Clipping path is hard-edged vector masking techniques that hide unwanted image elements. Clipping paths are typically used to hide the background of an image or may be used to shape an image into any shapes, making the masked portions transparent or to any color background.

Clipping Path

Clipping Path

Clipping paths can be created in graphics programs then exported with an image as an embedded path or alpha channel or they can be drawn directly in some page layout applications.

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, CorelDraw , Quark Xpress etc are popular software to create Path for any images. Clipping Path creates a outline around the object that needs  be cutout from the rest of the unwanted pixels or areas. In Adobe Photoshop, the paths are drawn with Pentool and then the Photoshop Path is saved as Clipping Path with desired Flatness.

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