Hi Hawkeye... ok.. i've tried your suggestion but for me it is not working and I can't figure out why. The silhouette is an extracted photo which I have filled with black. I have a Mac so I know that when you say cntrl click to select something, for me that is command and click because I tried control and click and it doesn't work. I rasterized text, command + j to copy layer, command + click on duplicated layer thumbnail to select text, filled text with white. Then I clicked in layer palette to select silhouette layer and then command + clicked thumbnail to select outline of silouhette. After that I selected black text layer and hit my delete button... nothing happens. (Also tried deleting the layer in case that was what you meant, but I think not) Then selected white text layer, command + i to inverse and delete, nothing happens and I end up with white text across the silhouette with very thin black stroke around it (actually looks thinner than a 1 px stroke)... what am I missing??? or am I missing something in a Mac/Windows translation. Two questions... why am I putting a selection around the silhouette??? And when you say delete, could there be an alternative in Mac if you know. Tried several versions of your suggestion but nothing is working... help what am I doing wrong????