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How to change background using blending

modes in Photoshop
First open main and a new background to replace
Drag and place background above main photo
Duplicate the background layer and name it ”Blend”
Mut layerul ”Blend” deasupra
Change the blend layer blending mode to Hard Light
If your main photo background is
- For darker – use screen
- For wither – use Multipli or Darken
- For gray – use Overlay or Soft light or Hardlight
Again duplicate the background layer and name it ”Mask”
Move layer above all layers
Now add inverted layer mask to mask layer - Hold ALT
and click layer mask icon. Masca este neagră.
În stânga la Background/Foreground este alb pe negru
Take a brush tool and paint over your subject using white
Take your time while masking
Now we can add any background eassily
Cu layer 1 selectat – File – Place Embedded – aleg alt
fundal și tot așa schimb fundalurile după cum doresc.
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Placing An Image In Text - Quick Summary

 In Photoshop, open your photo, then press Ctrl+J
to duplicate the Background layer.
 Press and hold Ctrl and, in the Layers panel, click
the New Layer icon to add a new blank layer
between the two existing layers.
 Go up to the Edit menu in the Menu Bar and
choose Fill. In the Fill dialog box,
set Use to White. Click OK.
 In the Layers panel, select the top layer (Layer 1) to
make it active.
 Select the Type Tool, then in the Options Bar,
choose your font options.
 Set your Foreground color to white, then click in
the document and add your text.
 Press Ctrl+T ) to select Free Transform, then
resize and reposition your text as needed.
Press Enter to exit out of Free Transform.
 In the Layers panel, drag your Type layer below the
photo on Layer 1.
 Select Layer 1 to make it active, then go up to
the Layer menu in the Menu Bar and
choose Create Clipping Mask.
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 To add a drop shadow to the text, in the Layers

panel, click the "fx" icon, choose Drop Shadow,
then set the Angle andOpacity as needed.
Insert a photo inside a text using Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will help us to understand how simple is to

insert a photo inside a text using Adobe Photoshop CS6.
We’re going to use a very few and very well-known
commands of the program and I assure you that the result
you’ll achieve is awesome.
We can use our personal photos or images we have found
surfing the Web. There are no limits and all we have to do
is follow our fantasy.
Let’s start our project choosing a photo we particularly
love, we are fond on, or we would like to work on and
think about the typeface we’re going to use for this.
I choose a beautiful view of the Tower Bridge, the
wonderful combined bascule and suspension bridge that
spans the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of
London, from which it takes its name and has become an
iconic symbol of this town.
Obviously, feel free to work on also on a subject of your
choosing.
Let’s see how to go on.
1). Set up your text
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Open the photo that will be our base and click on “Text” in
the tool palette on the left.
At this point, select font, size, colour and text align in the
options above. A block sans-serif font will often work best,
but feel free to experiment. I ended up choosing Dock11 as
my typeface because of its simplicity (available in the Sans
category, you can download it here).
As for the colour, I chose one which would contrast
strongly with a dark background, a left text align and then
I set its size (note that size will be settled again at the
following step).
After this, type your message and compose it within your
document. Since I choose a photo of London, the obvious
text for me is name of the city. Put your text wherever you
want. I preferred to move it at the bottom of the photo.
2). Size your text to the space
Next, on the keyboard press Ctrl + T in order to select the
space of the text and drag with the cursor the anchor
points to stretch the text and then increase its size.
3). Create a clipping mask
Now place the cursor on the Background layer, right click
> Duplicate Layer. We’ll create a new level called
Background copy. Drag the layer Background copy above
the London text.
(Note that after this step, our text “will temporarily
disappear”).
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After you create a clipping mask, the level with the name
‘Background Copy’ in the level panel will appear indented
with a small arrow facing down, but the image will not
change.
Select the textual level and with Ctrl pressed, click the
New Layer button (the second last icon starting from the
left) down in the level panel to create a new level which
will have to be positioned under the textual level.
Then, reset the both the foreground colour and the second
colour pressing ‘D’. Use the foreground colour (black) to
fill the level 1 we created before. If you prefer anything
other than black as your background colour, feel free to
change it.
Finally click on the move tool and shift the image below
until the result we want to achieve.
Here is our background image in our text!
You can consider to use a Bevel and Emboss layer effect to
enhance the look of your new title and make the letters
stand out.
Conclusions
The effects we can apply to text are almostendless. You
can enjoy yourself using a great variety of images to fill
your message and tune the effect for your purposes.

Margini estompate la interior

Deschid poza
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Fac layerul editabil

Selectez cu Rectangular Marquee tool - Feather cât
doresc
Selectez invers
Colorez selecția cu brush sau gradient
Colțuri rotunjite la fotografii
Selectez cu Rounded Rectangle Tool cu Radius atât cât
doresc.

Selectez Path Selection Tool ↖

Sus – selectez Substract from Shape area (-). Dacă doresc

schimb culoarea
Cu layerul Rounded activat ”Make selection”
Șterg layerul Rounded Rectangle Tool
Layerul Background îl fac editabil
Selectez invers pe Rounded Rectangle Tool și Delete.
Salvez în PNG.

Create gold leaf hand lettering in photoshop

Have you ever wanted to know how bloggers and
designers write in what looks like pure gold ink? Me too.
I’m one paycheck away from enrolling in an online
calligraphy class just so that I can learn to write using
pretty gold ink. Until then, I’m going to find ways to fake
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it. Here is how I added a gold leaf texture to my

handwriting in Photoshop using myWacom Bamboo
Tablet. If you don’t have a tablet, you can still add gold
text to an image or background using any font you’d like.

1. First, open two documents in Photoshop. You’ll need a

background image and a gold leaf texture. I used a solid
mint colored background, and I found the gold leaf
texture here. Next, select and copy the background image
and paste it onto the gold leaf texture.

Select the Pen Tool from your toolbar and change the
mode to “Clear”. Make sure the top layer (not the gold
texture) is selected in your Layers Panel. Then use your
tablet to write something fun! If your handwriting looks
shaky, try zooming in a bunch (300-400%) and then
writing. It’s also fun to experiment with different brush
sizes and styles.

If you don’t have a tablet, you can just use plain text! For
this, you will want to set up your layers the same exact
way we did above. Then select the Horizontal Type Mask
Tool. This will automatically turn your text into a
selection.

After you’ve got your type mask (seen below), select the
Magic Eraser Tool and uncheck “Contiguous”. Then click
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the Magic Eraser over the selection, and the text should
disappear. If you’re using an image as your background,
you may need to erase the selection using the normal
Eraser Tool or the Pen Tool (under “clear” mode).

To add gold leaf text in the form of a font, you can also
follow this tutorial I wrote on combining photos and text.
Here’s an example of how fun it is to add gold handwriting
and doodles to a photograph. You can use the method I
first described, just make sure the layers are all stacked
correctly.

Let me know if you end up trying this!