Partial text invert.

[ozpink]

I have a black design on a white background & want to overlay black text that (is or appears to be) white where it interacts with the black design. My normal approach would be to zoom in & use the pen tool to trace over & fill the part of the text I want to appear white, but that is obviously a time-consuming process.

Just want to know if there's an easier way?

I tried changing the Blend Mode to 'Different', but that just makes the whole text a faint grey. For the purpose of the enquiry 'only' I have presented the text as a contrasting orange.

[Mylenium]

Duplicate the layer, apply whatever cookie-cutter shape you want as a layer mask, colorize away.

Mylenium

[ozpink · Accepted solution]

For the benefit of others, I found a simple solution to my own problem.

I put a Black text layer behind the design & another White text copy of that layer above the image & Raterized the white text.

I then clicked the Eye icon to hide both text layers so they didn't get caught up in the coming selection process.

Next, I used the Quick Selection Tool to select the image & Inverted the selection to encompass background outside the image.

Once again I clicked the eye icon to reveal both text layers & Selected the white text layer & cleared that part of the white text in the background (the inverted selection) area revealing the black text outside the image while retaining the white text within the design image.