txtrisha Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am trying to create an effect similar to the one described in the August 14th newsletter. For the "Pride and Joy Word Art Biggie" (baby on a calico background), there are instructions for filling the word "One" with a background paper. I can't seem to get it right. When I use the magic wand tool to select the inner portions of the letters, part of the "n" is not always selected. I am using a shift/click with the magic wand. Also, after I do the Edit/Fill Selection with 50% gray, more than just the letters turn gray, even though I am on the "One" layer. Could someone also explain "clip another paper from the collection"? What is the process for this? Sorry, I feel very inadequate right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyChron Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 No worries! We'll get it figured out Trisha! If part of the letter is not getting selected, you can use your selection brush to select it- be sure you are adding to selection. You can use your selection brush in subtraction mode if your magic wand "over" selects... does that make sense? To "clip" a paper (in PSE), you place your paper above the layer you want to cover. Then you go to Layer>Group with previous or use Control+g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyChron Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I also just thought that if you are having difficulty selecting the inner portions, you can also use your magnetic lasso tool to select instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanz Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I see that this thread was started months ago, but I'd love to know how to clip paper to a word art brush. How do you do that?! Thanx so much for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 He Shanz! Welcome to Scrap Girls! These instructions are written for PSE - if you are using something else, let us know. The easiest way is to first, create a new layer on your layout. Stamp your brush on that layer (color doesn't matter). Second, move the paper that you want to cover the word art with on to your layout. Move the paper so that it is the layer directly above the word art layer in the layers palette. You shouldn't be able to see the word art at this point. With the paper layer active in the layers palette, press CTRL+G. if you look over at the layers palette, you will see a small arrow pointing down from the paper layer to the word art layer. That means the paper layer is "Clipped" to the word art layer. The word art should be covered by the paper. If you are happy with the results, you can merge the paper and word art layers together. If you don't like how it looks, make the paper layer active. You can move the paper around so that different portions show up on the word art, resize the paper to make the pattern smaller on the word art, etc. Clear as mud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendee-CreativeSparkle Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 You make a blank layer and use your brush tool to "stamp" the brush word art onto the layer. Then place your paper on a layer above the word art layer and in PSE you use CTRL + G to clip the paper to the brush layer. In PS you use CTRL + Alt + G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendee-CreativeSparkle Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Well, it looks like Anna gave you some good instructions first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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