Art Text: How to Cut out an Object

VoidedSky

Hi guys, quick question, Do any of you know how to mask around an object in Art Text 2? Thanks. If not, do you know of any programs that can?(Besides preview)

Rob2

when you export to .png from art text alpha is saved automatically

VoidedSky

yeah, but can you make something alpha that isn't. Like say if I wanted to cut out part of an image.

BarkBarkCo

You are looking for "masks" which GS doesn't support. You can get the mask effect using other images that are the same color as your solid background, but that becomes impossible when your background is another complex image...

That said, all transparency needs to be predefined in your image(s). If you have an image where part of it should only be transparent some of the time, create two images and use logic to switch between them when needed.

Rob2

photoshop or similar

VoidedSky

BarkBarkCo said:
You are looking for "masks" which GS doesn't support. You can get the mask effect using other images that are the same color as your solid background, but that becomes impossible when your background is another complex image...

That said, all transparency needs to be predefined in your image(s). If you have an image where part of it should only be transparent some of the time, create two images and use logic to switch between them when needed.

Thanks, I previously knew that GS didn't support masks, I was just wondering if you could mask objects in Art Text, to remove it from an image.

Thanks guys!

jweaver911

You might be able to achieve some interesting results with the new blend modes that GS has introduced. Depending on what you want to do. Multiply and Screen are pretty powerful visual tools.

BarkBarkCo

Missed the art text 2 reference... Sorry.

VoidedSky

Thats ok!