Cropping a layer at specific shape

I have a layer in which I want to crop it-after the cropping I want this layer to have a specific shape-the shape I intend to use is not from the custom shapes list.
Actually it is a type layer.
So I want to use this type layer and with it crop another shape layer, so the latter, takes the form of the later.
How am I going to achieve the above-I tried with a clipping mask but could not do it.

JimVag1947 wrote:
I have a layer in which I want to crop it-after the cropping I want this layer to have a specific shape-the shape I intend to use is not from the custom shapes list.
Actually it is a type layer.
So I want to use this type layer and with it crop another shape layer, so the latter, takes the form of the later.
How am I going to achieve the above-I tried with a clipping mask but could not do it.
I do not undertand why you could not do!
First crops are rectanular and the crop tool will crop all layers in a document and change the documents canvas size. Croped text layers are still text layers and the text layer may be latger then canvas size.
Layers can have a shape because of tranparency. This tranparency may be because of a layer mask orsimply the layer has no pixels in some areas. So a croped text layer would have a shape and you can load that shape as a selection by selecting the layers tranparency and aggit is as a layer mask to an other layer.
You can also more or less crop a single layer without croping all layers and changing the canvas size by targeting the text layer and selecting what you want with a selection tool. And adding it to the text layer as a layer mask. or you can rasterzise the text layer invert the selection and clear the pixel you don't want. With some thought you can make a layer mask you want using a test layer tranparency.
However Photoshop also has masking text tools simply use one the then to create the mask you want!!!!

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