HELP! THE LASSO TOOL!

[sonwee]

Question:
I need to use the lasso tool in illustrator as I would in photoshop.(to cut an image out of its background)
Basically, I have an image that is a fish bowl on a square art board that is one image flattened/rasterized, no layers, no paths, just one flat image and I need to cut the fish bowl out so that its is pasteable as a round image onto another background.
Is this possible to accomplish?

Thx for any suggestions you may have.

 

[jimoblak]

one image flattened/rasterized, no layers, no paths, just one flat image

What is wrong with editing a raster image in a raster image editor like Photoshop?

You can clip the art in Illustrator if you want to keep the work solely in Illustrator.

 

[sonwee]

I tried transferring the image into photoshop and then back into illustrator, but it altered the integrity of the image.
I would prefer to keep the work solely in illustrator if possible.

YOu mentioned that I can clip the art - how?
I Tried using the scissors and slicing tool- but it is not doing anything to the image at all. There are no paths to cut on this image- there is only one layer.
PLease advise.

 

[apepp]

...create a path around your fish bowl usin the pen tool, select both the closed path and the image, go to object > clipping mask > make...

...then you will be able to use it on a different background...

andrew