Distorting text to fit within a shape outline

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Alan_Tonn
Sep 3, 2006
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am looking to do something similar, but I want the text to change shape. for example I want the text to fit into a semi oval shape. is that something that has to be done in illustrator?

have a picture of a man with a Mexican sombrero that I want to fit text on to. is there any way to do that?
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chrisjbirchall
Sep 3, 2006
Posting tip:

Starting a paragraph with a lower case (i) will set the text to italic.

You have 30 minutes to edit after making a post.
JJ
John Joslin
Sep 3, 2006
Alan

You can do what you want using the same technique.

In fact when I originally posted the solution it was for just what you want.

<http://imageshack.us>
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stevent
Sep 4, 2006
John, I think he actually wants to distort the text into the shape of the hat – I think.
JJ
John Joslin
Sep 4, 2006
Maybe the Displace filter then?
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Gary Wedemayer
Sep 4, 2006
Alan:
Check out these two tutorials:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/text-wrap .html

http://www.wacom.com/tips/tip.cfm?ID=56&STEP=8&categ ory=Photoshop

In the second link, you don’t need to use a Wacom tablet– just play around with the Brush tool

Cheers!
—garywed

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:33:40 -0700, wrote:

am looking to do something similar, but I want the text to change shape. for example I want the text to fit into a semi oval shape. is that something that has to be done in illustrator?

have a picture of a man with a Mexican sombrero that I want to fit text on to. is there any way to do that?
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Alan_Tonn
Sep 4, 2006
actually we used a mesh and just bent the text to what we needed. and yeah we were trying to fill a shape, like the heart so that the words seemed to conform to it, not a paragraph within.

thanks anyways guys. 🙂

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