Transparent Text?

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2022-01-09 17:31:41

Hello there. I am trying to recreate the header on this page. I have attached the PNG used on the website. I want to do the same thing in Pixelmator so background colour, text on top with the text being transparent like in the image. I tried using the smart erase to make the text trasnparent but this does not work. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance. Image https://play.divi.express/agency-21/
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2022-01-09 20:59:30

You need a shape as background instead, a colored rectangle will be perfectly fine. Now make your text element and when done go Format->Convert into Shape
Now add select the background shape and go: Format->Shape->Subtract Shapes that´s it - unless I miss your point.
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2022-01-10 10:41:40

thanks but the subtract shape is greyed out

https://streamable.com/5i9p0q
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2022-01-10 12:07:02

You need to select the 2 shapes for a Boolean operation; converted text plus rectangle.