: Trouble making a clipping mask in Photoshop I have the following set up: I would like to make a clipping mask out of all of the objects above the "Text" layer (so that all of the stuff

@Tiffany317

It sounds like one of the issues you were running into was some type of styling applied to Group 1. Likely Opacity and/or Blending Mode, which would explain why you're seeing changes when you ungroup them.

Example: If Group 1 has Opacity set to 75% and Blending Mode set to Multiply, while both Grunge_textures are set to 100% Opacity and Normal Blending Mode... Obviously if you ungroup them, they would loose that styling of the group. Ungrouping them, and then adjusting their individual opacity back down to 75% and Blending Mode to Multiply would be the solution in this example.

From there you could just apply clipping masks as usual.

But Alan's solution is a great quick fix.

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@Jennifer810

If I'm understanding the question correctly, here's what to do:


Place all the layers above "Text" into a group (it's okay to nest groups).
Ctl/Cmd-click on the Layers Panel thumbnail of "Text" to load it as a selection.
With your new "master group" targeted, click the "New Layer Mask" icon in the Layers Panel.


This will create a layer mask on the group that applies the group content only to the non-transparent pixel on the Text layer, which I think is what you're trying to do.

Another, similar approach would be to select all those upper layers in the Layers Panel and convert to a Smart Object via the Layers Panel flyout, then clip the Smart Object to your Text layer.

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@Cofer715

Your file is structured in a way that I don't really understand. Overall you can Merge all layers above "text". Remove the mask of "create". Then Ctrl + click the layer icon for text. This would make a selection and then use that selection as a mask for "create" or mask the merged layer above text.

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