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How to Place text behind an object in Photoshop

Colin Smith

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In this Photoshop tutorial, I show you how to run text behind a portion of a photo. This is what you often see in magazine covers where the title or masthead goes behind a person’s head. It’s a neat effect and may look difficult to a beginner. This Photoshop effect is really easy to do, and I’ll show you how right now! I got the photo from

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9 thoughts on “How to Place text behind an object in Photoshop

  1. Steve Karr
    December 24, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Very cool, thanks!

  2. suruha
    December 26, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    This is one of those, “Aha!” tutorials! LOL I never thought of clipping a shadow, but, why not?
    Thank you!
    Su

  3. February 14, 2016 at 1:56 am

    Amazing resource for anyone who wants to get better at designing. I agree about following tutorials as you learn the techniques and can apply to other projects.

  4. May 24, 2016 at 8:21 am

    Awesome and creative tutorial . The tutorial is also helpful for all . Love this tutorial . I’m also finding such tutorial about how to place text behind an object in Photoshop . So many man y thanks for sharing this post with us .

  5. Jennifer Atterton
    July 27, 2016 at 1:41 am

    Hey, Colin,

    I am going in for a competition. It requires the use of everyday objects, shapes etc to make an Avant garde outifit on a model. I’d love to see a tutorial to see how to do this seamlessly.

  6. December 21, 2016 at 11:21 am

    Really creative Text effect designing in Photoshop. Thanks for your tutorial.

  7. June 15, 2018 at 10:29 pm

    I remember when you first showed us this tutorial a couple years back. We were all amazed on how much of the smallest details we missed out on while making this effect happen. 👍

  8. Bonnie Connelly
    April 7, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    Very clever! Thanks, as always

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