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How Photoshop's Dynamic Text Tool Finally Solves the Text-Behind-Subject Problem
I’ve been doing text-behind-subject composites for clients since it became the default language of lifestyle advertising. You know the look: a model or product sits in front of a headline, the text tucks naturally behind them, and the whole thing reads as designed rather than pasted together. For years, my workflow involved manually painting masks, nudging layer order, and quietly cursing whenever the client sent a revised headline at the last minute and I had to rebuild the whole thing from scratch.