Filling Text With A Picture On Paint Shop Pro Help!!!

[Disneyvacation]

i'm so confused!! i have paint shop pro and i can't figure out how to fill the text with a picture.. even when people post how to i can't figure it out. could somone please give me an easy step by step instruction on how to fill text with a background picture??!!

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

I know this might sound weird, but what exactly do you know how to do in PSP so far? Do you know what layers are & stuff like that?

 

[Disneyvacation]

yeah i know how to do layers and a lot of stuff i just can't fugure out how to fill text with a picture, i only got it last weekend.

 

[wildirishrose]

I can do the fill text with no problem in photoshop but can not for the life of me figure it out in Paint shop pro. Maybe it can't be done

 

[Disneyvacation]

i know that it can be done because onther DISignsers that use paint shop pro can do it, I just need someone to explain it to me...

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

I use paint shop pro.

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

you have a pm

 

[Avonshire]

Can someone explain it to me--I have never tried but I do use PSP quite a bit.
Thanks!!!

 

[wildirishrose]

Could you forard to me as well. I like PSP just havent completely converted over to it from Photoshop..


Thanks

 

[rie'smom]

Hi, this is such a coincidence! I found the tutorial on making the names with pictures in Photoshop but I can't find one for paint shop. Michelle,would you please PM the directions to me. Thanks!!!

 

[alyssarella]

Could you please send the instructions to me too! We have at least 20 people cruising with us for my sisters wedding next year and I'd like to do this for everyone. Thanks.

 

[DBL101]

As with most effects, there are multiple ways to fill with a picture. The easiest is to simply create the text with the picture already inside. This is the least flexible, however, because you can't move the picture around to get faces to show, etc. I'm using version X, but it works the same on version 9. I haven't upgraded to the later versions yet, but it's probably about the same.
The first step is to open the picture you want to fill with. Next create/open your new blank image. Select the text tool from the tools toolbar. Now we look at the "materials" palette. There are two boxes. One for the foreground/Stroke/outline and one for the background/fill. We want to make a change to the "fill" options. You can set it to Color, Gradient, or Pattern. We want to set it to pattern. If we click in the box it will bring up the "materials" dialog. In here we can select which pattern we want to fill with. The selections will include all of the patterns provided by PSP or added to the pattern directory, but will also allow you to select any images currently open in PSP.

You can set the size of the "fill" pattern, but you can't move it around. That's why this works better for designs or patterns than pictures.

 

[DBL101]

It is a bit more complicated using layers and a mask, but easier to adjust the image to show certain pieces within the letters.

1) Open the picture you want to fill the letters with. Go to the Edit menu and select "Copy"
2) Create your new image.
3) Create your text. It's best if you set the foreground to one color and the background to another. We'll replace the background (fill) portion with your picture and leave the foreground as an outline. This should show up as a new vector layer above the default "Background" layer.
4) With this text layer selected, go to the edit menu and select "Paste as new layer". This should put the picture into a new raster layer above the text layer.
7) With the "picture" layer selected, go to the layer menu and select "New mask layer" - "hide all". This will create the new mask layer and put both it and the picture into a layer group. This will also hide the picture we just pasted in.
8) Set your foreground color to pure white.
9) Select the "text" layer. Select the insides of the letters with the magic wand.
10) Select the "mask" layer.
11) Select the "Flood Fill" tool and fill in all of the selected areas with white. We've now created a "mask" that displays only the insides of the letters.
12) Go to the selections menu and click on "select none".
13) select the picture layer and then the "pick" tool. This will allow you to move the picture around within the letters. If you grab one of the four corners you can expand or contract the picture while keeping the proportions constant.
13a) Prior to version X there was no "Pick" tool. For version 9 (and maybe earlier) you can use the "Raster Deform" Tool instead. This tool is just as easy to use for moving the picture, but not quite as easy to use for resizing. Your best bet is to use Scale X & Y percentage fields on the tool options bar. Make sure to set them to the same percentage so the proportions remain constant.
14) If you want to add more pictures within the same "displey" mask, "Copy" them to the clipboard as we did in step 1.
15) Next, select the new image and select the "picture" layer. Now do another "Past as new layer". This will add another layer with this picture. It will still be within the display mask we created. The order of the two picture layers does matter if they overlap, because one will hide the other.
16) If you give it a try, just let me know where I lose you and I'll try to expand my explanations.

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

There is another way to do it. This is what I pm'd to the others. This method will also keep it from distorting and gives you the ability to stretch/skew the text the way you want it.

open the picture you want to use for the fill. Click on your text tool & put whatever you want on top of the picture. Make sure your foreground/stroke is the only thing w/color/pattern. You want to use vector, not floating. This will create another layer. Once you have put your wording on it, click your magic wand. Click inside each of the letters until all of them are selected. Click on your picture layer & if it still says background, right click on it & convert it to raster layer. Once this is done, go to selections, invert. Then hit your delete key. There you have it.

 

[onremlop]

13) select the picture layer and then the "pick" tool. This will allow you to move the picture around within the letters. If you grab one of the four corners you can expand or contract the picture while keeping the proportions constant.

Sorry, but I don't know what the "pick" tool is. I know it is something really simple, but I have tried virtually every button and link trying to identify the "pick" tool. I went to the corel website as well as searched the help database and there is no reference to the "pick" tool. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks,

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

you might want to try my instructions. I'm not sure what the pick tool is either, maybe the move tool?

 

[rie'smom]

The pick tool is the arrow under the hand.

 

[onremlop]

There is another way to do it. This is what I pm'd to the others. This method will also keep it from distorting and gives you the ability to stretch/skew the text the way you want it.

open the picture you want to use for the fill. Click on your text tool & put whatever you want on top of the picture. Make sure your foreground/stroke is the only thing w/color/pattern. You want to use vector, not floating. This will create another layer. Once you have put your wording on it, click your magic wand. Click inside each of the letters until all of them are selected. Click on your picture layer & if it still says background, right click on it & convert it to raster layer. Once this is done, go to selections, invert. Then hit your delete key. There you have it.

Thank you! That worked. Still don't know what a pick tool is, but when I find it, I'll use it.

 

[DBL101]

"Pick" (the arrow) and "Move" (4 arrows) are shared tools. They both exist on the same button. You'll notice there is a "down arrow" on the right side of the button. That indicates there are multiple tools available on that button. If you click on that "down arrow" you can then select which tool that button will be using. There are about a dozen buttons that each contain multiple tools. The selection button, for instance, has three different selection tools you can activate.

 

[~*~Michelle~*~]

"Pick" (the arrow) and "Move" (4 arrows) are shared tools. They both exist on the same button. You'll notice there is a "down arrow" on the right side of the button. That indicates there are multiple tools available on that button. If you click on that "down arrow" you can then select which tool that button will be using. There are about a dozen buttons that each contain multiple tools. The selection button, for instance, has three different selection tools you can activate.

which version are you using? That might be the reason we can't find it.