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Shape Text in Photoshop
- Click File > New and start a new image in Photoshop.
- Click "Create a new layer" from the layers window and fill this new layer with the desired background color.
- Select the "Horizontal Type Tool" (T), select the
font type and font size that you like and type the
desired word or words repeatedly. You can type a line
then copy it (Ctrl+C), press Enter and paste (Ctrl+V) this
line repeatedly.
- Select the "Custom Shape Tool" (U) and choose any
shape you like from the top tool bar. If you want to
see all the available shapes then click the right arrow
in the shapes window and choose All (follow the red
arrows).
- Draw the selected shape over the typed text. Notice
we are using the shape only to make a selection so you
can use your logo or any other shape that you like.
- Select the text layer and click Layer > Rasterize > Layer.
- Press Ctrl and click the shape layer to select the shape, press (Shift+Ctrl+I) to inverse the selection.
- Make sure that the text layer is selected and press Del.
- Press (Ctrl+D) to remove selection and delete the shape layer.
Shaped text:
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Current Comments (10)
hi, this is a very and cool tutorial! i really enjoyed it.i am a teacher so i would like to teach my students this tutorial if you do n't mind.
Go ahead Noora, greetings for you and all your students :)
Thanks for such a clear tutorial! :) Took me a while with some mistakes here and there but I managed! The simplicity of this tutorial is great! Keep it up!
I have a question- what if you want a certain body of text to be fit INTO a shape. As in- instead of the shape being a window that let's you 'see through' to text, what if I want all the text to fit exactly into the shape, with none being cut-off? I am trying to design a t-shirt, and want all of our names to 'fit' into the shapes of the continents. if I use this tutorial, a lot of people's names will get cut off. so, how do i make a body of text wrap around a specific shape? thanks!!!!
I will write another step by step tutorial on how to fit a text into a shape within the next week. Keep checking TutorialsRoom.com for the updates.
very nice and cool tutorial really too much amazing technique and very helpful for me
it's great and it's really very creative. thnx a lot 4 the tutorial!!!
good tutorial
I write poems and I want to type the words into shape patterns such as an angel, eagle, lighthouse, etc. what a program that will do this and where do I get it? Thanks!
Hi Julie, you can use Photoshop and follow this tutorial: http://www.tutorialsroom.com/tutorials/graphics/text_in_shape.html