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box behind text
I would like to add a box behind some text.
I have loads of these to make.. and would like the box to grow or shrink with the size of the words..
I can’t work out where to get the width / height of the text. as the layers scale is always 100%.
Can someone give me some pointers please
Alex
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1 Reply
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From this, I gather that bounding box info is not available:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/902489
You could always Duplicate the text (Ctrl D), then on the bottom layer, Hit the Rectangular Mask Tool, and add the effect, Fill.
Then decrease the y portion of the anchor point to center the filled box below.
I tried to do this as a preset but masks are done as a specific size for the preset, not the text or layer size. Someone could write a script for this, probably rather straight forward, but that’s beyond my pay grade.
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