AaronColby

Thanks guys, long time lurker, first time poster. welshblue, you sir are a gentleman and a scholar! Do you have a tip jar I can make a contribution to?

Here is what I want to do. I have the letters 'XC' which I've played with a bit to look the way I want and due to anti-aliasing has nice edges. Now I want to basically fill those letters with an image. I can't figure out how to do this and keep the nice anti-aliased edges. Current steps: 1. load image as base layer 2. Create new layer with text in it 3. using magic wand select a threshold that has smoothest edges on text layer 4. select image layer and copy the selection area... notice the hard edges of the finished result in the attached example. I want it nice and smooth and anti-aliased. Anyone have any ideas how to do this more elegantly? I've attached the basics of what I'm doing and the result.