Clipping mask makes the text less clear

[Cheah Hsun Teik]

After clip masking an image to the text, the text doesn't look very clear anymore.
As the image is continuous, it makes the text looks continuous, so I can't see each letter clearly anymore. I think.
Any idea to solve this? Is it better to use the texture overlay layer effect instead? or will it be the same?

 

[thebestcpu]

HI @Cheah Hsun Teik
The human eye/brain sees high contrast edges. By putting fill in the text it probably reduced that contrast.
That could be helped if you added a small stroke of a contrasting color (e.g. black or white etc depending on background and fill) to increase that contrast.
The following image shows an example
Hope this helps
John Wheeler

 

[IamSam]

After clip masking an image to the text, the text doesn't look very clear anymore.
As the image is continuous, it makes the text looks continuous, so I can't see each letter clearly anymore.

Please share a screen shot of what you're referring to.

 

[IamSam]

This could be dependent on what image is clipped to the text and then what background the text appears on......

Readable....


Clipped image...............harder to read......


Clipped image on similar background......very hard to read....


Easy.


As John stated, it's about contrast.
Slight stroke to break up the content of the clipped image or to define the text.


A gradient might help..... not much.


Or a color fill adj layer clipped and set to multiply..

 

[Cheah Hsun Teik]

This could be dependent on what image is clipped to the text and then what background the text appears on......

Readable....
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Clipped image...............harder to read......
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Clipped image on similar background......very hard to read....
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Easy.
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As John stated, it's about contrast.
Slight stroke to break up the content of the clipped image or to define the text.
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A gradient might help..... not much.
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Or a color fill adj layer clipped and set to multiply..
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Yes, this is what I mean, and I've alr tried stroke, which produce the best result, but it's still not really clear.
I'll try the final method and will come back, if it still doesn't work.
You also said "This could be dependent on what image is clipped to the text and then what background the text appears on...... ", so what should be the best image to clip when creating title with clipping mask?

 

[IamSam]

so what should be the best image to clip when creating title with clipping mask?

Great question and one only you can answer. It would be dependent upon the subject or overall theme of the composition. Something relative to the text. I would have to see what it is you're working on in order to make a suggestion.

 

[Cheah Hsun Teik]

I deleted what I've done cause it doesn't look nice, so I'm thinking of another design.
Ill ask again, if I still have problems.