Latest Tip:Keep your chipboard negatives to use as a stencil. Stencil onto a clean milk carton, cut out stencil drawing, paint and cover with some Papier Glass Finish. Looks great and you would be right milk carton idea came from SBM article....
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Latest Quote:i believe everything happens for a reason.People change so that you can learn how to let go.Things go wrong,so that you appreciate them when they're right.You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but or yourself,and sometimes good thing fall apart so better things can fall together. ...
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This is an easy method of filling text ( or any shape ) with an image.
Type your text into your layout.
This method works best with a large bold font such as Impact .
Drag or copy and paste your image( photo or background paper) into your layout.
Make sure your image layer is above the text layer in the layers palette.
Cntrl-Click on the thumbnail of the text layer in the layers palette to select it.
You will see the “marching ants” around the text.
Hold the Alt Key down and place your cursor on the layers palette between the image layer and the text layer . A small icon will appear to indicate you are creating a clipping mask
When you click with your mouse the text now is filled with the image below.
You can move and resize the image layer within the text layer as desired.
You are not limited to filling text layers. Any shape you can select can be filled using the same method.
