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Text Around a Circle

Added: Mar 29, 2005 Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop  
Author: FotoFects More by this author

Make text wrap around a circle.

image 1 1. Create a new document and use the "Text" tool (T) to create a line of text.
image 2 2. Apply a "Polar Coordinates" filter. When warns that the text will be rasterized, click OK.
image 3 3. In the "Polar coordinates" dialog, select "Rectangular to Polar" and click OK.
image 4 4. Your text is now curved but isn't proportional.
image 5 5. Use the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T) to increase the height.
Text Around a Circle 6. Resize the text so that it fits in the document.


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comments DJD December 07, 2010 says:
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comments LAURA BARRIOS November 18, 2010 says:
thats a great thing u did and i really liked it soo good job
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comments LAURA BARRIOS November 18, 2010 says:
good
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comments the game November 16, 2010 says:
hey um its me again im soory what i said i was just kidding u knew ahhahahaa anyway the truth is i really enjoy it thanks !!!!
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comments the game November 16, 2010 says:
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comments Name December 01, 2010 says:
what
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comments Ferry Paul Mabesa October 12, 2010 says:
Thank you so much! now i learn how to make a circle type text
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comments Christopher April 20, 2010 says:
This is the wrong way to do it. If you rasterise your text you can't edit it - why not create a circle path, and then apply the text onto the path? Fully editable text forever and it will wrap in proportion (and you can edit the wrapping after you apply it too).
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comments Judojamie March 16, 2010 says:
I CANNOT GET THE TEXT TO RESIZE AND FILL THE CIRCLE.
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comments Not Working March 11, 2010 says:
It's not working for me.
After the 3'rd step I am not getting a perfect circle shape as shown in this image below.
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