EK Text Mask

Real heading markup

Reduced-motion aware

Text Mask

Renders large real heading text with a photograph or gradient visible through the letterforms using CSS background clipping, with optional scroll-based parallax.

Dynamic Data

Mask image and gradient fields

Fallback

Solid colour outside @supports

Motion

Transform-based parallax

The text remains real, crawlable heading markup.

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Text Mask

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IMAGE MASKING

Use cases

01

Hero headlines where brand photography fills the display type, for example a seasonal collection title.

02

Magazine-style cover lines with gradient-filled type that stays crawlable for search engines.

03

Landing page section titles with subtle parallax motion as the visitor scrolls.

Key features

What the element does, in plain terms. Every individual control is listed in the settings reference below.

Fill

Three fill types

Image only, CSS gradient only, or image plus gradient with a blend mode control.

Solid fallback colour

Shown where background-clip is unsupported, and when the image is missing.

Type and motion

Responsive typography

Font size through clamp, viewport width, or fixed pixels, plus weight, family, transform, and alignment controls.

Transform-based parallax

Scroll-linked motion without a fixed background attachment, disabled automatically under prefers-reduced-motion.

Responsive outer spacing

Margin and padding per breakpoint.

Settings reference

Every setting the element exposes, grouped by builder tab. Options are listed where the setting offers a fixed set of choices.

Content General tab

Heading text

The words shown. The element outputs real heading markup, so the text stays selectable and crawlable.

Heading tag

h1 to h6, div, p, span

The markup tag used, so the headline fits the page outline. Use only one h1 per page.

Fill General and Design tabs

Fill type

Image · Gradient · Image plus gradient

Image clips a photograph through the letters. Gradient clips a CSS gradient. The combined mode layers both, which lifts contrast on busy photographs.

Mask image

Dynamic Data

The photograph shown through the letterforms. Keep source files reasonably small, roughly under 400 KB.

Gradient colours and angle

Dynamic Data

The gradient used on its own or over the image.

Blend mode

How the gradient combines with the image in the combined fill mode.

Fallback colour

A solid colour used where background clipping is unsupported or the image fails to load.

Typography Design tab

Font size mode

Clamp · Viewport width · Fixed pixels

Clamp scales between a minimum and maximum. Viewport width scales continuously. Fixed pixels holds one size at every breakpoint.

Font family, weight, and transform

Standard Avada font controls. Heavier weights show more of the image, and very thin type shows almost none.

Text alignment

Left · Centre · Right

Horizontal placement of the headline within its column.

Line height and letter spacing

Fine control over how tightly the letterforms sit, which affects how much image is visible.

Motion and spacing Design tab

Parallax

On · Off

Moves the fill as the visitor scrolls, using transforms rather than a fixed background. It is switched off automatically under prefers-reduced-motion.

Parallax intensity

How far the fill travels across the scroll range.

Margin

Per breakpoint

Outer spacing around the element, set separately for large, medium, and small screens and scoped to this element instance.

Padding

Per breakpoint

Inner spacing between the element container edge and its content, also set per breakpoint.

Extras Extras tab

Conditional Rendering

Avada logic conditions

Shows or hides the element based on logged-in state, user role, and the other conditions Avada’s logic system offers.

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