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Thanks alot!

Great detail on the steps to take on this action, this will help out me with Illustrator tremendously. I’m kind of new to it right now and I’m learning everyday.

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Zosia,
Under effects-stylize-drop shadow you can add drop shadows or other effects to the clipped object. To edit the drop shadow double click the effect in the appearance pallette (view/appearance)

Lo0m,
The rectangle is just a place holder to show you where the original image sits. It will not print or show up except when you select it. If you want to modify the clipping mask you can use the direct selection tool (a key, the white arrow) and select the nodes (the dots on the lines/paths) and move the around. Or you can right click-release clipping mask, make changes then re-apply a clipping mask. Alternatively if you hate the the box showing you can place or paste the image in the document, size it to your object, drag and drop the image into your swatches pallette (view/swatches), select your object, then apply the new swatch you just made. This will fill the image into your object giving you a look similar to the clipping mask, however the image will not move with the object when you move it. Test it out to see what I mean.

Depending on the way you want to use it, you’d probably be better off copying the path from Illustrator and pasting it as a path into Photoshop, then using that path to make a vector mask for the texture layer. As I say, it depends on how you want to use it though. Context is everything!

It’s not as difficult as you might think, but for those of you new to Illustrator, this is a very useful thing to know….

thanks for answering my question, this is actually something I figured out myself (after long hard think ;-) the problem is you can’t edit it, for example drop shadow and stuff like that. I was hoping there was a way of doing it so it becomes an independant item. Still thanks for explaining it!