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Images In Text -A MachOne Tutorial
Materials Required: Photoshop (CS2 Used In This Tutorial), desired text-background image.
Time Required: 5 minutes or less.
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Have you ever wanted to know how to place an image inside text? It takes years of practice.....Okay, I'm kidding. It's simple, actually. It's done by creating a clipping group, and it takes 5 seconds. All you need is a photo and a word in which you want to bring that image through. The trick is in the placement of the text and image layers, and the holding down of a special modifier key to make the magic happen.
Step 1: Open the desired image, double click the Background layer, and rename it to make it editable. I'm using a Colt M4 picture for this tutorial.
(Click thumbnails to enlarge)
Step 2: Select the Type tool in the main toolbar (just press T).
Step 3: Type a word on the image. Photoshop automatically puts the text on its own layer. It doesn't matter what color your text is, though you should make it easy to see. What does matter, however, is that you pick a really big, really thick font; preferably a sans serif, slab (extra thick) font. For example, I chose Impact. You may also want to type in all caps in order to show more of the photo.
Step 3: Click and drag the type layer below the image layer. This step is key to making it work. The text will disappear, but don't fret. That's what we want it to do.
Step 4: Hold down the Alt key and click between the two layers. The cursor will morph into two over-lapping, black and white circles and that's when you click.
Your Layers Palette should now look like this:
Step 5: At this point you can click back on your type layer, then click back on the document and move it around with the arrow tool, to get just the right photo bits to show through.
From this point on, you can mess around with the blending options, free transform tool, etc. to get just the right feel.
To add a colored background, make a new layer, drag it to the bottom of your layers stack, and fill it with the desired color. For example, I filled mine with a dark gray and added a 3px white stroke with some drop shadow:
If you have any questions, feel free to post or PM me.
Materials Required: Photoshop (CS2 Used In This Tutorial), desired text-background image.
Time Required: 5 minutes or less.
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Have you ever wanted to know how to place an image inside text? It takes years of practice.....Okay, I'm kidding. It's simple, actually. It's done by creating a clipping group, and it takes 5 seconds. All you need is a photo and a word in which you want to bring that image through. The trick is in the placement of the text and image layers, and the holding down of a special modifier key to make the magic happen.
Step 1: Open the desired image, double click the Background layer, and rename it to make it editable. I'm using a Colt M4 picture for this tutorial.
(Click thumbnails to enlarge)
Step 2: Select the Type tool in the main toolbar (just press T).
Step 3: Type a word on the image. Photoshop automatically puts the text on its own layer. It doesn't matter what color your text is, though you should make it easy to see. What does matter, however, is that you pick a really big, really thick font; preferably a sans serif, slab (extra thick) font. For example, I chose Impact. You may also want to type in all caps in order to show more of the photo.
Step 3: Click and drag the type layer below the image layer. This step is key to making it work. The text will disappear, but don't fret. That's what we want it to do.
Step 4: Hold down the Alt key and click between the two layers. The cursor will morph into two over-lapping, black and white circles and that's when you click.
Your Layers Palette should now look like this:
Step 5: At this point you can click back on your type layer, then click back on the document and move it around with the arrow tool, to get just the right photo bits to show through.
From this point on, you can mess around with the blending options, free transform tool, etc. to get just the right feel.
To add a colored background, make a new layer, drag it to the bottom of your layers stack, and fill it with the desired color. For example, I filled mine with a dark gray and added a 3px white stroke with some drop shadow:
If you have any questions, feel free to post or PM me.
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