: How to turn text transparent - punch through a background? I'm trying to make it so the white area (the N) is transparent and cuts a hole over the star image to reveal the black background

@Alves566

Using Advanced Blending Modes change the Knockout to either Shallow or Deep, either will work in this case and then drop your opacity:

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@Miguel516

You should use a mask, see Adobe's quick overview on mask layers here: helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/masking-layers.html
Basically you use the selection of the text layer to 'mask' or hide parts of the star background. This mask can be modified later and it helps if you want to change the black background eventually.

I made this quickly to show you what I'm talking about (Apologies for the ancient version of Photoshop.)

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