I've been using this effect for about a month now and I think it's pretty neat. Some may like it, some may not...either way I figured I would try to "contribute" to this forum! This is my first tut ever, so please be forgiving! lol And FYI I'm using CS2 on a Mac...
First of all, grab an image that you would like to be inside of your text. For this example, I'm using this:
Type the text on your image, and drag it over a section of the picture where you think it would look best. The color of the font doesn't matter, so use whatever you want to.
When you have the text set, CTRL+click on the text layer in the pallet (right click I believe for PC users), and select "Create Work Path."
When you do that, your text will look like this:
Then select your pen tool, CTRL+click (right click for PC) on the text that is on your image, and select "make selection." 0 feather radius for this tut only...obviously you can play around with it.
Once you have made your selection, delete the text layer from the layers pallet. Be sure that you DON'T deselect the outline selection. At this point, your image should look like this:
Now, go to New>Layer>Layer Via Copy. It should copy your background image into the outlined text. Your outlined text should disappear, now just hide your background image and you will see your text with the image inside.
You can play around with it and come up with some neat effects! Here's my final version:
First of all, grab an image that you would like to be inside of your text. For this example, I'm using this:
Type the text on your image, and drag it over a section of the picture where you think it would look best. The color of the font doesn't matter, so use whatever you want to.
When you have the text set, CTRL+click on the text layer in the pallet (right click I believe for PC users), and select "Create Work Path."
When you do that, your text will look like this:
Then select your pen tool, CTRL+click (right click for PC) on the text that is on your image, and select "make selection." 0 feather radius for this tut only...obviously you can play around with it.
Once you have made your selection, delete the text layer from the layers pallet. Be sure that you DON'T deselect the outline selection. At this point, your image should look like this:
Now, go to New>Layer>Layer Via Copy. It should copy your background image into the outlined text. Your outlined text should disappear, now just hide your background image and you will see your text with the image inside.
You can play around with it and come up with some neat effects! Here's my final version:
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