gyeah!

select text then cut and copy into new layer so it's not still edible text.

put image in seperate layer (below text layer).

select inside of text then delete

should reveal image behind.

there's probably 3 ways to do this and this way is the most sloppiest.

bam!!

666 loves it sloppy

Or select the text and with the selection tool drag the selection on to your image then cut the imageword.

*note, imageword not technical jargon.

oh bambi''s way is less steps...good one!

Thanx legends, trying it now.

YEAH! works dudes!

ruleage = ya'll!
xox

*SLOPPY***

Can we see what it looks like?

Note for later: Try the Type Mask Tool (it's 'behind' the normal Type tool). It's the shit.

Ba-zing!

ando's suggestion will work best if yr wanting a neat edge

the others may come out a bit jagged/pixely

probably hardly noticeable depending on what yr doing though

Thanks Ando, that's a super easy option!!!

Just ran a little test

gyeah!

INTERSTELLA!

layer masks dudes.

you could also stick the text on a higher layer and use "multiply" colour mode - make sure the text is black on white (or white on black?)

that way you can edit it later if you want

i need help too.

trying to save a simple b/w line drawing from pdf to jpg to upload to a website, but keep losing definition in the conversion... anyone know some way around this?

export from illustrator?

i always thought that jpg was better for photo type content and gif for line art and illustrations.

http://info.eps.surrey.ac.uk/FAQ/standards.html

okay, i get the same result whatever i save it as... i am doing something wrong.

I am getting this image:

from a perfectly fine pdf original (sorry can't upload - hence my problem).

You've probably got a different key short cut set for that tool. go to edit > key short cuts and look round.

• Draw the rectangle.
• In the Layer palette, set 'Fill' to 0%
• Right click the rectangle's layer in the Layer palette. Choose Blending Options. Check 'Stroke'. Set 'Stroke' options to the width, colour and transparency you desire.

legends! thanks guys.

ha! I always forget about fill, under opacity.

Does anybody know how to use the Batch function effectively?

I'm trying to automate a large operation - I need to resize 1700 110x109 images to 140x140. Photoshop CS2, Windows. Any help appreciated.

Oh - the other tricky part is the filenaming/saving.

Originals are NAME0001_m.jpg ... output needs to be NAME0001_140.jpg.

If someone knows how to do that, could they please post it in this thread? It would be a great help to a lot of people I think.

Also I meant originals are NAME0001_m.jpg and output is NAME0001_140.jpg ... and so on.

Actions Window > Create New Action > Record > File Open, NAME0001_m.jpg > Resize to 140x140 > Save as 'etc' > Close NAME0001_m.jpg, do not save > Stop recording in Actions Window.

File > Automate > Batch > Set: Default Actions | Action: Action 1 (or whatever you named it) > Source: Folder > Choose: (locate directory) select click OK > Tick Override Action ''Open'' Commands > Destination: (choose folder) > Tick Override Action Save-as command > File naming: NAME0001 + + _ + 2 Digit Serial Number + extension > Click OK

In CS3:

Do you want the to be square? If so:

• Put all the images in one folder
• Open one of the image
• In the Actions tab, 'Create new action'. Call it whatever, and click record.
• Image > Image Size
• change the width/ height in the top 'pixel dimensions' box to 140 (make sure 'constrain proportions' is unticked), click OK
• on the Actions bar, click Stop Recording.playing
• close the file, don't save it.
• File > Automate > batch
• under Action, choose the action you just created
• under Source, choose the folder where the pics are
• under Destination, select Folder, and choose where they're going (I usually create a sub-folder called 'smaller')
• under File Naming, select Document Name in the first box, '140' in the second box, extension in the third.
  (so if the file's called steve.jpg, this will be saved as steve140.jpg)
• click ok

That's it

Oops, forgot to refresh.

Thanks both ando and Ed Lunch. Seems I pretty much got all this, but the tricky part seems to be getting Photoshop to remove the _m in the filename and replace it with _140. Any pointers? Bridge?

For what it's worth, Bridge has the same issues - you can add things to a filename, or create a new thing altogether, but you can't remove existing text from a filename.

yo!

if i have 20 images/pictures up on my photoshop working area... and they're all 2000x3000 pixels..

how can i make them all 450x675 in one easy go.. or do i have to resize all of them individually?

http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/photoshop/mass_resize/ innit

You can also use the Actions command

batch action to be precise.

sweet.. you guys are good

thanks