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How to make text cutouts

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How to make text cut outs with PSE - Carrie Loves Blog

This is the video I watched to learn how to make text cut-outs in Photoshop Elements – if you’re happy to watch a video then please do, Melissa Shanhun from DigiScrapHQ is great – and she has an Aussie (I think) accent! I’m also going to give step by step instructions below.

So, in a couple of my last posts I used this effect, you can also see it on some other popular blogs like Jess Lively, which is the site that inspired me to do it.

I used Photoshop Elements to do this, but since Elements is the baby of the Photoshop family probably all other versions this will work as well.

Step 1: Start with your background image.

Step 2: Add a shape layer, any shape, color or size you want on top of your background image.

Step 3: Simplify the shape layer by right clicking on the layer and selecting Simplify.

Step 4: Add a new text layer on top of your shape layer.

Step 5: Move the text layer to the spot over your simplified shape layer in which you want the cutout to appear. Holding the CTRL button + click on the T in the text layer – this will select the text.

Step 6: In your Layers panel select your simplified shape layer & click delete – this will delete the shape of the text from the shape layer.

Step 7: Make your text layer invisible (deselecting the eye) and voila you now have a text cutout! I also like changing the opacity of this layer.

Image via Sole Society.

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  1. femi says

    September 9, 2015 at 4:47 am

    Thanks a lot, I found this really helpful.

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