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  • Changing Text Color Based on Background/Image

    Posted by Daniel Yow on April 22, 2018 at 12:58 am

    I am unsure if this is the right place to seek help. It can either be After Effects or Photoshop.

    I want to have a text inverted based on the color of an image in the background. Like, say a white text color for dark image backgrounds and black text color for lighter backgrounds. However I don’t know if there is a specific effect to make that happen without having to selectively cut a portion of the text and inverting that portion. Said effect I want to use is the one that accurately detects the color range of the background and changes the text color to the opposite color.

    Tom Van damme replied 8 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Tom Van damme

    April 23, 2018 at 7:19 am

    Hi Daniel,

    this is a pretty easy effect in Photoshop actually ☺

    Your text should be on a separate text layer when you add it. Then simply select “Difference” in the Opacity pulldown menu when selecting the layer.

    Hope this helps ☺
    Tom

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