hey guys this video is a canva tutorial
to do
the equivalent of a clipping mask in
photoshop now if you missed it i did a
video on how you can use clipping masks
to accomplish something similar to what
you see here in the
art letters with the overlays uh and
i'll put that in the youtube cards right
here but today we got a special guest
host for this video those you guys in
the facebook communities
probably recognize her we have michelle
who's going to be
leading this video this canva tutorial
showing you not only how to do the
equivalent of a clipping mask
in canva but also sharing some really
useful
special effects that you can apply to
your text in canva
by the way we'll also include a link to
canva in the description below in case
you
do not have an account but a big shout
out to michelle for putting this
together
and let's get right to her tutorial hi
everyone
a member of the facebook community asked
how do you insert an
image into lettering well there's a few
ways to do it
you can do it in photoshop but you can
also do it in canva
and here's an easy way to insert images
inside of letters just like these
open a page to work on uh in this
instance i'm working on a 4500 by 5400
canvas that's the amazon merch standard
size
it's a size i like to work on so that my
images
are ready to be inserted into my amazon
merch
and in this instance i've used a black
background but you can use any color
background that you like
first job open up the elements tab
over here on the left hand side
and type in frames
enter and up will pop
all of the frames that canva offer
if you don't know about frames they're
really clever
have a go but in this instance we're
going to scroll down
until we find the lettering and numbers
let's click on a that pops it right on
our canvas
like so next thing
is to choose the photo that you want to
go inside of your
your letter my a and you can do that in
using the photo library in canva or
using your own photo in the up
using the uploads tab and it's in
instance we're going to use
some of the library photos and
a fern photo looks good to me and you
just like click on it
and it finds its way to your workspace
next thing to do is click on your photo
and hover it above your
letter your crop your frame and that
you'll see that it
clicks into place like that and crops
out everything on the outside
and if you're wanting to create words
you just go ahead and pick those
lettering
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options out of frames and insert
photos so like maybe some tulips for the
r click on that and maybe a rainbow for
the tea
but you can pick on anything you like
and here's a little canva bonus
if you select
those images and they're a little bit
all over the place
go up the top and click position
and tidy up and canva now
straightens up your objects and spaces
them neatly apart for you if you
need that feature but wait there's more
uh you may wish to have a k what i call
a key line but
a line around your text to really make
it pop out
this is a little bit more advanced but
it's a little bit
fiddly and it's probably better to do
this in photoshop
but if you don't have photoshop you can
do this in canva what you need to do
is download your image
by clicking on download selecting
png and selecting transparent background
and then
click download which i've already done
once it's downloaded you re-upload it
so you go to upload media you find your
image you upload it
you know in uploads and you
bring it back into your work
as basically a photograph the same as a
photograph
next job
click on your work
go up here to effects
and my computer's a little slow tonight
but
click on effects and scroll down until
you find shadows
and glow click on glow
now once you've clicked on glow you'll
see that i don't know if you quite see
it on the screen there but there's this
lit these little
little icon uh right in the center of it
click it again
and up will come the controls for the
glow
and you can choose any size you want to
click up and down for the size of the
stroke whether you want it transparent
or not in this instance we do not want
it transparent at all
and whether you want any blur you do not
want any blur
and then you'll select your color which
was white
and then you'll apply it to your work
let's put a double line around my
because i did mine earlier but
you get the idea so
let me just take that blur off oh
what's happened there a little bit large
make that the right size again
another little option that you might
want to consider
is that canva also has a range of
letters already pre-done for you
and you find those letters under
elements
and letters
so search for letters and up will come
a complete range of all sorts of letters
that you might like to use there's any
number
of really cool really clever letters
that you can add to your design
there's a million of them my favorite is
the uh the balloon so that's it for my
first how-to video with ryan
i hope you enjoyed it
thanks guys for watching this video till
the end make sure you drop a like on it
and hit us up in the comments below give
michelle a thank you if this video
helped you out
also just wanted to remind you that uh
we do have a amazon merch facebook group
she's a moderator you can come here and
say thank you let her know she did a
great job with the tutorial there's a
link in the description also in the
description
you can find a link to my weekly print
on demand giveaway two winners are
selected every sunday
and it's free to enter so take advantage
of that and you can also find a link to
my
seven-day amazon merch mini course in
the description as well guys
but thank you again for watching thanks
to michelle and i'll see you guys
tomorrow
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