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Displaying a photo inside of text

Displaying a photo inside of text - Photoshop Tutorial

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Displaying a photo inside of text

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- [Instructor] Let's take a moment to see how easy Photoshop makes it to display a photograph within a shape or within some text. So we'll be working with three shape layers, but this also works with text layers. I just wasn't sure which fonts you'd have installed, so I converted my text to shapes. The first thing I'll want to do is convert the background into a layer. I'll click the lock icon to do that. And then let's just double click on the name and I will rename that to photo. Now, if I just wanted the photo to appear in a single layer of text, I could drag the photo above that layer and then use the layer menu in order to create a clipping mask. However, I want the photo to appear in all three of these shape layers. So I'll undo that using command + z on Mac or control + z on Windows. Then, I'll move the photo above all three of the layers and just toggle its visibility off for a moment. Then, I'll select the…

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