How do i make a image, the color of my text? [a.k.a. knockout or cutout text]

Software GIMP
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like, chroma key the text and put a image behind it?. If you have any solution to this, please tell me

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I am not 100% sure what you want to achieve, but if you desaturate the image to grey you could then colorize it to whatever color your text is.

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If you want to cut your image to the shape of the text this can be done like this:

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Hi, @ThatAfghanGuy, and welcome!

Yes, I understand what you are after — I was going to present a suggestion using layer mask but @Ofnuts’ solution is more elegant :frowning:

Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden

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Recent discovery of the Composite mode of layers, while looking for the opposite of the Erase blend mode.

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