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How To Create A Photo In Text Effect In Photoshop Elements
I'm going to show you how to place text inside a photo. It's easy enough to do in Elements, though the secret lies in how you stack up the layers. Let's get started!
Get in my text!
Step 1: Pop open a Soon To Be Seen Only Through Text photo in Elements, such as this beauty from iStockphoto (found by searching on the keyword "snowflakes" and restricting it to photographs in the search pop-up menu), and double-click the background layer so that it's editable.
Step 2: Press T to select the Text tool. Type a word. Up in the options bar, be sure to use a nice, big and thick font like Impact so the picture has room to be seen.
NOTE: It doesn't matter a bit what color the text is. Honest.
Step 3: In the Layers Palette, drag the type layer below the background layer, as shown below:
Step 4: Select the photo layer (should be at the very top of your layers stack) so that it turns light blue.
Step 5: With your mouse, hover the cursor between the two layers and press the Option key (PC: Alt). When the cursor morphs into intersecting circles, click once. This will clip both layers together.
The photo layer will actually scoot slightly to the right in the layers palette:
And shazam! The photo now lives inside the type.
Moving stuff around
A neat trick, but what if you want to move the photo and/or type around? A burning question indeed.
To move the photo only
Step 6: Press V to select the Move tool, mouse over to the document and begin to move the photo around. The text stays still, but the photo will move inside of it.
To move everything
Step 7: To move everything, you have to select both layers. Select one layer, then hold the Shift key as you select the other. When they're all blue, you're free to move about the country, er, move the type with the Move tool.
To add a background
Yeah it's pretty, but how do you get rid of that gray and white checkerboard behind it? Piece of cake. We should have to put something there.
Step 8: Select the type layer (should be the bottom layer in the stack) and Command-click (PC: Right click) the new layer icon in the (circled below in red). This will create a new layer below the one currently selected (you could also just create a new layer, then drag it to the bottom of the layers stack).
Step 9: Click the foreground color chip in the main toolbox, and pick a color from the resulting Color Picker. With the new layer selected, press Option + Delete to fill the layer with color (or choose Edit > Fill from the menu at the top of your screen).
TIP: While the Color Picker is open, mouse over to the photo area and your cursor will turn into an Eyedropper. Click anywhere in the photo to snag a color from the photo itself.
And there you have it! A simple, yet timeless, effect that you can get lots of mileage from. Below I've turned off the color layer and tacked a drop shadow onto the type layer:
Read more Photoshop tutorials from Lesa Snider King.
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Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199. See all upgrade options at the Adobe Store. See our CS3 Resource Center for free Photoshop CS3 tutorials.
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SiteGrinder Photoshop Plugin - Create Websites Instantly
There often seems to be a strict division of labor within the world of web design and development. Creative professionals tend to stick to the Photoshop domain, while those well-versed in scripting are left to the task of implementing their work. Indeed, the two realms are quite different from each other, to which any of us even vaguely familiar with either can easily attest.
Essentially, Photoshop is a no-holds-barred design studio, offering the artist a seemingly endless array of creative options. On the other hand, HTML, CSS, Java and the like follow strict rules of engagement, requiring the developer to take any number of esoteric concerns into consideration in order to ensure that designs are properly displayed on the web.
Turn Photoshop Into A Complete Web Design Tool
SiteGrinder seeks to bridge this gap between design and development. Basically, this program turns Photoshop into an easy-to-use and fully functional web design tool. With SiteGrinder, designers will now have the freedom to totally let their creativity loose and then, without skipping a beat, transfer their designs to the web. Bringing esthetic concerns together with more practical considerations, this program is an amazingly powerful tool that would make a fantastic addition to any web designer's bag of tricks.
Generate Your Web Pages Directly From Photoshop
By generating web pages directly from Photoshop, you'll be able to spend much more time on the creative end of the spectrum, since you'll know right off the bat how well particular designs will translate to the web. No more going back to the Photoshop drawing board after getting a phone call from your development team, telling you that what you had envisioned doesn't have a chance of being displayed on the web. You can immediately visually and interactively test your designs, which permits you to then make changes to either esthetics or functions while it's still relatively early on in the design process.
Pricing and Availability
Mac OS X and Windows versions of the SiteGrinder unlockable demo are available now via download. SiteGrinder can be ordered from Media Lab's online store.
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