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Masked object within a masked object?

Is it possible to put a masked object (with clip) inside another mask? When I do this - the masked object within gets its clipped path released.

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Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded  · 
One can apply a new opacity mask to an object that already has it, if you group this object first — then apply a mask to this container. However, if your object is a single group already, Illustrator won’t allow you to create another group (for obvious reason, to prevent an accidental 'group wrapping'). You can workaround it if you group it with a dummy object and delete it after, or use a free Group Anyway script: https://onthehead.com/ais/group003/

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  • kam tang commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Egor, thanks I managed to get the result now. I select everything and 'Make Mask' in the transparency window. I can get the desired result in '4' by grouping everything under the masking path - if I don't group I get the top result in '4'.
    Cheers!

  • AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Kam, double clipping works fine for me, both with hotkeys or menu commands.
    If I apply clipping mask and then try to clip the clip group with another object — I get the 'desired result' from step 4.

    This might be a bug... That is why I am asking what is your process in steps. Clipping mask or opacity mask? What do you use, hotkeys or menus? What OS? Please tell more.

    Opacity mask, by the way, works differently. If you have opacity mask already for and object A, selecting both A and B and making another opacity mask will move B into A’s mask, so you might want to group A first.

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