Help with montage

[stumac]

I'm really struggling with this one

I'm wanting to create a white background in cs5 with the words love in it , and then want to fill the letters with a number of images of the couple
So what I think I need to do is open a new page , write love then make the letters transparent , then bring in the images so they only show through the letters and not on the white background
Hope some one can help

 

[Jayst84]

White background, put your photos on, then make a mask filled black, type love into the mask in white block letters. Then you can move the photos around as you like underneath.

 

[stumac]

Sorry still stuck
I now have a black image with the word love in white , no images showing through
You may have to treat me like a 2 year old with this one

 

[swanseamale47]

1 make your background white (say a4 or whatever)
2 using the text tool add the word love the size you want
3 drag on the picture you want to appear through the letter (on top of layers stack) and using the move tool drag the corners till it covers all the letters (if you need to resize it)
4 hold down the alt key and when you move between the photo and the text layer (on layers palette) as you move over the join the hand will change to a black thing just click there to clip the top image layer to the text midle layer, job done.

 

[stumac]

Great , I'll give that ago tonight
Thanks for the help

 

[stumac]

Worked a treat thanks very much

 

[swanseamale47]

Worked a treat thanks very much