LOSING THE NEGATIVE WHITE SPACE!?!

[alex]

Hello,
I created an image in Photoshop. It is a honeycomb structure, and it has
the typical white negtative space around it when it is saves as a TIFF
or JPEG. However I need the image in Illustrator but just as the honey
combs ALONE without the white negative space.

How can I achieve this?

I tried copying from PS and pasting into Illustrator but it wont work
when I have a selection on.
I tried alpha's but it wont work?

Any clues?
Thanks, ALE

[stupid_idiot]

If you can create a work path in PS, then export paths to illy as an ill file type.. Once in illy,
select all, stroke it, then release your crop marks.


"alex" <ale99@rogers.ca> wrote in message news:3EF7C032.8080305@rogers.ca... Hello, I created an image in Photoshop. It is a honeycomb structure, and it has the typical white negtative space around it when it is saves as a TIFF or JPEG. However I need the image in Illustrator but just as the honey combs ALONE without the white negative space. How can I achieve this? I tried copying from PS and pasting into Illustrator but it wont work when I have a selection on. I tried alpha's but it wont work? Any clues? Thanks, ALE

[steggy]

Stroke it? That is new for me.

You need to make a Clipping Path in Photoshop Alex, and save
it as an EPS. Which means you need to select the object you
want by making a selection with some selection tool (Lasso,
Poen Tool or whatever), go to the Path Palet and make a
Clipping Path. In that way it will be transparent.

steg

stupid_idiot wrote: If you can create a work path in PS, then export paths to illy as an ill file type.. Once in illy, select all, stroke it, then release your crop marks. "alex" <ale99@rogers.ca> wrote in message news:3EF7C032.8080305@rogers.ca... Hello, I created an image in Photoshop. It is a honeycomb structure, and it has the typical white negtative space around it when it is saves as a TIFF or JPEG. However I need the image in Illustrator but just as the honey combs ALONE without the white negative space. How can I achieve this? I tried copying from PS and pasting into Illustrator but it wont work when I have a selection on. I tried alpha's but it wont work? Any clues? Thanks, ALE

[alex]

hey, thanks for the reply. It should work but when I create the clipping
path, the path lines are either too jaggedy or rounded. I need them to
be sharp, and straight. Playing around with the tolerances does not
create straight lines for all of the selected edges of the image. What
other options are there to create the straight paths? thanks! Alex

steggy wrote:
Stroke it? That is new for me. You need to make a Clipping Path in Photoshop Alex, and save it as an EPS. Which means you need to select the object you want by making a selection with some selection tool (Lasso, Poen Tool or whatever), go to the Path Palet and make a Clipping Path. In that way it will be transparent. steg stupid_idiot wrote:If you can create a work path in PS, then export paths to illy as an ill file type.. Once in illy,select all, stroke it, then release your crop marks."alex" <ale99@rogers.ca> wrote in message news:3EF7C032.8080305@rogers.ca...Hello,I created an image in Photoshop. It is a honeycomb structure, and it hasthe typical white negtative space around it when it is saves as a TIFFor JPEG. However I need the image in Illustrator but just as the honeycombs ALONE without the white negative space.How can I achieve this?I tried copying from PS and pasting into Illustrator but it wont workwhen I have a selection on.I tried alpha's but it wont work?Any clues?Thanks, ALE