How to make a Text Image in Procreate (*Updated)

[@cleog2922]

Ok I finally got it. Thank you! I think the one thing that could be tripping people up bc it did for me was the color fill at the bottom. When you add the rectangle or font make sure that color fill button is not clicked. Mine was as a default and was messing me up. Now that I unclicked it works! Thank you for your help!

[@aliyshiawallen5510]

I couldn’t get this to work until I read your comment. Works when you colour fill is off selected thank you!

[@cosmicsugarvt]

1) upload photo and fill canvas 2) add text (use thick letters - Wrench font is a good bet) 3) tap on text layer in layers menu 4) tap on "select" 5) select layer one (picture layer) 6) 3 finger swipe down (if this doesn't work, check your procreate settings) 7) select "duplicate" option 8) minimize all other layers to reveal text with photo inside

[@zerothreeog]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@stephanhekkert8892]

It doesn’t work for me helpppp

[@robbieraps9161]

@@stephanhekkert8892color fill. Turn it off

[@ToeBeeTribe]

Thank you so much for this video! I have no idea why...but I can't remember this for the life of me! LOL Everytime I need to use this method, I come back to your video and you walk me through it. Your calm voice and demanor also makes it so easy to learn from you! Thank you again - you've been a big help to me!

[@mallorybelliveau9414]

Thank you for explaining this simply, there have been other videos I've tried to follow that just gave so many steps that were not necessary.

[@drugfreedave]

I'm so glad it was helpful!! 🤗 😁 💯

[@hardshellwoodworks]

This was very easy to follow along with and straight forward. Thank You! 🔥

[@kadeshabarnard6320]

Literally none of the procreate videos I try work for me 😢 This crashes my system every time i try to select. When I do get past that line it only duplicates the photo without it being inside the text

[@lbstudio207]

The most effecting way, took me a second to figured it out when I took me couple days to find the simple way. Thank you I

[@drugfreedave]

You bet!! 🤗 😁 💯

[@ashleygarrett7926]

Wow this is an awesome method! Thanks for sharing! I don't really understand how or why this works, but it's so much faster than layer masking. This will save me so much time, so thanks a lot!

[@drugfreedave]

You bet, so glad I could help!! 🤗 😁

[@Bijecarli]

Oh mah gawd, it took me about five times, but I finally got it, y'all!

[@megachonker5664]

Thank you for this great, to-the-point, tutorial!

[@drugfreedave]

Thank you, glad it was helpful! 😀

[@The_Backend_Report]

Nice vid bro easy breakdown

[@hichammehditazi9945]

So useful, I needed that today, and done it Thank to you . Thanx a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@blu-sczes3633]

Very easy tutorial with great Effekt. Thank you ❤

[@drugfreedave]

Thanks so much for checking out my channel!! Glad you found the tutorial useful 😁😁

[@OfficiallyPinkl]

Effect you mean 💀

[@tianachrisohoou2340]

This has helped me a lot! If I have any problems with procreate I know who to go to 😭

[@petersimonsen9278]

I finally got it to work, saw you’re video 12 times, but I still can’t do it on my own…I can see in the comments that I am not alone. Very strange since I agree to what you say: that simple 🤔🤔🤔

[@Vaagabonda]

Thank you! It’s exactly what I was looking for 💛💙

[@drugfreedave]

So glad I could help!! 🤗 😁 💯

[@rebeccacowan4769]

This helped so much! Thank you!

[@alley8091]

thank you so much!!!

[@testifires]

I did it! Thanks! Godbless you!

[@drugfreedave]

So glad it was useful, thanks for swinging by the page! 🤗

[@lovElla247]

How to do 2 pictures? Like instead of writing out the text. I wanna use 2 pictures one will the a screen shot of the design i want and the other will be a picture of a flower i want

[@mayumiradaelli]

Thank You SOOOOO much!

[@drugfreedave]

You bet, thanks for swinging by the page! 🤗

[@PSOJA]

Thank u.

[@sarahgrundy4779]

One thing to add, u have to hold one finger when u select the text and when you go to the other layer or else it wont save and u wont get the finished text

[@drugfreedave]

Is this a new thing? I don’t recall holding a finger down to select when I created this tutorial doing it? 🤔

[@eanarchygle]

THANK! YOU!!

[@drugfreedave]

You bet!! 🤗 😁 💯

[@alexcummings5418]

im trying to do something this like this but i want the text to be transparent like a cute out in the picture for a logo but i’m struggling

[@drugfreedave]

Create text, then select the text. (Make sure select is not on automatic) Once you select text, thr text stays selected. You can 3 finger swipe and cut and paste (on another image layer for example) and it will cut and paste the text you selected.

[@cc2therl]

⁠@@drugfreedave what do you mean by make sure text is not on automatic? How do you know if it is or not where do i find that?

