also
Slicing and cutting tool gallery
Divide an object into a grid
1
Select the object.
If you select more than one object, the resulting grid of objects uses the appearance attributes of the topmost object.
2
Choose Object > Path
> Split Into Grid.
3
Enter the number of rows and columns you want.
4
(Optional) Do any of the following:
•
To set the size of each row and column, enter values for Height and Width.
•
To set the amount of space that separates rows from one another and columns from one another, enter values for
Gutter.
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To change the dimensions of the entire grid of objects, enter values for Total.
•
To add guides along the row and column edges, select Add Guides.
5
Click
OK.
See also
Clipping masks
About clipping masks
A clipping mask is an object whose shape masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within the shape are visible—
in effect, clipping the artwork to the shape of the mask. The clipping mask and the objects that are masked are called
a clipping set. You can make a clipping set from a selection of two or more objects or from all objects in a group or layer.
Object-level clipping sets are combined as a group in the Layers panel. If you create layer-level clipping sets, the object
on top of the layer clips all of the objects below it. All operations that you perform on an object-level clipping set, such
as transformations and alignment, are based on the clipping mask’s boundary, not the unmasked boundary. Once you
have created an object-level clipping mask, you can only select the clipped content by using the Layers panel, the Direct
Selection tool, or by isolating the clipping set.
For a video on using Pathfinder effects and clipping masks and how to import clipping masks into Flash, see
.