From the course: Photoshop for Designers: Type Effects

Illustrate a concept - Photoshop Tutorial

From the course: Photoshop for Designers: Type Effects

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Illustrate a concept

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- [Instructor] In this movie, I want to illustrate a simple concept with a combination of a shape layer, which is the dove, and some type, and also of course, the layer mask, which is what is going to make it all work. So I'm going to come to my starting state and what I need to do is make a selection of the bird, so I will Command Click on its layer thumbnail. I see the active selection. I now, on my type layer, I'll come to one of my selection tools. It doesn't matter which one. I can move my active selection, so I'm going to position it right here, and then I'm going to make that active selection into a layer mask that will affect the type layer. Now because I want to hide everything but the selection, I'll hold down the Option or Alt key as I click on Add Layer Mask. Optionally, I might also want to feather the edges of the mask, so I'll come to the Properties panel, and I can increase the feathering right there, just to soften those edges. So very simple, very quick, and completely non-destructive.

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