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WordClouds.com
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Hi there

I’m trying to do some word clouds for staff at my son’s Special School, they work so hard with children of a range of disabilities. I’ve uploaded my shape but I’d like to overlay it on a rainbow background. Is there a way I can make everything transparent behind the words? So transparent shape (I know how to do that, I think) but also transparent around the shape?

I’ve picked a really difficult and complicated picture to do, which is my own fault but as its been agreed by the school, I can’t change my mind now.

Any help would be greatly received!

Thank you
Rachel (P.S. Have attached the ridiculous shape I’m trying to do!)

School logo

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You can make your shape transparent via

  • Shape
  • Shape options
  • click on shape mask options
  • move the transparency slider to the left
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You can also use your image as shape by uploading it

https://imgdlvr.com/pic/wordclouds.com/20240709-4228/public

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And you can when uploading your shape let it inherit the shape colors.

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Tip: play with the option menu and set min word size to smaller and decrease word margin

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I’m so happy I asked and you answered. My life just became so much easier!! I’m pleased with how it looks!! I wish we could save them so we could come back to them another time lol!

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You can.

Just go to → File → Save (.wcld2).

You can open it later to continue your work via → File → Open