Text Following Path Tutorial

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Photoshop
Date added:
05-09-07
Level:
Beginner
Author:
Celox
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Intro:

This tutorial is a very very basic tutorial for the begin of all beginners Happy , but a lot of beginners will find this extremely useful to make a curve to there text without using the warp text function (which will deform your text).

This is the end result of this tutorial:
Text Following Path

Step 1:

First create a new file of your choosing, doesn't matter since I'm only going to show you how to make the text follow the path. If you really want to know, my file is 450px x 150px. Now select the pen-tool Text Following Path, then at your top toolbar select paths (it is marked red in the screenshot below).

Text Following Path

Step 2:

Then create a path. To start your path just click anywhere in your file, then make a second dot but hold your left mouse button while you do this, then drag your mouse to make a curve. To make a second curve just make another dot, and release the left mouse button.

Text Following Path

Step 3:

Now select the Type-tool, it's this icon in your tools-bar Text Following Path. Hover your path (your cursor should change when hovering), then left click on the path and Start typing.

This is my end result of this beginners tutorial

Text Following Path

If you want to create a cool 3D text effect for your text, you can do this with my 3D Photoshop text tutorial

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