Clip a group into another group

[anemos]

I would like to clip the Grunge Group into the Flag group

US Flag.afdesign

[G13RL]

9 minutes ago, anemos said:

I would like to clip the Grunge Group into the Flag group

 

[GarryP]

I don’t think what G13RL has suggested above is what you want if you want the grunge texture to only be ‘inside the flag’ as clipping doesn’t work with Groups – all you do is extend the group to include the extra layer.

A Group has no boundary or ‘extents’ itself so I don’t think you can do what you want other than creating a separate curve layer with the same (or similar) shape as the whole design and then clipping the grunge inside that and then putting the ‘clipped grunge’ inside the group – see attached image.

However, there may be other techniques that others can show you.

[carl123]

1. Duplicate the Flag Group
2. Rasterise that new group
3. In the Layers panel drag that Rasterised Layer to the thumbnail of the Grunge group

 

[anemos]

thank you very much to all of you for helping me out!

[lepr]

Alternatively, to keep they entire document as vectors, use Shape Builder Tool to create a vector silhouette of the flag, and use that to mask the Grunge Group.

To create the vector silhouette of the flag:

1. select Flag Group
2. activate Shape Builder Tool and set its Action to 'Create a new shape from selected areas'
3. drag marquee to enclose all of flag

Ensure the vector silhouette has an opaque fill and has no stroke.

[anemos]

thank you very much

[lepr]

2 hours ago, anemos said:

thank you very much

You're welcome