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Tutorial
3 Photo Inside Text
Requirements:
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or 5.5 OR Corel Photopaint 8 or 9
The Project: Placing a photo inside of text
To place
a photo inside of an object shape or text is a very common
sight in advertising everywhere. When you complete this
tutorial, you will be fascinated at how easy this is to do.
Enough talk lets get to it.
One of
my current favorite bands is the band Union. What I
will create as an example is a picture of Union that I took,
inside the word Union. If you haven't heard of this
band, check out their official website at: www.unionasylum.com.
Now on with the project.
Adobe
Version
Settings are up to you, just give yourself some room to experiment.
Now find and open that special picture that is going to placed
inside your cool thick text.
Figure
1-1
Hit T
and type the word you want to place the picture inside.
I chose the Compacta Blk BT text. Right click the background
layer containing your photo using the Layers palette and click
Duplicate Layer. You will now have a layer most likely
called background copy. Now delete the original background
layer by right clicking and choosing delete layer.
Figure
1-2
Using
the Layers Palette drag the background copy layer over the
text layer. Now the cool part. Hold Ctrl and click
G. Just like magic your photo is now inside the text.
If you want to adjust the placement of the photo, move the
photo around to get it where it looks the best.
Figure
1-3
Once
you get it where you want it you can add some effects to it.
Click the Text Layer in the Layers Palette and do the effect
of your choice. I chose Bevel and Emboss with the settings
in Figure 1-4. Then I changed the Color Balance under
Image and Adjust to get just the right color.
Figure
1-4
Now
you should flatten the image, save it and you should have
something similar to Figure 1-5.
Figure
1-5
Corel
Version
Settings are up to you, just give yourself some room to experiment.
Now find and open that special picture that is going to placed
inside your cool thick text.
Figure
1-6
Try
to make the text fill most of the picture for the best results.
Now we need to pick a thicker type of text so that the picture
will show through. Hit T and Click the Render Text To
Mask button in Figure 1-7. Choose your font. I
choose Compacta Blk BT text. Type the word you want to
place the picture inside.
Figure
1-7
Now
click Edit on the top program bar and click Copy Visible.
Now we are going to create a New Document with only what is
inside the mask.
Figure
1-8
Click
Edit and Paste As New Document. Your new document should
look like Figure 1-9.
Once
you get it where you want it you can add some effects to it.
I changed the Color Balance under Image and Adjust to mostly
a blue looking color. Now you have to add a mask to
the layer. Just click Mask and Create from object.
I then chose Effects, 3D Effects and The Boss using these
settings: Width 10, Height 39, Smoothness 54, Drop off Mesa
and Invert.
Now
we need to save the artwork. So Click Object and Combine
All Objects With Background. Click Mask and Remove Mask.
Now save. You should have something similar to Figure
1-9
Figure
1-9
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