#CROP ARTBOARD ILLUSTRATOR HOW TO#

Now, with your rectangle selected, click on these 2 buttons on the Align palette (in any order) to align your shape exactly to the art board. CS2 and previous users: you'll find the “Align to Art board” option by clicking on the palette options (the little arrow in the upper right corner of the palette).

To do this, open the Align Palette (Window > Align) and make sure “Align to Art board” is checked. Now you need to align the rectangle exactly to the art board. Note: If you have more than one layer, this shape must be in the top most layer, and on top of all other shapes. You can do this (with the rectangle selected) by hitting Command/Control + Shift + ], or Right Click on your rectangle and choose Arrange > Bring to Front. You need to make sure your rectangle is on top of everything else. With the Rectangle Tool, click once on the art board to bring up the options, and type in the exact same dimensions as your Illustrator document size to create a rectangle that will match your art board. So you have something like the example below with some extra artwork hanging off the edges and you'd like to ‘get rid of the extra.' You can start with a fresh document and enter in your exact dimensions like below, or go to File > Document Setup to check the document size of an existing Illustrator file. You can skip this step if you already know your document size, but in order to crop all of your excess artwork to the art board, you need to know it's exact size.

#CROP ARTBOARD ILLUSTRATOR HOW TO#

If you've ever used a clipping mask to hide all of the extra artwork that hangs off the edges of your Illustrator art board, and wished you could just get rid of the excess, here's how to crop in Illustrator… Step 1 Cropping gets complex for the beginners as they do not get it done without ruining the whole project.

Crop artboard illustrator