How do I make backgrounds like this using photoshop cs2?

I have photoshop cs2,and I really need to know how people make these kinds of backgrounds.


How they have a background then text over the background.


Because usually when you put text over a image it leaves a white background.


Help please.10 points best answer.


http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus鈥?/a>How do I make backgrounds like this using photoshop cs2?
Text set in photoshop usually does not knockout the background. If the text is a photographic or vector element brought into photoshop as a layer, then you can set the blending option for the layer to multiply, and it will blend with the background.





How to set the blend option in Photoshop:


In the layers palette, select the type layer.


There is a pull down menu at the top left of the palette.


Set the layer blending mode to multiply.





The type should now appear to be over the background image.How do I make backgrounds like this using photoshop cs2?
if you mean having the text on the webpage over a website's existing background (not in photoshop) ....then they use a PNG file for the text.





make your text on a transparent layer in photoshop. if you have any other layers, then hide them (click the little eye next to the layer). You should now see a checkerboard background behind your text.





go to File %26gt; Save for Web... and choose PNG as the filetype.


(make sure transparency is checked)


PNG files save transparency information with the image, like a GIF file does... But where a GIF is limited to 256 colors, a PNG can have millions of colors, so you can have very nice graduated fades, etc.





this will create an image that is opaque where you have text, but transparent everywhere else, which will allow the web page's background to show through.





If you find that the transparent part is showing up white in your browser, it's because Internet Explorer 6 and previous versions don't display PNG files correctly. Do a google search for ';IE6 png bug fix'; (or something similar), and you'll find a small bit of code you can insert into the webpage that will fix the problem for anyone using IE6 that visits your page.
That is very, very simple to make. You will want to make a new RGB document that will be the right size to look good online. Create a new layer, fill it with your desired color. Then create rectangles with either you rectangular marquee tool or shapes tool. Fill those with a secondary color. For your text, you'll want to download a grunge font from a website like ';dafont.com';. As you make more and more names or phrases with text, simply rotate them to create the random look.