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Placing an Object in a Container |
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to place an image inside a container. This technique can produce an
interesting effect for a magazine or webpage heading. |
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The instructions below are
merely guidelines. You can experiment with the sizes and settings to
suit your taste, but for the sake of project marks, try to stay close
to the suggestions. |
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Getting Started:
Open the image you plan on
using for the background.
Save the file into your
PhotoShop project folder.
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If not already displayed, go to the Window
menu and select Show Tools and
Show Layers. |
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By default, PhotoShop locks
the background layer.
Right-click on the
background layer to bring up the Properties box.
Rename the layer. Once you
rename it, you can use the
Clone Stamp Tool to remove imperfections in the photo, if
necessary. |
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Type the text you want to use for the mask. Choose
a large enough font to allow enough of the image to show through. I
used Britannic Bold. |
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Use Command+T (Mac)
or Ctrl+T (Windows) to bring up the Free Transform
Tool to resize the text as large as possible.
The visual effect will be
much better showing through a large, wide text than with a small,
narrow one.
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You Need to move the photograph layer
above the text layer. Click on the photo layer and drag it upward
above the text layer. Once the Clipping Mask
is created, only the portion of the image contained within the text
will show through.
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To create the
Clipping Mask move the cursor
between the image and text layers and hold down the Alt key
(Windows), or the Option key (Mac).
You will see the cursor
change shape.
Click the mouse button
when you see the cursor change shape.
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This is the result so far. |
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Add a new layer below the text layer
in the Layers palette. Since PhotoShop automatically places the new
layer at the top, you can use a shortcut to place the new layer at
the bottom where it needs to be. Select the
text layer then hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the
Command key (Mac). This will place the new layer at the bottom.
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Next you need to fill the
new layer with a background colour.
Press the Ctrl +
Backspace (Windows) or Ctrl + Delete (Mac) keys to change
the background from transparent to the current background colour.
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Right-click on the text layer to
bring up the Blending Options. |
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Select Drop Shadow
and add the settings to the right, or feel free to experiment to get
the desired effect:
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Blend Mode: Multiply
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Opacity: 75%
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Angle: 120
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Distance: 25 px
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Spread: 0 %
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Size: 35 px
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The result so far. You can see how this effect
can add some excitement to a publication. |
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It's not too late to add a little more
information to the project. Here I added two more text layers, but I
had to do some preparation so as not to lose my mask effect. |
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All I had to do was hide the photo layer and
white background layer, then add a text layer. |
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After I was satisfied with the text dimensions
and placement I went to Merge Visible under the Layer
menu. After that, it's just a matter of
un-hiding the hidden layers and re-applying the mask. (Click
here if you forget how).
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The finished result! |
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