Have invoices, receipts or perhaps report forms scanned and saved as PDF image and today really need to convert the PDF image to text on Mac OS X? That's common in everyday life. You digitalize the file to really make it simple to edit and copy. However, you forget that you're still unable to obtain the text since the scanned file is saved as. Here’s everything you need to know about how to capture text off your computer screen or pull text out of an image. How to capture text on Windows or Mac Step 1: Set up your capture settings. To capture text, open the Capture Window, select the Image tab, and set the selection to Grab Text.
One of the coolest features of Pages when using images on your documents is that text wraps dynamically as you move your image around or resize it, making it fairly easy to work with image files that you imported or simply dropped into your document.
However, you don’t have to settle for the default way in which text wraps around your image. In fact, there are plenty of ways in which you can customize how text and images work together in your Pages document to make it really stand out.
Let’s take a look at them.
1. Use Your Options
As mentioned above, while Pages provides a really cool feature that arranges text dynamically as you move an image, most of us don’t use this feature to its full potential.
To do just that, select the image you want to work with on your Pages document and click on Format on the toolbar (paintbrush icon). Of the three tabs that show up, Arrange is the one that gives you the most options for customizing how text looks with your images.
For example, by default, this document wraps text both above and below an image.
This can be easily changed by simply selecting another option from the drop-down menu under Text Wrap. In this case I selected ‘Around’, which wraps text all around the selected image.
Now let’s take this a bit further to make the overall appearance of the document better. For this, you can use any of the several available formatting options.
But for this tutorial, let’s adjust the text-image spacing by changing the number right below the drop-down menu mentioned a moment ago. As we reduce this number, you’ll notice that the space between the text around the image and the image itself becomes smaller, making the document far more presentable.
2. Mask It
Now, if you double click on an image, Pages will show the Masking bar. This allows you to set the exact area that you want your image to use on your document regardless of the size of the image. This is really helpful if you, say, have a large image and only plan to use a specific part of it on your document.
Once the Masking bar is shown, clicking on the right icon will allow you to set the image mask using the slider as shown below.
After you are done with the mask, you can then click on the leftmost icon to adjust the overall image size. Then just drag the image around until you get the exact positioning within the set mask.
3. Wrap It
This one is a really cool technique that really shows how advanced Pages can be as a word processor while at the same time remaining easy to use.
Let’s say you have square image that has a uniform background but you would like to just use the image or shape without the background so that it blends seamlessly with the text of your document.
Normally, this would require you to know a bit of Photoshop, but Pages removes this need entirely. You achieve this same effect by heading to the Image tab of the formatting panel and then clicking on the Instant Alpha button.
You will then be prompted to select the color you want to make transparent. After you select it, click on Done and the text of your document will magically wrap around the core image of your photo, completely disregarding its background and making for a far cleaner finish to your document. Pretty neat, right?
Well, that’s about it. Now you know how to handle text around images on your Pages documents much better, and you will surely create superb-looking documents from now on. You’re welcome!
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In this tutorial, we'll learn how to place an image in text with Photoshop, a very popular effect to create and one that also happens to be very easy to do thanks to the power of Photoshop's clipping masks, as we're about to see!
This version of the tutorial is for Photoshop CS5 and earlier. If you're using Photoshop CC or CS6, see the fully revised and updated version of this tutorial. Here's the effect we're going for:
The final 'image in text' effect.
Let's get started!
How To Place An Image In Text
Step 1: Open A Photo To Place Inside Your Text
First, we need the image that we're going to place inside of our text. I'll use this panoramic photo of Hawaii:
Step 2: Duplicate The Background Layer
If we look in the Layers palette, we can see that we currently have one layer, named Background. This layer contains our image. We need to duplicate this layer, and the easiest way to do that is by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac). If we look once again in the Layers palette, we see that we now have two layers. The original Background layer is on the bottom, and a copy of the Background layer, which Photoshop automatically named 'Layer 1', is sitting above it:
Photoshop's Layers palette.
Step 3: Add A New Blank Layer Between The Two Layers
Next, we need to add a new blank layer between the Background layer and 'Layer 1'. Currently, 'Layer 1' is the layer that's selected in the Layers palette. We can tell which layer is selected because the selected layer is always highlighted in blue. Normally, when we add a new layer, Photoshop places the new layer directly above whichever layer is currently selected, which means that Photoshop would place the layer above 'Layer 1'. That's not what we want. We want the new layer to be placed below 'Layer 1'. Here's a useful trick. To add a new layer below the currently selected layer, hold down your Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) key and click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Holding down Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) is the trick to placing the layer below the currently selected layer:
Hold down 'Ctrl' (Win) / 'Command' (Mac) and click on the New Layer icon in the Layers palette.
We now have a new blank layer named 'Layer 2' sitting directly between the Background layer and 'Layer 1':
The Layers palette showing the new blank layer between the Background layer and 'Layer 1'.
Step 4: Fill The New Layer With White
At the moment, our new layer is completely blank. Let's fill it with white so it will appear as a white background after we've placed our image inside the text. Go up to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and choose Fill. This will bring up Photoshop's Fill dialog box. Select White for the Contents option at the top of the dialog box, then click OK to exit out of the dialog box:
Select White for the Contents option at the top of the Fill command's dialog box.
