PSE 18 Vertical Text

[travelermom]

Hi All -

I see in Guided Edits we can easily cut out text from a background image. Wonderful! Except I want to do a vertical text and see nowhere how this can be done. Is this possible and how? Thanks for any help!

[Jeff Arola]

Go to Expert, then you can select the Vertical Type Tool.

[travelermom]

Yes I understand how to type vertically but my question was how to cut out text from picture vertically. I see nowhere how this can be done. In this example I want the word to read:

C

A

R

S

instead of horizontally.

appreciate any instructoons.

[Jeff Arola]

Several ways to do that.

Here's one:

1. Type your vertical text

2. move the text layer below your photo

3. click back on the photo layer thumbnail in the layers panel

4. Go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask

Then you end up with something like below: