Clipping Path vs Deep Etching
Clipping path and photoshop deep etching are the
techniques of deleting or cutting out the subject of an image from the
background. And this is done by the use of the Photoshop pen tool.
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What
Does Clipping Path Mean?
A clipping path is a closed vector path or shape
that is used to cut out an image through the image editing software. You can
include anything inside the path after the application of the clipping path,
and you can omit anything outside the path from the output. In the world of
graphic designing, the clipping path is used to create an outline around a specific
object while the rest of the image is made transparent.
What Does Photoshop Deep Etch Mean?
Deep-etching is a term used in graphic design to
describe the procedure of cutting or removing an exact section of an image from
its background. It is done so, that you may use that image or photograph for
another purpose using a different background.
Why We Need Clipping Path?
Basically, the clipping path is used to knock out
the background of an image. Clipping path is used particularly in the projects
of graphic design that require huge images. Clipping path is mostly used by the
companies that belong to the advertising industry, especially those in
magazines deeply employ the clipping path. Distinct from the other background removal
tools in photo-editing software, the clipping path is used as a vector path that
allows the part of an image to show, though hiding the background.
In an image editing program, a clipping path is
functionally equal to a mask in an illustrator program. It is an outline of an
area that serves as a mask. You just have to select the masked area and it will
give you the control to modify that specific part of the image whether deleting
the background or overlapping a color. Clipping path is mostly done for the companies
so that they can use the images for different purposes. What the experts do is that
they remove the background of the image, change it or just turn it into white
according to the requirements of the clients.
Why
We Need Photoshop Deep Etching?
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Deep etching is used for the purpose of photo
retouching. You cannot do the image manipulation without the help of deep
etching. If you want to adjust the color of the object deprived of affecting
the background, you will have to make the selection of a specific object with
the help of deep etching.
Deep Etching is different from clipping path because
in deep etching technique we remove a particular section of a photograph or
image from its background just to let it stand alone. You can simply use that
part in a very different way or on another background.
The term deep etching is related to the printing
industry and used for separating the image areas from backgrounds for print. Deep
etching is distinctive for the marketing objects with the sales text and diverse
colored backgrounds in print material.
