Fit Text in a Shape

hi! this is really cool! im not so good at photoshop and you helped me alot ;D that's so cool!! thank you heheh :D

GREAT HELP, BUT IS THERE A WAY I COULD PUT THE TEXT IN TO MY OWN IMAGE SUCH AS AN 08

Yes CHARLES, if you could turn your image to a shape maybe using the pen tool.

its not working for me... when i right click, it doesnt show me the make work path option, i hae CS3.... does that matter? or am i a little slow?

I had real problems getting this to work. I have CS3. Did you do this in a previous version? Every time I right clicked and chose CREATE WORK PATH and with the text tool selected... my shape selection disappeared.

This tutorial was done on Photoshop CS2, I don't have CS3. May be other visitors will tell us if it's the same in Photoshop CS3. What I can say now is make sure you have the shape layer selected and you right click INSIDE your selection before choosing "Make Work Path".

Well, somehow when I went back to try it today....it worked. However, I didn't have to go through all of the trouble of deleting the shape layer and creating a work path. I just clicked on the border and hit the text tool and it did it all for me. CS3 must have made a few shortcuts. It is frustrating though when you have to get up and wait til the next day before your computer wants to do what you need it to do... haha

This looks great but I have Photoshop 7. It doesn't seem to work with. Not compatable with Photoshop 7?

yes, it's work same in cs3

Doesn't seem to work in Photoshop 7. I don't get the different looking text cursor like in the picture. Unless I'm doing something worng but as far as I can tell I'm following all the instructions!

I see your text sits on the inside of the image. HOw do you do this? When I right click on the inside, my text always frames the outside. I want my text to follow the image but read from left to right, not right to left.

Follow step 8 in this tutorial, click anywhere inside your shape (left click not right click)and choose left alignment from the top tool bar.

You need to do some screen shots of your instructions to make it easier to follow. It isn't always clear what you are trying to get across.

To Dean, I'm trying my best, just tell me which steps need screen shots and I will gladly add them.

In step four im really stuck like can you please help me out there because when i go and click to delete it it delted everything.Help!

To Mimi, you can add a new white blank layer before doing the fourth step, after you Ctrl + click the shape layer just delete it! You should have a selection with the heart shape (or whatever shape you chosen) on the new layer you have added previously.

is this tutorial not applicable to ps7 ???

Any response as to why this feature is not working in Photoshop 7? My cursor doesn't change. And when I attempt to type it just types in a straight line...not alone the path of the shape.

I don't have Photoshop 7 to try it with, but from many comments, I don't think this is working on Photoshop 7

THANKS TO YOUR TUTORIAL, I LEARNED A LOT IT IS EASY THAN I THOUGHT. THIS IS A BIG HELP TO THE BEGINNER LIKE ME JUST KEEP IT COOL AND SHOW MORE TUTORIAL HEHEHEHEHEHEHE THANKS A LOT.... JUST USE CS2 OR CS3, IT IS COMPATIBLE THAN THE OTHER LOWER VERSION

mine just goes through the shape. http://i39.tinypic.com/2zs8uq0.jpg I want it to only write in the black.

This is a great tutorial. I can only get my text to follow the outside of the border. I\'d like my text to follow the inside of the border and still go around the edge but be the right way up and read from left to right. Currently the cursor always goes outside and my text is great at the top of the shape but upside down at the bottom. Any clues as to how to do this please?

Interesting how NO ONE has responded to people saying that thjis doesn't work with photoshop 7. I have tried every possible scenario and it doesn't work with 7.

NO ONE has responded? All the users who have Photoshop 7 have responded saying it does not work with Photoshop 7. This looks like a response to me :)

CHARLES u can make a mask of your picture by selecting it with the magic wand ...then follow this^ tut from stage's 4 onwards :)