creativevision Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Best way to describe what we are after is to look at the attached image. We would like to add a word, eg. FRAGILE in large text across the middle of the box and to make it look as natural as possible. Therefore as well as making the word look like it's written on the paper (rather than imposed on as it will be), we also need to hide part of some of the letters behind the string (including the very fine threads) ... any help on how to best do this to make it look most realistic? We tried using the erase brush tool and whilst it did an ok job, it also lighten's parts of the text around the string that shouldn't be lightened. Also difficult to see exactly where the string is prior to erasing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted June 7, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi @creativevision , Welcome to the forums. You can easily achieve this by using the refine option, in the selection tool. Check this video for more info about this technique. Selections and Masking Making Selections Refining Selections Thanks, Gabe. creativevision 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I think it may be helpful if you start by watching this video creativevision 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 One quick way.... Use the Selection brush to select the main part of the string ( don't worry about all the individual strands) Make a new layer with this string selection Add your text, in black, just under this new layer Change blend mode of text to Overlay Reduce text layer Opacity to about 90% gdenby and creativevision 1 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativevision Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 30 minutes ago, toltec said: I think it may be helpful if you start by watching this video Thank you - great for getting a perfect result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 . toltec, carl123, gdenby and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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