Step One:

Create text by clicking on the “A” icon on the toolbar to the left or by pressing “ctrl-t” on your keyboard.

Step Two:

We are going to flatten the text layer by selecting it then clicking “modify” on the top and “flatten selection” or by pressing “ctrl-alt-shift-z”

Step Three:

Now we are going to duplicate the layer by hitting “ctrl-c” then “ctrl-v” and were going to take one of the layers and apply a mask to it.

Step Four:

Make sure the masked layer is selected and flip the text vertically by clicking “modify” then “transform” and “flip vertical.” Click on the fill selector drop down and select “gradient” then “linear.”

Step Five:

Now take the paint bucket click and drag down starting from about the middle of the top layer down to the middle of the bottom layer.

Step Six:

Now adjust the transparency to get the effect you want and move the bottom layer closer to the top one

Step Seven:

Select the distort tool and drag the bottom transform boxes points out.

You’re Done!

Play with it to add some of your own effects and enjoy!

Step One:

Find two photos (or flattened layers) that you would like to blend together.

Step Two:

Move one of those layers over the other one in the general area that you would like them to be blended.

Step Three:

Click on the “add mask” button shown in the little circle. You should now notice the mask symbol and a rectangle with a green border (like the big circle on my example) in your layers for that particular image.

Step Four:

Click on the “paint bucket tool” or press “g”

Step Five:

Under properties click the drop down next to the fill color and select gradient and linear. (may already be selected)

Step Six:

Under properties click the drop down next to the fill color and select gradient and linear. (may already be selected)

Step Seven:

Try hitting undo (ctrl + z) and repeating step 6 to get it to blend just the way you want it. Unfortunately You can only do one gradient mask at a time so if you need to make another one, flatten the layer you masked originally and repeat the steps again. Enjoy!

You’re done!

Thats it! Keep in mind that you can paste more than just images inside of vectors. Personalize your creation, and have fun.

Step One:

First make the shape that you would like your image to be using the vector shape tool

Step Two:

Now import your image to the canvas by pressing ctrl-r and place or you can copy and paste from another program.

Step Three:

Place the image on top of your shape where you would like for it to be placed

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Step Four:

Now import your image to the canvas by pressing ctrl-r and place or you can copy and paste from another program.

Step Five:

Now your image will take the shape of the vector. The image will not be editable from here on so if you need to make any adjustments press undo a few times and try again.

You’re done!

Thats it! Keep in mind that you can paste more than just images inside of vectors. Personalize your creation, and have fun.