Curvy Text

This is using PSP 9 or higher, some of the earlier versions don't work quite the same with text. You may have to look at your owners manual for specifics.

Open up a blank image 480 px wide x 240 px high. White background.

Using the Ellipse Tool, Part of the Shapes Tool as follows:

Making sure that you have "Create on Vector" checked.

Choosing a color for your foreground color and making sure that your background color is transparent or Null, like this:

Then we are going to draw an outline of a circle placing it where you want the text to go. as below:

Now we are going to create another layer over that, Click on Layers/New Raster Layer a box will come up click OK without changing anything in the box.

Using the text tool choose a font and size that you want for your drawing and then using your mouse find an area around the circle in the drawing to place the text.

When it is in the correct area the cursor will change to a

cross with the letter A and a semi-circle underneath.

This means that your text will now lie on a curve. Type

in your text and click the left mouse button. Your Text should now be placed along the curve we made earlier.

Looking similar to this:

You may have to play with the placement to get it just right. Once your text is placed where you want it, we can now remove the Curve below.

On the Layer Palette you will find three layers, Background layer, our original layer, Vector 1 layer, this is the curve and Raster 1 layer which is our text. Click on the Eye icon next to the Vector Layer, now we can only see the Background layer and the Text layer. Like This:

Now all that is left is to Merge the layers, go to Layers/Merge/Merge All. You have completed the text on a curve. Your image should look similar to this:

Crop it down and save it and it will look something like this!

Have Fun!