Masking not working with my imported Adobe Illustrator file

[baileyhollister]

Hello, I recognize that adobe illustrator and masking does not translate to Lightburn. I also cannot get masking to work with my file in Lightburn.

[baileyhollister]

this is what it should look like. I will attach a screenshot of what I have. again, the masking is NOT WORKING in Lightburn (greyed out) and all the videos out there have not helped one bit. it’s set to line, I’ve tried setting the outside shape to T1 and T2 and still nothing. The shapes are closed. etc

[baileyhollister]

this is what it is looking like.

[parsec (FerAS)]

It seems vectors maybe try the Cut Shapes tool.

Cut Shapes - LightBurn Documentation

[JimNM (James)]

Mask is for image (RASTER) files. Jpeg, BMP, photos etc.

Boolean tools are for VECTOR files. Boolean does not work if the object is not a “closed” object - i.e. it has to have a definite inside and outside to the shape.

[baileyhollister]

That triggered a potential workaround idea for me. Thank you for the description and detail!

[bernd.dk (Bernd)]

As @parsec refers, Cut Shapes is your tool.
Be careful, selecting order is important and if you duplicate your “cut tool” first - then the shape has the desired look.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

If memory serves, you should be able to ‘bake’ the changes you desire in the original AI file, converting the mask into cutting the shapes as shown/desired.

Adobe Illustrator Mask Not Recognized In Light Burn

I don’t play with Illustrator that often, but as I understand, the Adobe Illustrator Mask (along with other graphic editing tool) is a nondestructive action, so all the art is technically still there. This can cause issues when importing into LightBurn, no matter the file format. In AI, ‘Bake’ (or it might be called clip?) the masking into your project prior to export, that should retain the desired resulting image as designed. Please update us with how you progress.

[baileyhollister]

Ok so I still haven’t figured it out with AI on the iPad. Thinking that’s just not a feature yet. But I did manage to get signed in on the desktop and figured it out using clipping mask, trim in (I believe) pathfinder, and making sure I had copies of the original shape to put back over it as an outline. Got the more simple designs done. I also found out (although I used shapes in AI iPad) I had to redraw the shapes too or I couldn’t do it.

[parsec (FerAS)]

Cut_Sha.lbrn2 (34.5 KB)
Is this your objective?