[@drugfreedave]

So when you use the select tool, when you tap it, there are options that appear at the bottom of the screens one of which is automatic. It should not be set to automatic. I don’t think it will be, but I include it because so many people have difficulty figuring this out! 👍🏾

[@cathybesaw]

It wasn't working for me. Figured out from another video that it was because I had fill turned on in the selection tool. That needs to be turned off for this method to work

[@drugfreedave]

Glad you worked it out! I'll have to take another look at the "fill" option and make note of it! 👍🏾

[@agranipunj2949]

Oh my God thank you so much! Was breaking my head over why this method won't work for me. Worked as soon as I switched off the colour fill option. God Bless !

[@vicykristian9353]

Thank you man

[@mainsink6385]

When you have the letters over the picture, all you have to do is hit clipping mask, same affect

[@drugfreedave]

But then if at any point you change the layer order it you have to re do the mask. I don’t like worrying about all that!

[@johndeggendorf7826]

First view…hi Dave. Awesome tutorial, thanks. ✌️🍷🎩🎩🎩

[@drugfreedave]

Thank you! The more simple things to do I still enjoy in procreate!! 😊💯👍🏾

[@tarnel72]

How do I layer one text box on top of another?

[@dianachase7867]

Im using a gen 7. My ios was just updated the other day. I have tried making the text as you instruct..but it doesnt work. On the very last step when you minimize the layers it doesnt work. Ive never been an Apple person. I dont think it's me? Many hours of rewinding and replaying. It just doesn't work. 😭 i have a big black word on my oval. That's as far as I can get. I have disabled alot of the swipe and touch features because I've found myself somewhere I cant get back from. Maybe Ive turned off something I shouldnt have? Glad to hear others are finding their way. I love your voice! Im still a procreate and ipad newbie. Thank you so much Dave!

[@drugfreedave]

Were you able to get this figured out?? 🤔

[@dianachase7867]

@@drugfreedave I havent given it another go. But I am getting along better with clipping mask. Thx for asking!!

[@johnmullins1964]

Same same. Don’t understand why but this process simply does not work routinely on procreate. How bizarre

[@drugfreedave]

Most of the time it’s due to the selection options being set to “automatic”, in which it will not work

[@AcidSh33tz]

I have no idea why this doesn't work for me, I am following step by step, even when I try the rectangle method, and dow the 3 fingers swipe down and hit duplicate, it just makes a solid white square over the photo, and a duplicate of the layer so now there's 2 layers of a photo with a solid white rectangle over the photo. The same happens when I add text, and I swipe 3 fingers and hit duplicate, It just makes a duplicate of the text only to a separate layer but no photo background just all white letter texts. What am I doing wrong here?

[@drugfreedave]

Hmm, check your select tool options. That’s the only thing I can think of. I try to go live in the evenings, if you catch me I can troubleshoot!

[@AcidSh33tz]

I figured it out! Color fill was selected so it was causing it to only fill in the selection and not duplicate the image!

[@AcidSh33tz]

@@drugfreedave yes it was the select option was set to “color fill” after I disabled color fill it worked! Thank you so much! 🙏🏽

[@drugfreedave]

Oh dang!! Ok well we learned that as a troubleshoot option! Glad it’s finally working, I’ll keep it in mind when others have the same issue!! 💯🙌🏾😁

[@ansmith460]

@@AcidSh33tzthank you!!!! I was so frustrated why this tutorial wasn’t working for me but that was why mine wouldn’t do it either. You just calmed me down after 2 hours of messing with it 😂

[@ladoncaston4350]

Didn't work for me either I even updated my procreate to 52.5 version still no luck 😢

[@drugfreedave]

if you're a part of my facebook group, upload the issue there and i'll figure it out! a short video clip :) facebook.com/groups/ProcreateDrawingTutorials It's most likely a setting with your selection tool or somkething silly like that!

[@animesnk9673]

When i do duplicate it duplicates the image not the text although im following the exact steps

[@drugfreedave]

If that is happening, then on one of the steps you’re getting rid of the text you selected from the text layer. If you select the text then go to any other layer that same text outline should still be selected.

[@Sedgley9024]

I have not seen this method used. I always do clipping mask or mask.

[@drugfreedave]

I actually never use clipping mask! It sounds confusing since I move layers and things around often. Maybe it's a Photoshop thing. I just use the select tool for everything 💯✨

[@Sedgley9024]

@@drugfreedave well maybe your ste on to something I'm still trying to figure out how it is different from clipping mask .. I'm kinda new to this I never used photoshop.

[@drugfreedave]

@@Sedgley9024 I'm trying to figure this out too! I feel like their needs to be an ultimate challenge to see which method is better 💪🏾💯

[@Sedgley9024]

@@drugfreedave yes.. yes. Yes..

