Graphics Programs Reference
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When you click, a red film covers the image. The red indicates the area that won't ap-
pear in the letters. By typing, you cut a selection through the red area (see Chapter 5 if
you need a refresher on selections). In other words, instead of creating regular text,
you're creating a text-shaped selection . You can see the shape of the selection as you
type.
It's hard to reposition the words once you've committed them, so take a good look at
what you've got. While the mask is active, you can move it by dragging it, as ex-
plained in Figure 14-12 .
Figure 14-12. Once you've activated the Type Mask tool and clicked in the image, you'll
see this red mask appear over the picture. As you type, the text appears, as shown here. As
long as you haven't committed the text yet, you can easily move it around by dragging it
(you may need to grab a spot a little ways away from the text itself). You can rotate or res-
ize the letters by pressing Ctrl/ and then grabbing a corner of the bounding box that ap-
pears. When you click the Commit icon (the green checkmark—not shown), Elements turns
the text into a text-shaped selection.
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