Nothing will appear to have happened in the document window, since the image on 'Layer 1' is blocking 'Layer 2' from view, but if we look at the layer preview thumbnail for 'Layer 2' in the Layers palette, we can see that sure enough, the layer is now filled with solid white:
The preview thumbnail for 'Layer 2' shows that the layer is now filled with white.
Step 5: Select 'Layer 1' In The Layers Palette
It's time to add our text, but in order to see the text when we add it, we'll need to have the text appear above 'Layer 1', otherwise the image on 'Layer 1' will block the text from view. To make sure we can see our text, click on 'Layer 1' in the Layers palette to select it. This way, as soon as we begin typing, Photoshop will create a new type layer for us and place the type layer directly above 'Layer 1':
Click on 'Layer 1' in the Layers palette to select it.
Step 6: Select The Type Tool
To add the text, we'll need Photoshop's Type Tool, so select the Type Tool from the Tools palette. You can also quickly select the Type Tool by pressing the letter T on your keyboard:
Step 7: Choose A Font In The Options Bar
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With the Type Tool selected, go up to the Options Bar at the top of the screen and choose whichever font you want to use for the effect. Generally, fonts with thick letters work best. I'm going to choose Arial Black. Don't worry about the font size for now:
Select a font in the Options Bar.
Step 8: Set White As Your Foreground Color
This step isn't absolutely necessary, but to help me see my text, I'm going to use white for my text color. The color you choose for your text doesn't really matter since we'll be filling the text with an image in a moment, but it still helps to be able to see the text when we're adding it. To set the text color to white, all we need to do is set Photoshop's Foreground color to white. First, press the letter D on your keyboard, which will reset the Foreground and Background colors to their defaults. Black is the default color for the Foreground color and white is the default color for the Background color. To swap them so white becomes the Foreground color, press the letter X on your keyboard. If you look at the Foreground and Background color swatches near the bottom of the Tools palette, you'll see that white is now the Foreground color (the left swatch):
Setting the Foreground color to white sets the text color to white as well.
Step 9: Add Your Text
With the Type Tool selected, your font chosen and white as your Foreground color, click inside your document window and add your text. Since I'm using a photo of an ocean scene in Hawaii, I'm going to type the word 'HAWAII':
When you're done, click on the checkmark up in the Options Bar to accept the text.
Click on the checkmark in the Options Bar to accept the text.
Step 10: Resize and Reposition The Text With The Free Transform Command
You'll probably need to resize and reposition your text at this point, and we can do both of those things using Photoshop's Free Transform command. Press Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) on your keyboard to bring up the Free Transform box and handles around your text, then drag any of the handles to resize the text. If you want to resize the text without distorting the look of it, hold down your Shift key and drag any of the four corner handles. You can also resize the text from its center by holding down the Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) key as you drag. Finally, to move the text, click anywhere inside the Free Transform box and drag your mouse to move the text around inside the document window:
Use Photoshop's Free Transform command to resize and move the text.
Press Enter (Win) / Return (Mac) when you're done to accept the transformation and exit out of the Free Transform command.
Step 11: Drag The Text Layer Below 'Layer 1'
Now that we have our text the way we want it, we need to move the type layer below the text in the Layers palette. Click on the text layer, then simply drag it down below 'Layer 1'. You'll see a thick black line appear between 'Layer 1' and 'Layer 2':
Release your mouse button when the black line appears to drop the type layer into place between 'Layer 1' and 'Layer 2':
The type layer now appears between 'Layer 1' and 'Layer 2'.
Step 12: Select 'Layer 1' Again
Click once again on 'Layer 1' in the Layers palette to select it:
The type layer now appears between 'Layer 1' and 'Layer 2'.
The text will temporarily disappear inside the document window now that the image on 'Layer 1' is blocking it from view.
Step 13: Create A Clipping Mask
To create the illusion that the photo is inside the text, we need to use a clipping mask. This will 'clip' the photo on 'Layer 1' to the text on the layer directly below it. Any areas of the photo that appear directly above the letters will remain visible in the document. The rest of the photo will disappear from view.
With 'Layer 1' selected in the Layers palette, go up to the Layer menu at the top of the screen and choose Create Clipping Mask:
If we look in the document window, we can see that the photo now appears to be inside the text:
The photo now appears inside the letters.
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Step 14: Add A Drop Shadow (Optional)
To complete my effect, I'm going to add a drop shadow to the letters. If you want to follow along, first select the type layer in the Layers palette, then click on the Layer Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:
Select the type layer, then click on the Layer Styles icon.
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Select Drop Shadow from the list of layer styles that appears:
This brings up Photoshop's Layer Style dialog box set to the Drop Shadow options in the middle column. I'm going to leave most of the options alone, but I'll lower the Opacity of the drop shadow down to about 60% so it's not quite so intense, and I'll set the Angle of the drop shadow to 120°:
The Layer Style dialog box displaying the options for the Drop Shadow.
Click OK when you're done to apply the drop shadow an exit out of the Layer Style dialog box. Here is my final 'image in text' effect: