Published on June 15, 2025

Text with dripping paint (Generative Fill)

In this blog I will show you how to add a dripping paint effect to your text using Generative Fill in Adobe Photoshop.

Rather watch the video with instructions? Then click here to watch the tutorial on YouTube or scroll down to the end of this page.


Step 1: Make selection

Create a new document. Then use the horizontal type tool to type your text.

Use the rectangular marquee tool to make a selection around your text.

Selection


Press CTRL+ALT and click on the thumbnail of the text layer. This will deselect the text.

Deselect text


Go to ‘Select > Modify > Expand‘ and expand the selection by 2 pixels.


Step 2: Dripping paint effect

Go to ‘Edit > Generative Fill‘. I use the prompt ‘Paint dripping from text’.

Generative fill


Photoshop will now generate 3 different variations for you.

If you don’t like any of the results, you can generate again. You can repeat this until you’re happy with the paint drip effect.

Generate dripping paint


And that’s how you add a dripping paint effect to your text with Generative Fill in Adobe Photoshop!

Dripping paint text effect


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