Text and Image Blending

I showed how to blend text and a silhouette in an earlier tutorial. (See the tutorial here). I will now demonstrate how to blend a color image and text. Step 1 : I have opened this image of Kareena Kapoor in Photoshop. Now to add the text. Step 2 : I have gone to Wikipedia for the text on Kareena Kapoor. I have highlighted a portion of the text. Then pressed CTRL+C to copy it.Step 3 : Click the Type Tool and select the Horizontal Type Tool.Step 4 : Draw out a Text Box with the cursor.Step 5 : Press CTRL+V and the text will be pasted. Step 6 : Double click the Text layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.Step 7 : The text is highlighted. The...

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Text and Silhouette

This is a black and white text effect. I will use a silhouette and text on a white background. The black text will appear white on the silhouette after a little tweak. Step 1 : I have opened a white layer and this silhouette. You can download the silhouette here. Step 2 : The silhouette has to be made ready for editing. Double click the Background of the silhouette. A New layer dialogue box will open. Click ok.Step 3 : When you click ok in the New Layer dialogue box (not shown), the background changes to Layer 0. Step 4 : Select the Magic Wand Tool.Step 5 : I have click with the Magic Wand on the left side of the silhouette. The portion is...

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