Fill a text border with an image

[julienb83453875]

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 !

[Derek Cross]

Why don't you Place your PSD image into your InDesign document?

[ziggyrainbow]

creating the Book is all text and moves text when an image is placed

[Barb Binder]

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.

~Barb

[Derek Cross]

I thought he wanted an image inside the outline letters – maybe not!

[Barb Binder]

I'm not clear on that, Derek, from looking at the example. Maybe!

~Barb

[julienb83453875]

Thanks a lot for your answers !

Actually, it's a custom shape created specially for the company I'm working with so I can't use the gradient option.

I made another example of what I want to do bellow :

I have a strict style guide to follow, with precise outline size and pattern to fill in so I'm trying to make it as easy as I possibly can.

The PSD option is what I'm using at the moment, but I was wondering if something similar was possible directly in InDesign

Thanks again for your help !

[Laubender]

Hi together,

one can do that with two elements:

1. An image in CMYK ( also try this with RGB )

2. Stacked below a text frame with live text.

Fill of the text frame is [Paper],

Fill of the editable text is [None]

Fill of the stroke of the editable text is [Registration]

Select the image, not the image frame, and set effects to:

"Negativ Multiplizieren" in my German InDesign.

"Screen" in English.

As long the background should be white, this trick will work.

Regards,
Uwe

[Jongware · Accepted solution]

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

[Laubender]

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