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Masking in Indesign

Explorer ,
Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

Hello,

 

so I come mainly from Photoshop and Illustrator and I am now trying to dive deeper into Indesign. I have bumped into a problem with masking parts of images.

 

scrn1.jpg

 

What I would love to achieve here is that the wing would go over the letter "O". This would be easy in Photoshop of course but is there anyway to achieve it in Indesign?

 

Thank you in advance for your tips!

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LEGEND , Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

@Farynn

 

You could convert text to curves - outline - and edit "O" - but it won't be editable text anymore.

 

Or you can copy wing from PS and place it over the text. 

 

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Community Expert , Jun 09, 2024 Jun 09, 2024

It's the same principle as Photoshop 

You need to layer them as you would in Photoshop.

 

I found the article I was thinking of - and I don't know how I remember these articles... in my brain somewhere

https://creativepro.com/image-sandwich-putting-image-front-text/

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

Do it in Photoshop.

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Explorer ,
Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

Well that is not really what I asked however, should I take it there is no way to do it in Indesign? I am aware that you can somehow bring a mask path from Photoshop to Indesign. Is that feature still available?

 

Since if I do it in Photoshop and place it in Indeisgn, it will no longer be editable text right?

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Community Expert ,
Jun 09, 2024 Jun 09, 2024

Again, do it in Photoshop and edit it in Photoshop. Tip: if text is involved save the file as a Photoshop PDF to keep the text vector.

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LEGEND ,
Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

@Farynn

 

You could convert text to curves - outline - and edit "O" - but it won't be editable text anymore.

 

Or you can copy wing from PS and place it over the text. 

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 09, 2024 Jun 09, 2024

It's the same principle as Photoshop 

You need to layer them as you would in Photoshop.

 

I found the article I was thinking of - and I don't know how I remember these articles... in my brain somewhere

https://creativepro.com/image-sandwich-putting-image-front-text/

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 09, 2024 Jun 09, 2024

Clever approach, @Eugene Tyson. (Edit: which also clarifies @Robert at ID-Tasker's second suggestion.) 

 

~Barb

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Community Expert ,
Jun 09, 2024 Jun 09, 2024
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Yeh and same nearly as what @BobLevine suggested too.
I just remembered the article from way when and felt it was relevant - and already has all the info to do it.

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