On May 17, 1:27 am, MikeB <MPBr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ack! I did this once, and then, immediately afterwards, when I tried
> again, I couldn't do it. Please help me out what I need to do.
>
> I have a background layer that looks like the water in a swimming
> pool. On top of this I want to put some text, then I want to "hollow
> out" (cut the inside of the text) so that the background comes
> through. Then I also want to cut all the external part of the
> background, so that there are only the letters on a transparent
> background.
>
> So I have the background layer with the pool water.
>
> I then add a text layer of the color I want the "frame" of the letters
> to be.
>
> To select all the text, I then right-click on the text layer and
> select "Alpha to selection."
>
> This is the part I forgot. I think I then selected "Invert selection"
> and then "cut" to remove all the background outside the text, but now
> when I do this, it merely selects the (already) transparent outside of
> the text layer, not the rest of the background layer.
>
> What do I need to do to invert the selection so everything in the
> background layer except the text is selected?
>
> I can't merge the layers, since the next step is to re-select the
> text, shrink the selection and then cut the text, so the background
> layer becomes visible through the "hollow" text letters.
>
> Thanks
Send the background colour to alpha, rather than the text colour. Then
you will be left with the letters on a transparent background.
So the layer you make the text on should be white, or black, and your
text, the other colour.
Owen
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