How to Use the Clipping Mask to Create Photo Alphabet
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I got this great idea of creating a nuts about you card for my boyfriend. The idea popped into my head after I saw the squirell stamp with a walnut, that I received from Scrap In Style TV’s October ZingBOOM Whimsy Woods Kit. What I decided to do was to take a picture of a bowl of walnuts and convert it into picture text.
Layer 1 will be your picture.
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Layer 2 will be your text.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyMvoO6eQEMH-8f9G7UDpwrGv3GtCM_laULHsYoLGbIrsiH1b0zLpg8uOXnbyK5WtcJPdAQ8VN35XEi9fp24IEwOyxjC_NfvPaVWOrbR3ArqJ2k76z1Ox7nFbFDDxGuVLUjCdBQ/s400/woodsy_2.jpg)
Now bring the text layer below the picture and press Ctrl-G. This will create a clipping mask.
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To give my card an added extra pazzaz I printed the bowl of nuts on a transparency. All you have to do is bring the opacity down to about 50% and print the picture out.
I love that technique, don’t you? You can use any picture and some fancy text to create some great customized alphabets.
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1 comment:
Great tutorial. Thanks.
Regards,
photoshop masking
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