In today’s tutorial, we’re diving into one of the most frequently asked questions by designers and illustrators: "How to Circle Crop an Image in Adobe Illustrator."

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned designer, creating a perfect circular crop can add a professional touch to your projects. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the entire process with clear instructions and tips along the way.

What You'll Learn:
1. Setting Up Your Workspace: How to configure your Illustrator workspace for optimal performance.
2. Importing Your Image: The best practices for importing images into Illustrator.
3. Using the Ellipse Tool: How to create a perfect circle using the Ellipse Tool.
4. Clipping Mask Technique: How to use a clipping mask to achieve the circle crop effect.
5. Refining the Crop: Tips on adjusting the crop to fit your design perfectly.
6. Exporting Your Image: How to export your cropped image for use in various formats.

Materials Needed:
- Adobe Illustrator (any version)
- An image you want to crop

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Accessing Home Tab
00:32 Importing Image
01:06 Placing Image
01:46 Creating Shape
02:19 Duplicating Shape
03:19 Aligning Image
04:00 Creating Clipping Mask
04:44 Adding Stroke Color
05:32 Grouping Objects
06:09 Closure

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