Clipping Mask in Illustrator

Shape tool - Press and hold the icon (4th icon down in the toolbar) for different shapes. You can either drag the shape to create it, or click once to open a dialog box allowing you to choose the size and number of sides if you are creating a polygon (if you are creating a shape with 3 or more sides)

Pen tool - (1st one on toolbar) Click and point to make a path

Type tool - (2nd one down on toolbar) Click to insert text or drag a text box to fit into. You can set the font and size.

Click File>Place and choose your image

Using the Selection tool. Select your image, the press Object>Arrange>Send to back or use the layer s palette to arrange your shape and image.

Your shape needs to be in front of your image to properly apply the clipping mask.

To apply the clipping mask, select both (the image and shape) Then click Object>Clipping Mask>Make

In the workshop we had to use clipping mask in, we had to make our own design using the scans that we had already scanned into the computer.