Deep Shah
- Dec 3, 2019
- 3 min read

POWERFUL TEXT WRAP PORTRAIT EFFECT IN PHOTOSHOP | TEXT EFFECT | PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL

Updated: Nov 6, 2022

Learn how to create this powerful text wrap portrait effect in Photoshop . Creating such effect might look a bit difficult but it is not so just follow the steps mentioned below and learn how to create it for yourself . So let's get started!

Text Wrap Portrait Effect

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Steps on how to create this Powerful text wrap effect in Photoshop :-

So the first step is to remove the background from the image and replace it with a plain background , so for that you will have to unlock the background by double clicking on the lock icon and then click on OK in the pop up

Double click on lock icon

Click on OK in the pop up

Now select the subject in the Image using Quick selection tool (Note : While selection press ALT and click and hover over the part to deselect a selection )

Select Quick selection tool

Select the subject in the image using Quick selection tool

Then after the selection click on Refine edge and then using brush click and hover over the hair and edges to get the smooth and perfect selection of hair and edges and click on OK

Click on Refine edge

Click and hover over hair and edges using brush

After hovering over edges , and then click on OK

After that click on Add layer mask icon which will remove the background from the image keeping only selection

Click on Add layer mask icon

Then create a new layer by clicking on Create new layer icon

Click on Create new layer icon

After clicking on create new layer icon

After that drag the newly created layer at the bottom

Drag that layer at the bottom

Now select paint bucket tool and then set the foreground as the color you want to give for your background and then using bucket tool click on the image which will fill the layer with that color

Select paint bucket tool

Set foreground color of your choice

Now using Paint bucket tool fill the layer with that color

Now press CTRL + SHIFT + E to merge all the layers into a single layer

After pressing CTRL + SHIFT + E

Then click on Create new fill or adjustment layer icon and select Black & White over there

Click on Create new fill or adjustment layer icon and select Black & White over there

Now set the sliders in the pop up according to your image so that you get an image with high contrast

Set the sliders according to your image

Then go to Filter and then blur and then select Gaussian blur over there and then in the pop up set the radius as 0.7 px and then click on OK

Go to Filter and then blur and then select Gaussian blur over there

Set the radius as 0.7 px and then click on OK

Now this file as a PSD file by giving it any name of your choice

Go to File and then click on Save As

Give any file name of your choice and format as PSD and then click on Save

After that press CTRL + Z twice to remove blur and Black & White filter and get back the original image

After pressing CTRL + Z twice

Now press CTRL + J to create a duplicate of this image

After pressing CTRL + J

Now using Quick selection tool select the subject in the image over which you don't want any text ,so for this image I don't want any text over this man so I will make a selection of it

Select Quick selection tool

Selecting only man in the image

Then click on Add layer mask icon which will mask the image according to the selection

Click on Add layer mask icon

After clicking on Add layer mask icon

Now make original image layer active by clicking on it

Make original image layer active

Now select Horizontal text tool and then set the foreground color as black which will be the background color and then select any font of your choice and set it's appropriate size

Select Horizontal text tool

Set foreground color as Black

Select any font of your choice and set it's appropriate size

Then create a text area which covers the whole image

Create a text area which covers the whole image

After that click on Type and select Paste Lorem Ipsun over there

Click on Type and then select Paste Lorem Ipsun over there

After selecting Paste lorem ipsun

So like this way fill the whole text area

Fill the whole text area

Now if you want to change the spacing between the letters or spacing between lines then press CTRL + A to select the whole text and then click on properties tab and then set the spacing over there accordingly and then click on tick icon

Press CTRL + A to select the whole text

Click on Properties tab

Set the spacing accordingly

Now go to Filter and then distort and then select Displace over there and then click OK in the pop up and then in the next pop up set the following and then click OK