Clipping Mask Not Working Illustrator - How to Fix It

Clipping masks were one of the hardest things for me to understand when I was just starting out. Here’s the info I wish I’d known!

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0:10 Grouped Shapes Issue – Using Compound Path
0:59 Mask Not on Top – Bringing to Front
1:26 Clipping Masks with Raster Images – Embedding Links
2:04 Stroke and Fill Issues – Expanding and Uniting Shapes
3:15 Other Potential Issues – Transparency, Gradients, and Existing Masks