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1. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
Trevor.Dennis May 25, 2017 3:36 AM (in response to louisef69443598)1 person found this helpfulYou have kind of shot yourself in the foot by painting the brush strokes on the background layer. They need to be on a layer of their own. Even your clipping mask will only operate on the layer below — the one it is clipped to. So what you have to do is select the text layer, and brush stroke layer, and make them a Smart Object. It will work fine then
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2. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
c.pfaffenbichler May 25, 2017 3:42 AM (in response to Trevor.Dennis)You have kind of shot yourself in the foot by painting the brush strokes on the background layer.
That might sound a bit harsh but it beautifully makes the point: If one wants to utilise Photoshop’s Layer functionalities one needs to actually work accordingly.
But assuming the strokes are black it should be a easy to load them as a Selection (with only the Background Layer visible cmd-click the composite channel in the Channels Panel), invert the Selection and create a Solid Colour Layer (Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Colour).
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3. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
c.pfaffenbichler May 25, 2017 3:46 AM (in response to Trevor.Dennis)So what you have to do is select the text layer, and brush stroke layer, and make them a Smart Object.
Since a few Photoshop versions back one can clipping mask Layers to Groups so one could alternatively group the two Layers and use the Group as the basis of the Clipping Mask, but the Smart Object approach may provide other advantages.
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4. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
Trevor.Dennis May 25, 2017 3:51 AM (in response to Trevor.Dennis) -
5. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
c.pfaffenbichler May 25, 2017 3:54 AM (in response to Trevor.Dennis)One can apply Layer Styles to Groups, too, though.
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6. Re: Clipping mask not working on stroke path in PS?
louisef69443598 Jun 1, 2017 6:41 PM (in response to louisef69443598)Many thanks for all your suggestions/advice. It helps me up this steep learning curve immensely!