Create Text Paths in Elements - For a Price

[Diana]

I know there have been inquiries in the forum at times about doing circular text and text flowing around shapes. I just came across this plugin, supposed to work in Elements. Unfortunately it's kind of expensive, but thought someone here might need something like this sometime.

http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/Ottopath/HSotto11.html

Diana

[troush]

Unfortunately it's kind of expensive, but thought someone here might need something like this sometime.
Diana

Yeah - as much as a brand new copy of Elements. Might as well buy CS 2 or 3!

My goodness.

-Trish

[TonyW]

Wow! That is an expensive way to do it. Be a lot cheaper to download a CS2/CS3 trial and do a bunch of different shaped texts there. Once done you can open, edit the text, resize, copy and paste with Elements - you just can't create new ones.

Tony

[Diana]

I'm not that familiar with Photoshop, but this was posted on a Photoshop forum in response to a question from a Photoshop user and it sounded like this software does things Photoshop couldn't do. Of course, it may have been posted before the newer CS versions came. Oh well.

Diana

[TonyW]

Diana: I think your right - the latest version was released in 2003, 6 months before CS came out which added the text on a path feature and it hasn't been updated since. You'd kind of think that they would have dropped the price by now and maybe attract some Elements customers :confused:

Tony

[Diana]

Yeah, I was kinda excited when I saw it and that it would run under Elements.....but then I saw the price:eek: !

Diana

[TonyW]

If you just want text in a circle here's a completely free psd text layer (I created it in Photoshop). I find it interesting that although you can't make it in Elements you can do a lot of manipulation with it and it stays as a circular text layer. So Elements (at least PSE5) understands all about text on paths.

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Tony

[GaryK]

Not trying to hijack the thread

Tony

I guess you have been messing with your new text discoveries.

[BettyC]

Hi Diana, a favorite of mine for text on a path is Terry Maruca over at Scrapbook-Elements. Here's one I did using one of her paths:

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=14570

I really like her Terry's Doodleflys & Text on a Path Trails. Here's a link to some pages of the store with a lot of her paths, for purchase.

http://store.scrapbook-elements.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=48&sort=6&page=23

They're easy enough to use & worth it to me because I'm still using PSE.
I hope this is useful to you.

[TonyW]

Not trying to hijack the thread

Tony

I guess you have been messing with your new text discoveries.

Hmm - takes a couple of minutes to do, sell for $1 each, that could be a get rich quick scheme :D

Tony

[GaryK]

Tony

Thanks

Just gave it a try..my loonie is in the mail.:D

Tons of variations by using the text warp tool:eek:

[JulieM]

If you just want text in a circle here's a completely free psd text layer (I created it in Photoshop). I find it interesting that although you can't make it in Elements you can do a lot of manipulation with it and it stays as a circular text layer. So Elements (at least PSE5) understands all about text on paths.


Tony

Thanks, Tony!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1G8U2dIrSg5PHqhnQwXA7GryTz8_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1G8U2dIrSg5PHqhnQwXA7GryTz8)

[TonyW]

Tony

Thanks

Just gave it a try..my loonie is in the mail.:D

Tons of variations by using the text warp tool:eek:

Gary: You're right warping that circle of text and increasing the font size and a layer style has some amazing effects - this should have been a fish warp :eek: . And believe it or not you can still edit the text in it :D

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Tony

[GaryK]

Tony

Ya cool.. as long as you don't simplify you can keep editing the text.:D

Something else I did, was to type too much text for the circle... it remembers what it doesn't show, so you just have to resize the font to get all the text in.

[NMarti]

Tony
I say go for it! You could release a whole CD of text paths. There are a lot of people who want them.:)

I've used the ones Betty pointed out and they work great too.

[Diana]

I just logged back on and saw the activity here.....gee this useless thread I started has some good stuff in it now. Thanks for the links and ideas.

Diana

[RebeccaJester]

This circular text is exactly what I need today! When I tried to save Tony's original file, I get a little black square that just says something about the image was not saved with a composite image. Tony, if you see this, will you post it again? You'll be my new best friend. ;)

Rebecca

[TonyW]

Rebecca: I tried but the file size was too big to post here if I include the composite. If you can open it you should be able to resave it with compatability turned on - or maybe you have an older version of Elements/Photoshop that needs the composite. If you send me a Private Message with an email address I'll email it to you.

Tony

[Benny Pedersen]

Rebecca: I tried but the file size was too big to post here

...SNIP... (benny)


Tony, I have created a Split program that can split a file into two pieces:

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?p=232814#post232814

If a file is, lets say an EXE file is 800 KB, then it would make
one piece less 100 KB, and another in about 700 KB.
I could modify my program with a prompt: How many pieces?, or/and What size do you want for each jig saw? I would also be able to modify it with a prompt, something like this: Press button OK to auto put each split in each ZIP file, press OK: ...

?

Benny

[RebeccaJester]

Thank you, Tony! I'll send you a pm now. Rebecca

[TonyW]

Rebecca: It's in the mail - I suspect the problem might be the font - if you change it to one you have I suspect you could then save it but that's just a guess on why it should have been a problem. The one in the mail has the composite.

Tony

[hukari]

I am reviving this thread since I have been looking for ways to get text on paths in Elements. While looking, I found Robert Lynch's tools (http://www.hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html), plus the new PathsElements plugin here (http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/PathsElem/HSpathsfram11.html).

When I clicked on each download button, it sent me to the same place for the same file! :confused: In any case, this plugin download is only around $25 (EUR 19.42 for me), but can I really put text on the paths it lets me create? It talks about paths and vector power, but no claim to text on a path. Is it worth trying??

[TonyW]

Reka: I seem to remember seeing a post on this either here or over on the Richard Lynch forum. As I recall it will create vector paths but won't let you put text along them. Might be wrong though.

Tony

[Tina_B]

Thought someone might be interested in this. There are several different shapes.
http://digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=65794
I found a free download here that works for me. Several shapes to choose from.

this was on the fourm before and so I thought I would bring it up again as long as the question of typing on a path. it works great and it is free.
Tina B

[Wags374]

Thanks Tony & Tina!

[hukari]

Thank you, too, Tony and Tina. I had the PSD files, but I am looking for the ability to make text follow a path around more complicated forms. So I guess I either upgrade to CS3 or use Inkscape each time.