[@himalayanshroom]

Thanks

[@walkstreetviewer1208]

Nice 👍

[@drugfreedave]

Thank you!! 🤗 😁

[@esmeralda6582]

Hi, thank you for the tutorial but I just tried it and I can’t get it to work. I click on select then when I click on the layers to choose the picture layer, the select button turns off. Is there a setting that I need to change? Thank you.

[@drugfreedave]

It's most likely something you have set or selected in your tools that is causing it not to work!

[@gaianna]

@@drugfreedave do you know what might be selected/not selected? I'm having this exact problemo and have tried altering my selections without success... any help is super welcome thanks Dave :) Thanks :)

[@drugfreedave]

@@gaianna hmm, try making a new canvas and scribble on a layer. Try to then select the scribble to copy. It’s essentially the same thing, selecting the layer should select what’s in that layer. 🧐

[@AcidSh33tz]

im not sure why it's not working for me either, I select my later with the text, but than when I go to the text with the image and hit duplicate, it just creates a duplicate layer of that image and nothing happens to the text.

[@drugfreedave]

Select the text layer( 3 finger swipe, select) , then go to the image layer and three finger swipe; tap cut/paste or duplicate

[@stormy3813]

Great tutorial!

[@drugfreedave]

Thank you! I tried to do this one before but some people were confused! 😊💯

[@MRSMILEY3341]

Can you do this with a drawing?

[@drugfreedave]

Sure, any image 👍🏾

[@hizahiza-j7y]

U the goat

[@drugfreedave]

I appreciate you! 💯

[@ctntelevisionnetwork8738]

it crashes when i hit select

[@RM-tb9ng]

Procrear glitching! Update messed it all up Lol

[@drugfreedave]

Glitches are the worst!

[@GarthRatusau]

Please help…every time I click on duplicate it duplicates the photo

[@drugfreedave]

Hmm, it could be a setting you have; but ultimately whatever you have selected, when you drag down with 3 fingers and hit duplicate or copy and paste, it will duplicate or copy and paste whatever you have selected. So you need to find a way to have the letters selected then go to the image and duplicate. The selection is the main thing.

[@kimchiman9657]

How to make it colored text images to white? It was so fast that I could'nt catch it.

[@drugfreedave]

Hmm, I don't even remember..you can add a white layer in between :)

[@lexinivens6384]

it’s not working for me when i click select :///

[@drugfreedave]

Make sure to check the select options! You don’t want automatic 👍🏾

[@tonyc6160]

Hey Dave this still isnt working for me. i click on duplicate and it duplicates the image not the word

[@drugfreedave]

So if you make a selection with the selection tool on your image layer, then hit cut and paste (I use the gesture 3 finger swipes down) , it pastes the whole layer ignoring your selection?? 🤔

[@tonyc6160]

@@drugfreedave tried it again and its working for me now, thanks for following up

[@drugfreedave]

@@tonyc6160 great! What was the issue? It's good to know that way I can explain it better next time! 👍🏾

[@tonyc6160]

@@drugfreedave when i tried to duplicate letters before it legit shut down the app. when the app relaunched the method did not work. I just gave it a shot yesterday and it worked with the shapes but haven't tried the lettering yet

[@drugfreedave]

@@tonyc6160 interesting. The "text" features in Procreate aren't the best, I had some crashes yesterday using the procreate keyboard.. But only dealing with letters! Glad it eventually worked 👍🏾

[@stephenstrickson5101]

Well it doesn’t work for me

[@onecraftingmomma20]

im still lost

[@DoinBitsSince81]

How are all these people saying it doesn’t work 😂😂😂😂

[@ohhhellno69]

Why are you whispering? Jk. You got a soothing voice, and this video is very helpful vídeo. Thank you.

[@esCodepl]

why U dont understand why folks cant get this process? its simply unclear. if one has to follow any vid few times to somehow get the result 😢 its not intuitive. me 2 had to make 5 or more trys... its not abt clear instructions. ppl just need sth to be logical not to make things on memory 😎. just like that. thx for your effort anyway.

[@iGetTrades]

Not working!😡

[@whitemailprivilege2830]

It is. I just did it multiple times. Very simple

[@cc2therl]

@@whitemailprivilege2830how were you able to get this to work I followed all steps and made sure my selection tool was off automatic but when i duplicate or copy n paste on underlying image it just makes the text on top black and not transparent?

[@1SLaurent]

This method still don’t work 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@drugfreedave]

It's essentially just copying and pasting. You copy a selection but then you go to a different layer and you cut and paste.

[@drugfreedave]

Write a word on a layer. Hit select. Go to a different layer with an image and cut/paste.

[@spikedavis4013]

This didn’t work, get better

[@drugfreedave]

You probably have selection to automatic or something like that