In trouble again

[Corey]

Here's a quick example to get you started. A stylized "Q" created in Photoshop...

[JoJo]

Corey, could you please walk me thru this as i have been trying soooooooooo hard but i can't work out how to do it, also can that be done with any of the type fonts & can we get rid of the black background, would really appreciate your help if you have time.
JoJo.

[Corey]

I might be misunderstanding what you're trying to do. In this case the image was intended to be used as a "photo shape". Photo shapes don't actually show up in the project, they just act as a mask for a photo, i.e. the white areas are where the applied photo will show and the black areas are where it won't show. But you can definitely make shapes/images out of any font and I can definitely help you figure out whatever you want. How about this, I'll tell you how I did this and then you can follow up with any questions you have and eventually we'll zero in on what you need. So for this...

1. I opened Photoshop and created a new document with a black background.

2. I typed in a letter "Q" in white on top of the black, and sized it up so that it matched the size of my project canvas.

3. I went to FILE > SAVE FOR WEB and selected "PNG24" as the format with the "transparency" option unchecked.

4. I uploaded it to the forum.

So that's how this particular image was created. Again, I think I might have misunderstood what you're trying to do though...

[JoJo]

You are such a legend Corey, I did it, that was exactly what i wanted, i was almost there, but i was trying to use the magic extractor to edit the black back ground, da.
Thanks again
JoJo.

[Corey]

Glad to hear you nailed it. Woohoo!