Having a photo edited and only showing the photo in the parts of letters

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Tiger1970

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Topic # 99850 28-Mar-2012 18:09

Hi there i am just wondering if it is possible to have a photo of a group of people and then having a phrase over the photo and only showing the image in the letters for example . Having the word TEST written in block letters with the image as the fill instead of it being a solid colour.

timmmay

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Reply # 601450 28-Mar-2012 18:20

Yep, anything's possible in photoshop. Try a tutorial like this one, which isn't exactly what you want but should give you an idea.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/ps_imageintext.shtml

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Reply # 601512 28-Mar-2012 19:52

Opensource like GIMP (Gnu IMage Processor) can do that also.

riahon

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Reply # 601536 28-Mar-2012 20:12

Photoshop required

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG576haVw0Y&feature=plcp&context=C4d1cbd9VDvjVQa1PpcFO-9ioiOCgwclJtEphY06f2otRAJMCA_nY%3D

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Reply # 601548 28-Mar-2012 20:40

Yeah.. what they said.

Uses a 'merge down' function. The alternate is make the text as a layer, and add it as a mask wiping out the inverse

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/how-to-create-text-with-a-photo-in-photoshop/