I’d like to have a text cutout on an image. More accurately, I want to have text come from a csv file and as an alpha cutout of the text in another image.
Hello, and welcome. And this is a great idea!
What this needs though is a blend mode of “Destination Out”, which the current version of Retrobatch doesn’t support. However, that’s super easy to add, and I’ve done that for the next release of Retrobatch, which you can grab a preview of from the following URL: https://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/#retrobatch
And here’s a sample that’ll do what you’re after:
https://flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/stuff/TransparentTextCutout.zip
The trick is setting the blend:
Let me know how it works with the beta of RB 2.3.2! (And here’s a pic of the text with a transparent background):
