Re: Photoshop questions...

At 14:09 3/21/98 -0500, Tom Byrum wrote:
>Greets all, just a quick question here... is there a way of curving text
>in photoshop, so as to put it inside the circumference of a circle? Or a
>plugin?

Here's some information from the Adobe site.
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Looking for a way to set type on an ellipse or circle?
Certainly the best way is to set it up in a drawing program such as Adobe
Illustrator and then import it into Photoshop. However, you can get some
interesting effects in Photoshop. Try this:

Set a line of type, select it using the rectangular-marquee tool,
then run the Polar Coordinates filter (choose "Polar Coordinates ..." from
the Distort submenu on the Filters menu; in the "Polar Coordinates" dialog
box, choose the "Rectangular to Polar" option and click "OK").

Your type will be distorted around a circular or elliptical shape,
with the exact effect depending on the shape of the selection you chose.
You may need to experiment a bit to achieve predictable results, the range
of effects is limited, and the type itself becomes distorted (a result
you can avoid when putting type on a path in Illustrator). But with a
little
creative play, you can get some pretty interesting results.

Reprinted from Adobe Magazine
http://www.adobe.com/publications/adobemag/main.html

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