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Hello everyone,
I'm new to photoshop - I want to make a thumbnail like this but I want to know how to
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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Hi
You might use guides to help you. I think you are asking about the two shapes and the white line?
Photoshop does not have angled guides like Illustrator, so you are creating a pair of guides and using one for the bottom and the other for the top.
Is this what you are looking for?
~ Jane
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As Jane said build it in layers with an embedded photo layer and shapes plus text. The example below showing the layers may help you
Dave
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Hi DJ_Editor,
I've modified Dave's good start to pop the person out to the front of both shapes. Note that the people will be masked out for the transparency.
I'm not sure if there's an automatic way to get three black shapes behind each of the three lines using PS — it would be possible in Illustrator and a cinch in InDesign. Would you be okay with one big black box? If so, just draw it and add the text on top as Dave shows. Or draw three boxes and fiddle with it with Alignment and Distribution. Or maybe someone else knows how to do it automatically using Photoshop.
Jane
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For an FYI, this is how it works in InDesign with Paragraph Borders. You can also use thick ruling lines with the baselines shifted up. Unfortunately, Photoshop does not have this kind of control with text formating because it is, at its core, an image editor.
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Thanks for the replies. My PC has been acting up so I've only got the opportunity to reply today and try. I've just tried a guide and it didn't give me a percentage option sadly! It's all new to me so I'm struggling a bit but I'm going to try do what I can. Thanks again
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Right click the ruler and change the units to Percentage
Dave
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Jane said:
You can right-click your ruler and change to Percent as Dave said, and then change the ruler back to your preferred measurement when you are finished adding guides.
I'm a bit lazier than Dave, so I go to View > New Guide and type "50%". When I said this the first time, I forgot to say to type the "%" sign — if you are in inches, for instance, and you type "50" without a unit of measurement it will assume inches (or whatever measurement you are working in.)
Both ways work, so do whichever suits you best. Adding guides at percentages such as 45%, 50%, and 55% is often faster than doing the math to get the numbers.
~ Jane
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Thanks