Hiding parts of images

[edg14]

I imported a jpeg image into my Illustrator file. I want to crop out part of the image. The scaling tool only shrinks it, and the Pathfinder tools do not work on images. How do I do this without going into Photoshop?

edg14

 

[ERIXWORX]

create a path that encloses the part of the jpg that you do want shown, select that path and the jpg, and hit ctrl+7 (or 'object' > 'clipping mask' > 'make'. Then the only visible part of the jpg is that which is within the clipping mask (path that you created). You can hit ctrl+alt+7 to release the clipping mask, or use your node edit tool to adjust as necessary.

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