Create eye-catching PHOTO-FILLED TITLES in Photoshop
Posted on 11. May, 2009 by Olson in Text Effects
 In this easy to follow tutorial we are going to pull off a filling text effect with an image. We are going to type text and use a clipping mask to clip the photograph so that it only shows through the letters. Because the letters are on an editable type layer, you can change the text even after the letters are filled with the image. |
Open a photograph and click the Type tool.
Select the font family, style, justification, and size.
Thick Text works best for this effect, we are using Aril Black and Impact in this example.
Click in the image and type the text.
Press (Ctrl+T) and by holding down(CTRL) click and drag the transformation anchors to stretch the type.
Hit Enter when you are done.
Click and drag the Background layer over the New Layer button to duplicate it.
Click and drag the Background copy layer above the type layer.
Click Layer.
Click Create Clipping Mask.
The Background copy layer is indented with an arrow in the Layers palette, but the image does not change
Click here to create a new blank layer named Layer 1.
Click and drag the new blank layer below the type layer.
Press D to reset the default colors, Press (Ctrl+Backspace) to fill the layer with white. The photo appears to fill the letters on a white background.
Click the Move tool.
Click the Background copy layer to select it.
Click and drag in the image to move the photo into position inside the letters.
The photo is repositioned within the letters, creating an attractive photo title.
Now we are going to add Layer Styles to enhance the effect.
Select the Text Layer right click on it and choose blending options.
Enter the following setting for the blending options or play with them until you come up with something you like.
Here are the final versions note that you can place any type of background inside and outside the layer text.
| That’s it guys for this tutorial try experimenting with the settings and see what works best with your images. |
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15 Responses to “Create eye-catching PHOTO-FILLED TITLES in Photoshop”
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Eve25
11. May, 2009
Very nice text effect, i have always wanted to do this.
Thanks for the easy way of explaining
Essam
11. May, 2009
I Agree ” Eve25 ”
the easy way of explaining
thank u for the amazing tut
huwaw69
12. May, 2009
This is what i have been looking for an example for clipping mask, so i can learn how to make a clipping mask now…
robin
12. May, 2009
nice, simple and very nice.
thanks for ur explaining
david
12. May, 2009
plzz why cant you ever link the original picture?
otherwise a very good tutorial
Olson
12. May, 2009
thank you guys for the nice comments, they keep me motivated to produce more good stuff.
@david
The techniques explained here can work one every image and if you don’t have your own images there are plenty of free site that offer them http://www.stockvault.net/ is one of them.
anyways i got a lot of request from user asking me for the psd of the tutorial, so i decided to make it available.
You can download the file by clicking the download button above.
david
12. May, 2009
Thanks Olson
Btw keept up with the tutorials they are really great and verry
easy !!
Good Job
eddy taytelbaum
12. May, 2009
Hello teacher:
Great !! Thanks for sharing this!
Linda
24. May, 2009
Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time to create it and share it with us. This is an effect I have wanted to learn for some time.
kobs
30. May, 2009
dude dat was awesome!!!……thanx man. i was hoping if you could teach me how you place the background outside the text..like behind it
Subrat Devkota
05. Feb, 2010
Hi, I am from Nepal and i have learned some things today from your work. Keep up the good work.Well-done my fren.
Torry
18. Apr, 2010
Great tutorial, but this can be done much more easily in MS Word
Kevin
04. Oct, 2010
great tutorial. I’m a beginner. How do I insert a background for outside the picture? Thanks.
Manik
13. Oct, 2010
Well executed tutorial. The outcome is really amazing. I will try to create this effect and it would be great fun.
Thanks for the post.
IV3
01. Jan, 2011
Thank you for posting; really easy to understand.