How to Fill Text with an Image

On the last Memories Captured link-up {hosted by Galit and Allison} I posted this picture, and received a few comments and emails asking how I put the image in my font, so I thought I’d share what I did.

I’ve just gotten Premiere Elements 10 (PE 10) and have been teaching myself, so if you know a better (easier) way, speak up :) {I’m a bit of a hack}

A thick font is best. If you don’t have one on your computer there are a lot at dafont.com

For this tutorial I’ll use Absender.

Launch PE 10

Open photo(s) you want to fill in the text with.

Open a new blank file: File > New > Blank File OR Ctrl+N

Select the Type Tool and enter your text. When you do this a type layer is created.

Select the Type Layer (by clicking on it), and open up the Transform Tool: Image>Transform>Free Transform OR Ctrl+T

Drag the handles to resize/reshape, and when satisfied click the green check.

 Next we have to simply the layer so the type layer changes it from a vector layer to a raster layer.

Layer > Simply Layer

Use the Magic Wand to select the text.

Now go to the photo you want to use and “select all”: Select > All OR Ctrl+A

Next Copy: Edit > Copy OR Ctrl+C

Return to the selected Text (for me the “J”) and paste the selection in: Edit > Paste into Selection (Shift+Ctrl+V)

I moved the image around and placed it where I wanted it to be.

Select the area where another picture will go (if you want to add another). Then repeat steps from using Magic Wand to select area.

End result =

 Note: I scaled down my images to fit into the letters. You scale images by going to Image > Resize >Image Size OR Alt+Ctrl+I

I’m thinking of doing something with the word FAMILY. What about you?