How can I show the picture over the text head in indesign pls

[miky13]

Hello all.

I need your help. After spending more than 3 days in front of computer with no success I decide ( I know is late but ... ) to ask for help.

In InDesign I have a picture which I use as a background.
I want to add a text, and like in magazines, I would like to place the header text under the picture , as in this link for example :

http://qualitymemories.com/268cover.jpg

How can I do this, please please help, I really need this and I cannot tell how rush is this story.

Thanks in advance

 

[miky13]

I use InDesign 3.0 and with Windows XP Prof.

So, to make myself clear, I need to place for example the ladies had over the text.

Thanks again

 

[texasjoe]

Place the text first, and then place the photo on top. The text will show through the transparent areas of the photo.

This will only work if the background in the image file is transparent, such as with a TIFF file or PSD file.

 

[miky13]

I understand, but this supose to have just one entity over the text ... I guess ...

So basicaly there is no way to make just a portion of the background over the text, right ?

I did the background in photoshop, but I need only one detail from the whole picture to be over the text.

I think I ask to much, right ?

Thanks

 

[MarcusStringer]

You will have to do it in Photoshop.
Here is one way.
Contour the bit you want over the type in Photoshopcut and paste it into a new document.
so you should end up with two pictures.
Then place the two pictures in InDesign.

The bit you want over the type
Type
The whole pic



Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[miky13]

Well I was thinking about this, but this is huge difficult to syncronize pic over other pics at exactly pixels and size. I found this almost impossible.

Unless if I don't quite understand you Marcus, and sorry for that.

 

[jmgalvin]

If you want, open a copy of the pic in Photoshop. Knock out the colors you want the text to be on top of with a clipping path. In your example, that would be the area sorrounding the head. Since ID supports transparency in tiffs, you could save in that format.

Place your original pic & put your text over that. Then place the pic with the transparency over your original pic and text and allignthe 2 pics perfectly using the Align window.

The result will be what you desire. This will probably take a few tries if you're not familiar with clipping paths. You can look up clippiong paths in PS Help.

You can do the whole thing in Photoshop by making 2 layers of the original pic. Knock out the background (like around the head) in Layer 2. Create your text and place it over layer 1 - the full pic. Arrange you layers so thay're Layer on (full pic), text, layer 2 (background wiped out). That will also givy you the result you want.

 

[Lessa]

I would do the whole thing in Photoshop. Cut the front most image and put on a new layer. So you'll have the background layer in the back, then the text layer, then the overlapping layer in front.

 

[seapine]

The easiest was is to use an alpha channel in your tiff. Import the image into Indesign place ensure that the alpha channel is not active through import options, place the text on top. Select the image and the box either cut and past in place or step and repeat with hor and vert offset of zero. this will place the copy on top of the type. select the image on top and under object select clipping path with type alpha channel and the select the alpha channel from PS, this will enable the alpha channel

 

[miky13]

Thank you all for your beautifully help here

By tiff you are thinking about the background for the whole page, or just a small portion of the picture wich I have to do the extracting in Photoshop ?

 

[jmgalvin]

You can just transparent tiff the part that would lay on top - if you're using the 3 step layering in Indesign.

If you're doing the whole thing in Photoshop, I'd Save As a copy and flatten the layers before making a tiff or placing directly into the Id doc.