How to Use Clipping Masks in PhotoshopUsing clipping masks to create interesting effects is a skill every designer and artist should know how to do.  Although there are variety of ways to create the same effects, using clipping masks is by far the easiest and the quickest.  Using a clipping mask allows you to create an image that shows through text.  It is not just limited to text, though.  Any shape can used to create a clipping mask. You are only limited by your creativity when it comes to using clipping masks in Photoshop.

First, pick the image that you want to use a clipping mask with.  Second, type your text or draw or import the shape that you would like to use as the mask.  Duplicate your background layer (the one your image is on).  Pull the duplicate layer above the text or shape layer.  Go to “layer”->”create clipping mask”.  A small arrow that points to the text below it will appear on the duplicate layer.  Hide your original background layer and make sure that your duplicate layer is visible.  There you have it, you’ve created a clipping mask.  All of your layer effects can still be used on any of the layers.  You can even go to the text layer and type something completely different and it will stay locked within the clipping mask.  Have fun and be creative.

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