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Radical Rob
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Kapolei, Hawaii USA
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 06-15-2005 12:13

Ok, this has probably been covered but, I'm designing a quick logo that my client wanted it to be a circle with text wrapping around the disc.
Now I've been experimenting with a few things but I can't seem to get this text to path thing down....

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks

kimson
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The Carpenter Arms
Insane since: Jan 2005

posted posted 06-15-2005 12:17

What software are you working with?

Radical Rob
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Kapolei, Hawaii USA
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 06-15-2005 12:55

sorry, i posted this in the wrong group by accident... photoshop cs2....

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 06-15-2005 20:39

Is this what you wanted Rob? Guru's "Type on a Circle

::tao:::: ::cell::

Radical Rob
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Kapolei, Hawaii USA
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 06-15-2005 21:22

yer the bomb Tao.... exactly what I was looking for. I like your sig btw.... one of the nicer ones I've seen.

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 06-16-2005 00:49

Thanks Rob, it felt good making it too. It's called TaoBoogie, I think it has a happy vibe as if it is smiling.

docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 06-16-2005 08:40

Rob : If you're using CS, you can make a circular (or curved) path, select the type tool, click on the path ( the cursor will change) , and type.
I don't have PS here at work, but I think that's it.

sPECtre
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: Belgium
Insane since: Oct 2003

posted posted 06-16-2005 20:16

yes that's it DocileBob. The tutorial should be amended to give this info to CS /CS2 users.

Pierre Courtejoie

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 06-16-2005 23:40

Just had to go over to a friends to use his CS to have a look at this Nifty huh? Especially with the fine tuning you can do with the Path Selection and the Direct Selection Tools.

Radical Rob
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Kapolei, Hawaii USA
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 06-17-2005 20:34

Figured it out... thanks Bob. Only thing though is how did you get it to print right side up? I created a circle (the company is called circle of three)
and I have circle of three on the top half of the circle, then I wanted "productions" on the lover portion still curving but right side up like yours.
For now it's just upside down.

I know it can't be that difficult, this is such a powerfull tool for this kindof thing.

:-D

http://www.wayoutwestenterprises.com/images/circle.jpg

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 06-18-2005 01:56

I bodged this one on a buddys CS, I'm not that familiar with it yet, as I use PS7. I digress, Make a selection the same dimension as the circle on a new layer. Save the selection and convert it to a path. Type text on top of circle. New layer, load selection, convert selection to a path. Type text on bottom half. Tranform, resize holding Shift>Alt untill it looks as near as poss'. I then spent a while, too long really, tweaking with the text character spacing and all the other text tweaksbles to get the "line" right.
Another way I tried, and much less fuss, was to;
Make a new layer above the layer that you have your circle on. Using the pen tool select the top half of the circle with many clicks type you text.
On a new layer type your text then go to Warp Text, I used Arc horizontal at a large minus setting.
I do have the feeling that there is a much easier way staring me in the face.

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 06-18-2005 02:54

Mmmm...the type on a path was *supposed* to be a feature of Ps 7....but apparently didn't make it =(

Of course, that tutorial was written years ago. We've discussed at the GN adding notices to the older tutorials about the possibilities of newer features and all....we'll get to it I'm sure...

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