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Mary
August 26th, 2005, 12:15 PM
I know we can do curved text in PSE 3 but I have been looking and looking for a way to do a complete circle. FOUND IT

http://atomiccupcake.com/item.php?id=000052

(there were several other cool things in the Freebies section) :)
Jodi Frye
August 26th, 2005, 12:36 PM
Wow, I can't wait to try it out ! Thanks Mary ! You are the best ! :D
Jodi Frye
August 26th, 2005, 12:47 PM
my poor machine can't handle it too well...major slow ! :( It's a great idea tho ! This is one of the reasons I wanted CS...text on a path ! Wish i had CS :(
Wendy
August 26th, 2005, 12:48 PM
Mary,

Thanks for the link. I have just tried it out and it works really well.

I didn't realise that if you do text on a path in Photoshop then it is still editable when it is opened in elements ...

The rest of the site looks good too .. I have bookmarked it :)

Wendy
Patricia Heere
August 26th, 2005, 03:26 PM
Thanks Mary.

That is a really good site. I have bookmarked it too. Also went to their colorizer thing. Really handy for choosing colors that will work together.

Pat
Wendy
August 26th, 2005, 04:10 PM
Jodi,

Text on a path is slow !! .. it needs a powerful machine :(. Its a bit like liquify when you do lots of big changes.


Wendy
CarolLHB
August 26th, 2005, 05:00 PM
Wendy or Jodi,
Where do you put this folder once it's been dowloaded? I read the instructions, but don't really understand how to use these.
Thanks,
Carol :oops:
Deborah
August 26th, 2005, 05:10 PM
What a great discovery Mary, Thank you :wink:

I'm with everyone else..I NEED more computer power
Deborah
August 26th, 2005, 05:12 PM
I'm in trouble.....after the download where do I add this?
holy moly I hate finding where to put things...
Wendy
August 26th, 2005, 05:20 PM
OK ...

... now don't panic :)

All you do is leave it in a folder ... somewhere handy. Then when you want to do text in a circle (or one of the other shapes) you just open up the file (just like you do any other image) and simply drag the layer onto your own image.

Then you will be able to edit the text just as thought you had typed it in yourself ...

Wendy
Deborah
August 26th, 2005, 05:47 PM
whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
all that panic for nothing, that one was do-able... 8)

many hugs Wendy
Thanks :wink:
Wendy
August 26th, 2005, 06:09 PM
Guess you got it to work then :lol: :lol: :lol:


Wendy
Jodi Frye
August 26th, 2005, 06:22 PM
Wendy, gee I didn't know that text on a path in CS is slow...I wonder how Paint Shopt Pro handles it... Anyone using PSP ?
Wendy
August 26th, 2005, 07:05 PM
Jodi,

It so slow that there have been workarounds invented ... like type the text in straight and then drag it onto the path.

Wendy
Jodi Frye
August 26th, 2005, 08:43 PM
Wendy, sounds like a plan ! ...for you...i don't have CS to play with :( ...can i cry some more ? :( :(

Santa does not love me.
GaryK
August 26th, 2005, 09:24 PM
Aaawwww Jodi

But we do
http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Lovehearts.gif

I know... but we won't get you CS for Christmas either :lol:
Wendy
August 27th, 2005, 04:08 AM
Jodi,

I only get to play with it because I do some restoration work for a photographer :)


Wendy
Pauline
April 21st, 2006, 09:53 AM
Well I watched hours and hours of Corel Draw videos and I can tell you that the way they do text to a path is so simple it's incredible. You can draw any scribbly path you want. The text is already typed and you just drag it over the path. It's still editable and you can reposition it whereever you want from side to side and up and down. You can even get rid of the path when you are done and just kept the text. A pretty impressive program all around. (yes, I'm itching to order it! :eek: )
cpittmx
April 21st, 2006, 12:03 PM
Will this not work with PSE4?
Carbone
April 21st, 2006, 12:14 PM
Pauline, another perk of CorelDraw.. ;)

Ray
Wendy
April 21st, 2006, 12:58 PM
Curt ...

This is a really old thread that Pauline has added a message to ... when it was started PSE4 wasn't around. It should work just fine in PSE4 :)

Wendy
sharlmitch
April 21st, 2006, 02:06 PM
Hi Wendy,

I just downloaded the curved text, I have it on my layout but when I start to type it shuts down PSE4 I am on a PC :confused:

Sharon
Wendy
April 21st, 2006, 03:22 PM
Hi Sharon ...

I am still using PSE3 so I am not able to check it out ... maybe one of the others will do a check for you :)


Wendy
Pauline
April 21st, 2006, 04:31 PM
Wendy, I never even noticed the date!! I guess I followed your link from the other thread and not even thinking replied to it! :rolleyes: Well it was a little hectic trying to play catch up today and I never really succeeded!
Wendy
April 21st, 2006, 06:17 PM
Pauline ...

Welcome back after all those Videos :) :)

Wendy
Pauline
April 21st, 2006, 06:26 PM
I think my head is still swimming with details!! I spent the afternoon sitting outside with my Bert book! (of course today wasn't near as nice as the past 2 days and now it's raining, but what can you do? ) Oh I know.............get some ideas for the scrapping contest........10 entries!! I won't have time to order new software. :D