Photos in Letters Template

JL
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John_L._Shaw
May 25, 2007
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I promise I looked but I didn’t see an answer for this. I am a professional photographer and use a professional lab for our printing. I am also learning Photoshop CS2. My lab has a template in ROES that allows us to place pictures in letters such as "SENIOR" or "2007" etc. Is there a way in Photoshop where I can create my own templates with words?

Thanks,
John
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dave_milbut
May 25, 2007
googling for: "photoshop tutorial image in text" (without the quotes)

turns up:
<http://pstutorialsblog.com/18/image-inside-text/>

as one of the 1st couple hits. do the google, there’s lots more if this one isn’t to your taste.
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dave_milbut
May 25, 2007
here’s another, a bit easier:

<http://www.toxiclab.org/tutorial.asp?ID=83>

and even a video tut:

<http://www.metacafe.com/watch/357995/fill_text_with_image/>
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Bob Levine
May 25, 2007
The only thing easier than googling is having someone else google for you. <g>

Bob
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dave_milbut
May 25, 2007
I googled that but couldn’t tell who said it… 🙂
JL
John_L._Shaw
May 25, 2007
That’s great! I did google the term but didn’t have the success you had. I’m not sure if that’s what I’m looking for. Basically my lab has a way where in a template there’s a word that in each individual letter I can put a photo in it. For instance in "S E N I O R " i would have a different photo in each letter. I Would like it to be a template that I can just drop the photos in the letters for each customer without having to recreate it each time. Is it making any sense?

Thank for your help by the way.

~John
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dave_milbut
May 25, 2007
same concept john. just repeat on separate layers for each letter. 🙂

I Would like it to be a template that I can just drop the photos in the letters for each customer without having to recreate it each time.

well you do it once and save it with all the layers in tact. give it a new name like "myPicLetterTemplate.psd". set it to read only in windows explorer so you don’t overwrite it. then every time you want to do another. open that one and replace the text and the images. (although once you do it and see how easy it is you’ll just wind up recreating it every time! <g>)

I don’t even REMEMBER how to do it. if i need to, i just google up one of those tutorials. quick and easy.

google works best for photoshop tutorials if you include the words:

"photoshop tutorial SEACH_TERM" without the quotes. replace "SEARCH_TERM" with whatever you’re looking for.
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Bob Levine
May 26, 2007
If you’re looking to do this over and over I would recommend doing it in InDesign instead. You’d have a much easier time simply dragging images into frames made from the letters.

They’d automatically be replaced by dragging new images from Bridge.

Bob
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Mathias_Vejerslev
May 26, 2007
Its sooo easy to do in Photoshop:

Type your text. Add photo as a layer, and put below text. Alt-click in-between the two layers in the layer palette to group them.

This method is non-destructive, and you can still move both layers independently.
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Mathias_Vejerslev
May 26, 2007
different photo in each letter.

Thats a bit more complicated. According to my method, you’d then have to have a layer for each letter.
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Bob Levine
May 26, 2007
Thats a bit more complicated.

Not in InDesign. It’s a piece of cake.

Bob
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John_L._Shaw
May 26, 2007
Thanks both of you. I don’t have InDesign but I should look into it. I am beginning to get a better picture of what to do.
JL
John_L._Shaw
May 26, 2007
OK – I was wrong. I do have InDesign. Is there a tutorial on how to do the letters?
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dave_milbut
May 26, 2007
you’d then have to have a layer for each letter.

that’s what i said. 🙂

nobody reads post 6.
JL
John_L._Shaw
May 26, 2007
Thanks Dave – went back and read all of the posts. I’ll have this down in no time I’m sure. Thanks! 🙂
~John

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