Adobe Illustrator for Windows - PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR HELP PLEASE

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PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR HELP PLEASE

Pierre_Scott@adobeforums.com

2007-09-03, 6:18 pm

I just imported an object that I used a quick mask on in photoshop to Illustrator, and it has a white background around it! I'm trying to get it off but I don't know how. any ideas?

David Creamer

2007-09-04, 6:22 pm

A Quick mask is simply a selection, which, if you did not save it, it lost when the document is closed or when you make another selection. By itself, a selection does nothing to the image.

If you saved the mask though Select>Save Selection menu or through the Channels palette, you can load the selection and make an Layer Mask from it through the Layers palette.
(Note: you cannot apply a layer mask to Background layer, you need to convert it to a "normal" layer.)