Help me please - text paths

[newfiemountiewife]

Am I the dumbest scrapper out there?

All the stuff I know how to do in PS, I STILL cannot do text on a path! :cursing:

I have tried a couple of tuts, tried winging it on my own, and I get the text upside down or just not working properly.

Help???

ETA I use PS CS3

[wvasweetness]

I knew I had saved the tutorial that I used with CS a few years ago, so I went through my Gmail and found that I had saved two of them. The second one is a video. Don't know if these will help or not?

http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/textonapath.asp

http://www.video-animation.com/photo_07.shtml


Is there something specific you are trying to do?

[lizzyfizzy]

speaking of text paths...can someone link me up to the text path template thingy from a while back for PSE?? i think there was a freebie and another also.

bree...your really good at helping. i know you'll come through! :thumbup:

THANK YOU!

[ColleenSwerb]

Try this thread Lizzy.

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/community/showthread.php?t=9319&highlight=text+paths

[newfiemountiewife]

Thank you guys! I got it to work, sort of. I'll show when I'm done!

[lizzyfizzy]

Try this thread Lizzy.

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/community/showthread.php?t=9319&highlight=text+paths

yay! thank you!

[jsikardi]

oh! yay! thanks for this thread Jamie :)
I was preparing myself (ie dreading the search) to looking into this! :D

[Kimberly's Mommy]

I just had this issue this weekend and managed to figure it out for the lo I was doing. I'll definately have to look over the tutorials though and see if there is something else I need to know.

[mrs_jb]

In line with this, how do you make a custom shape? I cannot figure this out and it's driving me batty!

[Penny Springmann]

Jaclyn,
I don't know what program you are using, but to create a custom shape in PSCS 3:
1. select the object you want turned into your shape (ctrl - click the layer in the layer palette)
2. Click on the path tab - should be below the Channels and Layers tabs, if not, go to window - paths
3. Click on the third icon from the left at the bottom of the Paths Palette: make work path from selection (it looks like a circle with arrows around it)
4. this should change the marching ants to a solid line around your object
5. Then go up to edit drag down to define custom shape, release
6. Name your shape
7. have fun playing with your shape

[meems]

Jaclyn,
I don't know what program you are using, but to create a custom shape in PSCS 3:
1. select the object you want turned into your shape (ctrl - click the layer in the layer palette)
2. Click on the path tab - should be below the Channels and Layers tabs, if not, go to window - paths
3. Click on the third icon from the left at the bottom of the Paths Palette: make work path from selection (it looks like a circle with arrows around it)
4. this should change the marching ants to a solid line around your object
5. Then go up to edit drag down to define custom shape, release
6. Name your shape
7. have fun playing with your shape
oooh cool! never knew this! Thanks, Penny. I'm going to go a'crazy with custom shapes next time I open PS!

[mrs_jb]

Jaclyn,
I don't know what program you are using, but to create a custom shape in PSCS 3:
1. select the object you want turned into your shape (ctrl - click the layer in the layer palette)
2. Click on the path tab - should be below the Channels and Layers tabs, if not, go to window - paths
3. Click on the third icon from the left at the bottom of the Paths Palette: make work path from selection (it looks like a circle with arrows around it)
4. this should change the marching ants to a solid line around your object
5. Then go up to edit drag down to define custom shape, release
6. Name your shape
7. have fun playing with your shape

YAY... it worked... thank you so much Penny!!!

[Penny Springmann]

YAY... it worked... thank you so much Penny!!!

You're welcome!