Fit Image to Shape in Photoshop | Clipping Mask Tutorial
Learn how to fit image in circle, square, triangle or any simple or complex shape in Photoshop. In this video, we are going to learn how to fit any image to any object, be it an abstract brush stroke, or even text, in Photoshop. Using Clipping mask we are able to make the lower layer act as a placeholder the the above layer on while clipping mask is applied.
Ever wanted your picture to fit into a heart shape or a circle like many social media platforms? If that's sounds cheesy, there's more to it. Using Photoshop and a simple technique of clipping mask we can fit any image into an object, other image or text. In this video, I have shown you all of these three scenarios where you might want to confine your images to a shape or you want to show a pattern only through that shape like a cutout. Doesn't matter how complex or simple the shape or the image is, all clipping mask does is that, it makes any object in the layer below the layer in which clipping mask has been applied to act as a placeholder for the image which is present in the clipping mask layer. The clipping mask layer can also be an adjustment layer. In that way, a clipping mask layer only allows the effects on the object of the layer below it. It acts as a mask using the layer below as a reference. To summarize it, simply, a Clipping Mask is nothing but a mask on any kind of layer where the mask is nothing but the layer that it below the clipping mask layer.
This can be very useful as you can just create placeholders like rectangles and circles if you are designing a Magazine or a Brochure and just import the images into layers in the form of clipping masks instead of fiddling with the size and cropping out again and again. This can be fitting picture or an image to a box, or the area that you might have defined near the text.
The great thing about the clipping mask tool is that it can be applied to anything. Be it a shape, object, image, brush strokes and even an adjustment layer. In this video, we are going to take advantage of this to fit images, object or text to almost anything.
Firstly, we need to make or import the shape layer. This can be a transparent png, or a vector shape or something that you created with a transparent background. It can also be text. But, there are two criteria, one, this has be to a separate shape on a separate layer and two, it must not have a background. If it has a background, clipping mask won't be able to identify which part of the image would you want to make a placeholder.
Secondly, once your object or the structure is ready, the second step is to bring the image that you want to fit to the shape on the later above the shape layer that you just made.
Thirdly, press and hold the Alt key on Windows, Option key on Mac and move the cursor in between the two layers. You would see that the cursor has changed to a rectangle and a down arrow. When that happens, click the mouse button and Clipping Mask will be applied.
Thanks for reading till the end, I must let you know that there is a surprise at the end of the video, so, keep watching. (Don't skip it, you might miss)
Thank you so much for watching! If you have any, questions, suggestions or feedback, do leave them down in the comments below and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Pexels is great and this tutorial is great. It took so much time looking for stock photographs to practice with and this speeded everything up. I was struggling so much with masks, I almost gave up, and your tutorials saved me. Thank you
Came across this vid after spending hours watching others, you explain very well, and show what exactly you need to tap on, I’ve finally got this now, thank you!
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4 жыл бұрын
Same here! :)
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Great tutorial! I feel like the reason so many people are confused by clipping masks is because Adobe (once again) makes it counterintuitive by placing the clipping mask on the layer you don't want to be visible. Using this project as an example, the intuitive layer order would be the text on top as a clipping mask looking "through" to the leaves on bottom. The clipping mask would "clip" everything around the letters away. This would make so much more sense, in terms of order. Too late to change now, but another example of Adobe making things much more confusing than they need to be.
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2 жыл бұрын
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5 great tips in this video: 1. How to apply clipping masks to a layer. 2. Keyboard shortcut for adjusting tracking on text (select text and hold alt/option + left/right arrows). @3:10 3. Getting stock images directly in Photoshop using Pexels plugin! @8:54 4. Grouping layers and using Cmd-T to move the entire Group. @12:29 5. A bonus for those who pay attention.
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2 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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7 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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5:32 Thank you, that was the part that solved my damn problem. It was driving me nuts, trying to create clipping masks and testing all kinds of things. I didn't realize that you needed to have a solid background for it to work, still don't fully understand but at least I got it to work.
@theelectricunicyclist9069
2 жыл бұрын
Practice. When you can walk the rice paper and leave no trace, then you have learned.
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@nikitajain2270
4 жыл бұрын
can you help me by sending the link to shapes? it will be really helpful
@rererere96
4 жыл бұрын
@@nikitajain2270 wow, it has been two years. What links do you mean?
@rererere96
4 жыл бұрын
@@nikitajain2270 I mean, you kind of make the shape you want. And clip it
@rererere96
4 жыл бұрын
@@nikitajain2270 or you can Google it, shapes in black and white. Make a mask maybe.
@nikitajain2270
4 жыл бұрын
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@PiXimperfect
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching as always! 😊
The better thing about this series that he share the image file to do practice also..Thanks..
@shrutikhamar110
2 жыл бұрын
where can we find that ?
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Your link at the end of the video for shapes does not work on my iPad ? What to do?
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Great thank you! Couldn't do it in illustrator. Said it was to complex of an image. It was a bunch of feathers and small lines.