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June 11, 2017
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how to merge text with an image

  • June 11, 2017
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is this simply not possible

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    Correct answer Monika Gause

    You will need to group the text and the image.

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    New Participant
    June 12, 2017

    Perhaps Im using a program too advanced for such a simple task. I simply want to add a line of text on an image and then save it on there so it is permanently attached on the image...i.e if I move the image over, the text will move with it and stay in the same position so I dont have to spend another hour realigning it perfectly

    Monika Gause
    Monika GauseCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 12, 2017

    You will need to group the text and the image.

    New Participant
    June 13, 2017

    that's it, thank you

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2017

    Mail merge? So many possible interpretations...

    cmgap
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2017

    Can you show what you are trying to do?

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2017

    What do you want to achieve? That an image has the shape of the text?

    The keyword would be "Clipping mask". Exists in Photoshop as well and wouldn't cause any flattening at all.

    Just Shoot Me
    Brainiac
    June 11, 2017

    Place the text on a separate layer, which is what happens automatically when selecting the Text Tool,  then to combine Flatten the document.

    Sorry if this isn't the same in Illustrator as in Photoshop but that is how it works in PS.