Friday, January 9, 2009
Photo Behind Text Project
In this assignment you will create a banner with a neat photo-in-text effect.
1- Open Photoshop CS3. File>New. Name the project "photo_in_text"
2- Using the Type tool, type the text you wish to use.
3- Change the font to match your design. A bold typeface works best. Hold down Command key to change the font size with the mouse.
4- Open the Photo you wish to place in the text.
5- With the Move tool drag the photo to the file with the text.
6- Position the photo on the text the way you want with the Move tool.
7- In the photo layer, choose Select>All
8- Choose Edit>Cut
9- In the text layer, choose Rasterize Text from the Layers Options.
10- Using the Wand tool, capture the first leter from your text.
11- Choose Select>Similar so all of the text is selected.
12- Choose Edit>Paste Into
13- You can use the Move tool to reposition the photo within the letters. Make sure you are in the combined layer.
14- Try adding addition effects like Drop Shadow on the Bledning Options.
Save final image as a jpg.
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Make sure you open your photo in Photoshop by choosing File>Open.
If you have trouble opening your Photo check to see what level you are in. You cannot open a new document while on the text layer.
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