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Wall of Text

 

Use a clipping group to place an image inside of a background of text, with another layer of text placed in front to create depth.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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29 Comments

  1. dan said on — May 2, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

    well, thank you for the video, it is very helpful to learn to work with layers n masks

  2. Rick said on — May 3, 2008 @ 12:35 am

    Nice tutorial, Thanks!

  3. Ruediger Fischer said on — May 3, 2008 @ 5:52 am

    It’s a verry fine and helpful tutorial. Thanks for all the good ideas.
    Ruediger

  4. Magnus said on — May 3, 2008 @ 9:06 am

    Really cool effect!
    Learned something new today :)

  5. Manda said on — May 4, 2008 @ 12:38 am

    This is an amazing tutorial, like always. :)

  6. John said on — May 7, 2008 @ 5:42 am

    thanks alot i really learned something new….. but 1 thing can i download theis tutorial for future use?

  7. Julie said on — May 8, 2008 @ 10:57 am

    Thanks for the tutorial .
    In my school there is a photoshop class and my teacher
    always recommends watching your videos to learn photoshop
    Your skills are really nice.
    I really like your vids. : )

  8. Quenton said on — May 10, 2008 @ 5:15 am

    Your videos are pure class, i am consistantly overwhelmed and inspired by the depth of photoshop. Thank you very much.

  9. Sarah said on — May 12, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

    you are amazing.

  10. Dan G. said on — May 14, 2008 @ 11:20 am

    Corey, great tutorial. I was able to immediately apply this effect to a number of sports posters for my kids and niece. They loved them so much they ordered a bunch right away. You make it easy Corey. You must really love what you do!

  11. Perra Jonasson said on — May 15, 2008 @ 3:43 am

    Nice tutorial, really cool.

  12. blitz said on — May 15, 2008 @ 4:22 am

    great tut as usual!! is it just me or are their people laughing in the background?

  13. uly said on — May 16, 2008 @ 1:57 am

    awesome!!! thanks for the tut.

  14. Márcio Guerra said on — May 17, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

    Hi… Nice tutorials…Keep up the REALLY good work. It was a very funny tutorial… At least it is what it seems to the people in the back, laughing out loud! heheheh! But nice one! Keep it up.

    Márcio Guerra

  15. Design said on — May 17, 2008 @ 12:51 pm

    Thanks a lot, this is so great!!!

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  17. atul k. said on — May 25, 2008 @ 10:21 am

    Corey, thnx a lot.
    dat was too cool and really helped me.

  18. vedzo said on — June 6, 2008 @ 2:57 am

    Hello.. it’s very nice.. But what’s the key combination for the Repeat Motion of the text. I don’t understand very well. Btw I have windows. Thx for helping me.
    grtz

  19. Spiky said on — June 9, 2008 @ 8:40 am

    i really want to know how those flowers and leaf-like drawings, you know, like the ones on the flash ad above there.

  20. Brad said on — June 25, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

    looks really cheesy with those images and typeface. a very clean look with this technique only. this is way overkill IMO. but then again its not one for a portfolio - just a tutorial, and great one to learn from.

  21. john said on — July 27, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

    There’s a lot of people laughing in the background of this tutorial :)

  22. Kenny said on — July 28, 2008 @ 12:17 pm

    nice tutorial! but how can i download it?

  23. Heather said on — July 28, 2008 @ 1:57 pm

    were you in a mall when you did this? :)
    great tut

  24. booboo said on — July 31, 2008 @ 6:45 am

    that’s hot

  25. Kyle C said on — August 13, 2008 @ 8:59 am

    Im pretty new to photoshop and everytime I attempt to add my own picture the picture is HUGE. Do you know how i can adjust the size so its not as massive when I add it to my text?

  26. Peter R said on — August 25, 2008 @ 3:55 am

    Its very great. Thanks for the tips!

  27. mustafa said on — September 19, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

    hi thanks the great tutorials

  28. mustafa bad said on — September 19, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

    hi the great tutorials nice thanks

  29. Lori said on — October 11, 2008 @ 6:32 pm

    Really great tutorial. Got it to work well even in Elements by experimenting a bit to find the same commands with different names or keystrokes. A lot of fun and very educational. My image ended up not having the detail yours did (too much background showing and too many colors in the photo) - I need to experiment a lot with text size and photo choice to get it right. Thanks for a great video.

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