I don't even know what this is called

[fallonyou]

or even if this is okay to post here, but I have no idea where else. I looked in text mems but I didn't see anything, and this is really cool. Make your text from a picture's background! I have no idea how to do this....

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Photoshop; I'm working in 7 but it's available upwards thereof

[starshone_storm]

The basic tool you want to use here is the text mask tool (click and hold the button for the standard text tool). It works like the text tool as far as formatting the text goes (pick your font, size, kerning, etc), except it makes a selection in the shape of text.

From there, you could either make a new layer of white (or whatevs) over the top and delete the selection (or use the selection as the black part of a layer mask on the top layer), or copy this selection from your initial picture and paste it onto your background.

[bubblymaddness]

the way I usually do this is to have your pic as the first layer
then 2nd layer is a bg colour...say white
and then you write your text in black, right click and rasterize
NEXT! merge your text with the bg and set that to screen over the picture
not sure if that was what you wanted...but it's what I do to get this

[starshone_storm]

Jumping in: This method only works if you want your background white, because what the screen mode does is make all black in the layer invisible. So if you're using an off white or colors, the background won't be completely opaque.

Multiply mode makes all white invisible, so if you wanted a black background, you would make your 'background' layer black and your text white. But again, the 'background' won't be fully opaque with an off-black or colorful layer.

[em_dilem]

I'm in CS4 Extended and the way I do it is (and this is probably not the right way):
Open the image.
Layer from background.
Go to the text tool.
Select "Horizontal Type Mask Tool".
Type my text.
"Add Vector Mask".
And then make a fill layer beneath it.

Hop this helps. :)

[thecowboycliche]

Personally this is how I would do it... it should work but I'm no expert.

Put the picture you want as the background as the bottom layer.
Cover it with a layer that's all white.
Create text in whatever font/whatever color.
Go to Select -> All.
Go to Edit -> Define Brush Preset
Now you've created a brush of your text.
THEN go to your eraser and set the brush you created as your eraser.
Click the eraser on the white layer and your background shows through in the form of the pattern below.

Hope that helps a bit!

[monimo2007]

I used this tutorial and I ended up making these...

[rhymephile]

That was a really good tutorial -- simple, visual, and easy to understand. Thanks for linking.

[chris_tii]

Can you give me the new link? It's broken D: Thank you

[monimo2007]

http://www.revver.com/video/851677/put-an-image-inside-of-text-in-photoshop-cs3/ :)