Welcome back to another digital tutorial. While browsing through a scrapbook magazine this weekend, I learned a cool way to apply text masks to photographs in Adobe Photoshop Elements. I thought it was pretty cool and thought you might enjoy it as well.
I sometimes find Photoshop overwhelming with all it can do so when I find something easy I can learn, I just can’t wait to try it out. Here is Tuesday’s Digital Tutorial in four easy steps:
Step One: Open a new document in Photoshop Elements with a black background or whatever background you prefer.
Step Two: Add a new layer and type the text you wish to mask.
Step Three: Now it’s time to bring in your photo. The easiest way is to click on File—>Place and then select your photo. This will automatically create a new layer and allows you to treat your image as a Smart Object. Meaning you can easily increase or decrease its size.
Step Four: Once you have you photo placed where you want it, make sure the photo layer is on top. You can tell by it being highlighted in your side tool bin. Now click on Layer—>Group with previous layer. This will automatically group the two layers and apply the text mask to your photo.
And here is the final image:
Simple or what? Now go out and create. And do come back here and share your creations with me by leaving me some comments with links to your creations.