Fill a text border with an image

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April 24, 2019
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Hello everyone,

I'm new to InDesign and I can't find a way to reproduce something that I do quite easily on Photoshop.

I would like to add an image in the border of a text. To make it a little bit clearer, here's what I've created on Photoshop :

I apologies if my english isn't perfect and I hope that my question is clear enough.

Thanks for your help !

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Correct answer Jongware

The knockout trick as shown at InDesignSecrets in https://indesignsecrets.com/creating-see-through-text.php works perfectly for this.

Only thing that you have to adjust is that your text must not be in black, but in [None] color with the outline in [Black]. Then you get this -- and then it is

Jongware

Correct answer

Community Expert

The knockout trick as shown at InDesignSecrets in https://indesignsecrets.com/creating-see-through-text.php works perfectly for this.

Only thing that you have to adjust is that your text must not be in black, but in [None] color with the outline in [Black]. Then you get this -- and then it is

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Jongware,

if I set the color of the stroke of the live text to [Black] I get this with my arrangement ( no group involved ):

Regards,
Uwe

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Julien:

To add an image to the stroke, I'd say the easiest thing would be to create the custom stroke in Photoshop, and then use File > Place to add the .psd file into InDesign.

That said, I don't see an actual image in the stroke, I see a gradient that transitions from purple to pink. Adding a gradient to a stroke in InDesign is simple. If that's what you are after, choose New Gradient Swatch from the Swatches panel menu, define the gradient and apply it to the stroke. If you need more details, just let me know. There's also a gradient tool just like in Photoshop, so you can control the direction in the same way.