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[Paula]

This one was inspired by a Shutterfly ad that I saw recently:



And that inspired this layout:


Filling text with photos is really easy. I did this in PS but I believe there might be a way of doing it in word - I'll do some digging to see if I can find out how.
1. Create an 8.5x11 canvas
2. Type the word or numbers that you want to use - I used "08". Resize them to be as large as you can fit -- mine were up around 500pt.
3. Next you need to rasterize the text -- in PS, you select layer, rasterize. In PSE it is called "simplify". This will convert the text into a shape - the text will no longer be editable.
4. Open your photos and drag them onto the canvas. Clip them onto the text-shape using ctrl-alt-g if you are using PS, ctrl-g if you are using PSE. Resize the as necessary to fit the photos in the space that you are working with. You will be clipping all the photos onto the same layer, basically piling them all on top of the text-shape.
5. Print and cut out your shape.
6. Finish your layout and post here!

Post your questions - I know step 4 might be confusing to some of you!

[TamiTaylor]

LOVE this!! I really think my mojo is back full throttle.. I hope I get to play tomorrow lots of ideas brewing!!

[Paula]

Great tip Jane!! That's the kind of thing that I do all the time. Thank you so much for sharing that.

[gabmc]

Wow, what an amazing page Paula!

[Terry]

great tutorial Paula! Thanks.

[DebbieHodge]

fabulous, Jane!

[Judean]

oooh, this looks so cool! keep us posted if you figure out how to do it in word

[cam2boys]

I've been loving those Shutterfly ads and wondering how to do it. Thanks for the info, will have to try it out.

[whinney]

I am positive you can do this in word.

from memory you have to create a wordart, then format wordart, go to fill, fill effects, picture and insert your photo from there. You will have to choose a bold font such as Arial black so you can see your photo. I don't know if it is possible to use more than one photo though.

Sorry for the sparse instructions. {SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif

[gabmc]

Thanks Jane - you make it sound easy!

[Paula]

thanks so much Jane! Now come on you MS Word ladies!

[LarkensNanny]

Oh me oh my...........now I am excited.......Have been watching this class but I do not have PSE........but this one I can do in Word so I am going to give it a try............Thanks so much for the great instructions.........hope I can do it.

[Judean]

THANKS for the Word-Art tips, girlies! I have been playing around and have finally come up with something I like...I will post it tomorrow

eta: and...HERE it is!

[gabmc]

Great LO Judean!!!

[TamiTaylor]

Shhhhh.... I'm suppose to be cleaning my room..

I'm doing this instead.. {SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif

[TamiTaylor]

I'm still working on mine.. not because the directions those were easy peasy.. but I can't keep anything simple.. so I did a whole phrase and then finding photos that if the letters is harder than I thought they are all angled the opposite way of what I need for the letters and i can't flip some because of facial features or words on clothing .. but I"m still working on this!