# Quick Tip in photoshop CS2

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-tip-in-photoshop-cs2/173701
**Category:** design
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-tip-in-photoshop-cs2/173701 "2005-12-28T19:56:21Z")
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### Author: ![fadedblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@fadedblue](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fadedblue)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-tip-in-photoshop-cs2/173701/1 "2005-12-28T19:56:21Z")

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can someone show me how to create a mask that will onlty reveal the image below it?

i have tried looking online for this tutorial and have come up empty handed.

what i would like to do is type some text on one layer, then on the layer underneath have a picture. then mask it so only the portions of the picture that are shown are in the shapes of the text.

i know it should be a faily simple process, but i cannot figure it out.

thank you!!

-jason