Does anyone now how to make letters conform to a selection?
I'm trying to make two letters 'C' and 'O' like form the shame of a circle.
I want to somehow make a circular selection with the marque tool and then have the C and O be touchign all the edges of the selection
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<strong>It seems to me that this would be a lot easier in Illustrator. Is what you want to do distort the shape of the letters in order to curve around with the cirlce?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hm, I suppose I coudl use illustrator...and I was going to sillily delete it off my machine cuz i thought I didn't need it.
So just exactly HOW do you do it?
<strong>Do you mean you want the C & O to be inside the circle & the outer edges form the circle?</strong><hr></blockquote>
this sounds exacly right
alternative tool suggestion:
streamline (line/font editor)
illustrator method:
import background tracing or draw selected shape,
select approximate font, type letters,
convert to outlines, select bezier points on letters,
deform to fit background shape, repeat, export (as paths if needed)
<a href="http://www.illustrator-resources.com"; target="_blank">www.illustrator-resources.com</a> may have tutorials
if you've exported illustrator paths, you'll be able to modify the bezier points in photoshop using the pen tools (precision control is better in illustrator), use the paths to make selections and masks, and add fill patterns, gradients, etc to the selected shapes
photoshop (um, what version) alternative method:
multiple layer construction method
(test on new file w/ transparent background for best effect)
background layer same as actual file (for reference)
above that a text layer with your O
(if v6 or 7, may get text options/adjustment layer directly)
use either the distort functions or the filters for polar displace, ripple, spherical lens, etc to warp your O until it's close to the shape you want
perhaps above this you put a layer of masked selection, or maybe a gradient highlight if a metallic reflection off the overall ring shape is desired
above that another text layer with your C
similarly distort/filter the C layer until it fits
(try swapping the layer order of C and O to fine adjust the look)
add a top layer of mild gaussian blur or unsharp mask to smooth the pixels for better anti-aliasing
save a copy of the unflattened file (in case later you want to change font or colour, but would like to recreate everything else exactly)
remove your background layer to transparent
flatten, select, copy and paste into a new layer on your original document
et voila, tu fait accompli
or not, if that wasn't the effect you wanted
[ 08-22-2002: Message edited by: curiousuburb ]</p>