Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

A The Background copy
layer is indented with
an arrow in the Layers
panel, but the image
does not change.
! Click the type layer to
select it.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
A
11
@ Ô+click (Ctrl+click) the
New Layer button to
create a new empty
layer named Layer 1
below the type layer.
13
12
Note: Clicking the New
Layer button ( ) places
a new layer above the
selected layer. Ô+clicking
(Ctrl+clicking) places it
below.
15
# Press D to reset the foreground
and background colors.
$ Press Option+Delete
(Alt+Backspace) to fill the layer
with black.
The photo appears to fill the
letters on a black background.
17
16
% Click the Move tool.
^ Click the Background copy layer.
18
& Click and drag in the image to
move the photo into position
inside the letters.
19
* Click the type layer to select it.
( Click the Layer Style button to
add a Bevel & Emboss layer
effect.
TIPS
More Options!
You can change the background
color for the text. Press Ô+Delete
(Alt+Backspace) in step 14 to fill
the layer with white rather than
black. Or click in the color box in
the toolbar to open the Color Picker
and select a different foreground
color. Close the Color Picker and
then press Option+Delete
(Alt+Backspace).
Important!
Be sure to highlight the
Background copy layer, which
must be above the type layer,
when you create the clipping
mask. Changing the stacking order
of the layers after a clipping mask
has been applied can remove the
clipping mask.
More Options!
You can create a clipping mask
using two different keyboard
shortcuts. Press Option (Alt) and
click between the two layers in the
Layers panel, or select the layer
and press Ô+Option+G
(Ctrl+Alt+G) to clip it to the
layer below.
Chapter 8: Design with Text Effects 201