It worked great first time! Thank you sooo much. I'll use this a
million times!
* Eric Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030607 12:29]:
> I'd do it with a mask.
>
> Try this.
> 1. Render the text in black on a white background (same layer)
> 2. Invert the image (so the text is white and background black)
> 3. Make a new transparent layer
> 4. Right click on the transparent layer in the layer dialog box, and
> select "add layer mask" - Hit OK (the default is fine)
> 5. Now return to the layer w/text and select all and copy.
> 6. Next, select the layer mask in the layer dialog box, not the
> transparent image, the mask (to the right of the image)
> 7. Now paste what you copied in step 5 and anchor the image. The should
> paste the image (w/text) into the mask.
> 8. Now turn off the bottom layer (the one w/text) in the layer dialog box
> (the eye-ball) so it doesn't show.
> 9. Lastly, select the transparent image in the layer dialog box (just left
> of the mask) and fill it whatever pattern/color you so desire.
>
> Hope that works. Let me know if it didn't.
> Eric Pierce
>
>
> > I need to be able to take text with anti-aliasing and fill it with a
> > pattern or a gradient or an image, this is for the web. I can't figure
> > out how to use either layer masks or what in order to maintain
> > different transparencies in the text that is anti-aliased. I have
> > stuggled with this a while, have looked on the web, and in Bunks book,
> > and I can´t figure it out. Can someone steer me in the right
> > direction, or give me some simple instructions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
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