What's new

January 12: Cropped/Hidden Photo as Title

@jenn mccabe Jenn for the life of me I cannot figure out what is going wrong with mine. I used to do this all the time. Once i get to the stage shown in the image below, I only see the original photo masked onto the shape. Can you see anything wrong?? btw, PSE15
 

Attachments

  • Screen Shot 2019-01-12 at 2.38.44 PM.png
    Screen Shot 2019-01-12 at 2.38.44 PM.png
    198.5 KB · Views: 37
The right photo certainly makes a big difference. I trashed my first attempt as the photo just wasn't playing nice. Really love this one though and can definitely see trying to incorporate more in my layouts.

 
cookingmylife said:
@jenn mccabe Jenn for the life of me I cannot figure out what is going wrong with mine. I used to do this all the time. Once i get to the stage shown in the image below, I only see the original photo masked onto the shape. Can you see anything wrong?? btw, PSE15
Click to expand...
Maureen - maybe you need to rasterize the Text in PSE? I'm not sure.
What I would try to do is make a copy of the text and the photo clipped to it. So you can go back to it if need be. Then hide the original and work on the copies. Go to Type in your menu bar (up top) and then chose Rasterize Type Layer. Then clip the photo to the rasterized type?

If it doesn't work - delete those copies and you still have the original (un-rasterized typed text layer and the photo layer on top. We'll have to figure out something else ...
 
Last edited:
cookingmylife said:
@jenn mccabe Jenn for the life of me I cannot figure out what is going wrong with mine. I used to do this all the time. Once i get to the stage shown in the image below, I only see the original photo masked onto the shape. Can you see anything wrong?? btw, PSE15
Click to expand...
Also - from your layers palette shot - I can't see exactly where your type is in relation to the mask. Make sure your typed text is not over the top of the mask - it should be aligned along the edge of the mask shape.
 
If adding a shadow - please don't shadow the text layer and the shape area separately. See my TIP in the original challenge post. You need to merge the layers together - and then shadow as one object/layer (same goes for a stroke). Otherwise the shadow and stroke - or other similar style added - will make it look like they are separate.

As per the pic monkey image - this challenge is to create an extension along the edge of your photo shape for your title.
 
jenn mccabe said:
Create a solid/filled-in shape on it's own layer underneath the original photo layer. A rectangle shape is used in the example (Section 1 above), but feel free to use any shape you wish or even a mask. Make sure your shape is smaller than the full size of the photo. About half the size is a good rule of thumb.
Click to expand...

Hey There Everyone...This Effect Looks Cool But I Don't Know How To Get Past Step 3..."Create A Solid/Filled-In Shape"...As Some Of You May Know...I Have Been Scrapping All This Time Without Photoshop...Using An Old Program + Multiple Free Programs...Either Way...There Is No Way To Duplicate This Process In Any Of The Software That I Use...But...

*My Sister,Brother & Brother-In-Law Gave Me Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 For Christmas...It Pretty Much Terrifies Me!...I Have Installed The Program & Have Watched Various Videos On Line To Try To Navigate The Program But I Haven't Really Had The Time To Learn How To Use This Software Yet...I Am Still Using My Other Tried & True Software To Create All The Pages I Have Created So Far For MOC7 & Otherwise...But I Decided To Give This A Stab...

*I Figured Out How To Get My Photo In & How To Duplicate It...So Now I Have 2 Layers But I Don't Really Understand The Next Step...I Don't Know How To "Create A Solid/Filled-In Shape In Photoshop"...I Really Feel I Am Out Of The Loop Here...If I Can't Figure Out How To Do This Step...Perhaps I Won't Figure Out How To Do This Challenge All Together...So I Will Have To Stop Doing MOC7...I Don't Like The Thought Of This...Maybe Someone Can At Least Try To Explain To Me How To Do This Next Step...I'm Lost & Don't Know How To Proceed...Sorry...Hate To Be The Newbie Who Doesn't Know How To Do Anything...

Thanks In Advance...RJ
 
RJMJ said:
Hey There Everyone...This Effect Looks Cool But I Don't Know How To Get Past Step 3..."Create A Solid/Filled-In Shape"...As Some Of You May Know...I Have Been Scrapping All This Time Without Photoshop...Using An Old Program + Multiple Free Programs...Either Way...There Is No Way To Duplicate This Process In Any Of The Software That I Use...But...

*My Sister,Brother & Brother-In-Law Gave Me Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 For Christmas...It Pretty Much Terrifies Me!...I Have Installed The Program & Have Watched Various Videos On Line To Try To Navigate The Program But I Haven't Really Had The Time To Learn How To Use This Software Yet...I Am Still Using My Other Tried & True Software To Create All The Pages I Have Created So Far For MOC7 & Otherwise...But I Decided To Give This A Stab...

*I Figured Out How To Get My Photo In & How To Duplicate It...So Now I Have 2 Layers But I Don't Really Understand The Next Step...I Don't Know How To "Create A Solid/Filled-In Shape In Photoshop"...I Really Feel I Am Out Of The Loop Here...If I Can't Figure Out How To Do This Step...Perhaps I Won't Figure Out How To Do This Challenge All Together...So I Will Have To Stop Doing MOC7...I Don't Like The Thought Of This...Maybe Someone Can At Least Try To Explain To Me How To Do This Next Step...I'm Lost & Don't Know How To Proceed...Sorry...Hate To Be The Newbie Who Doesn't Know How To Do Anything...

Thanks In Advance...RJ
Click to expand...
Oh My! You brave soul jumping into new software. Hang on a second. I will do some screen shots for you RJMJ!
 
Back
Top