Clipping Mask Tutorial

I was browsing through Photoshop tutorials and found one that I think the class will enjoy. This tutorial makes use of the clipping mask, showing how to make a background image appear inside the text. It’s a pretty simple process, but it allows for very creative, attractive text designs. I know we have finished text and are doing animations this week, but this is still a good thing to learn in Photoshop.

You can actually animate something like this if you wish. For example, you can have the background image move throughout the text, creating a pretty neat looking mask animation. I’ve done a bit of this type of stuff using Flash; applying gradients behind text and having them move back and forth. It adds a little flavor to text.

Here is the tutorial:
http://tutorials.watchandlearnphotoshop.com/tutorials/ps/clipping_mask.html