Lesson 14 - Text on a Curve

This is an advanced Class, but should be simple enough for anyone who has completed Beginner classes 1-4. As always the instructions are for PSP 9 and changes for PSP XI in Blue.

Open a new image 400 X 100, transparent background.

Click on your draw tool

(Pen tool) Set the foreground color to black and background color to transparent or (null).

Depending on which version you use, the settings will look a little different but you will be able to make these adjustments. Choose the FreeHand option, Set Width to 2, make sure the AntiAlias button is checked and the Create on a Vector is also checked. See Above:

Now draw a curving line in the image like this:

Now change your foreground color to transparent and the background color to one of your choice, I will use red for this example. Chose your Text Tool

then move your cursor over the wavy line you have just drawn until the cursor changes into an "A" with a smile under it.

when you see the smiling A click once. Your text box will open and now you can add any text you like

using a font of your choice. Make sure that you have create on a Vector (Create as Vector) clicked as well as anti-alias (smooth) box clicked.

Your text should be following the curved line as in the picture above. To remove the drawn line go to the layer palette on the right of you workspace. (Find the line layer and click on eye icon next to it)

Click on the + next to upper layer, you will have two sublayers, one will be the curved path, the other text we wrote. Click on the eye icon next to the curved path, the line appears to be gone, it is actually still there until we merge the layers, so go to Layers / Merge / Merge Visible (which allows for the transparency) and all that will be left is the curvy text. See Below:

Here is my final image.

Have Fun!

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