Text around arc tutorial

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

doesnt seem to want to work in mac LOL

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

akky wrote:

doesnt seem to want to work in mac LOL

thats unfortunate

so as an alternative, call up the flip tool, make sure its set to path and flip your circular path horizontally
then do as described in my previous description

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

There is a script for circular text and it works fine except for one thing..the lower part of the text is to be read upside down...not really what I wanted. If I can just get the ALWAYS so that it can be read right way up I'd be happy

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

I have a few python plugins/scripts which work fine but not all sadly

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

akky wrote:

There is a script for circular text and it works fine except for one thing..the lower part of the text is to be read upside down...not really what I wanted. If I can just get the ALWAYS so that it can be read right way up I'd be happy

that one is slightly tricky

create your path and put 'Our Best' on it
create a second path, that touches the outer edges of your text, then flip it
put 'Always' on that path

its easier to do with ofnuts plug-in, because you can make the path go through the middle of the text, which means you will only need one circular path

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

I've got the plug in placed where al the other python plug ins are, but I cant even find it in any of the lists that come up...would be great if there was something in G'mic for it also...I'll have a crack at it Esper...thanks again for your help

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4757

akky wrote:

I've got the plug in placed where al the other python plug ins are, but I cant even find it in any of the lists that come up...would be great if there was something in G'mic for it also...I'll have a crack at it Esper...thanks again for your help

If this is my plugin, to see the menu you have to go to the Paths list, right-click the path that will act as a guide, and then in the pop-up menu go to Tools>Text along path.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

ofnuts wrote:

If this is my plugin, to see the menu you have to go to the Paths list, right-click the path that will act as a guide, and then in the pop-up menu go to Tools>Text along path.

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 1:16 pm **(#69)**

Thank you again Molly and thanks to everybody who have helped to do everything easier. :jumpclap

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

You are welcome Issabella, really nice job.

Marcello · **Joined:** Mar 10, 2014 **Posts:** 845

maybe now is right?

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

@Issabella: beautiful bevelled text !

@Marcello: the lower text is not 100% aligned but i think the whole design is fantastic !
especially like the oxeye-daisy-pattern, with the green circle and the outer bevel
best thing i've seen from you so far !

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Nice job Marcello.

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 4:40 pm **(#74)**

The simplified instructions are nice and easy to follow. Getting the lower one to be right I think needs to have the path flipped before the text goes onto it, which I don't know how to do. I usually just make a new arc path following the same as the circle would have been.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

2-ton wrote:

Getting the lower one to be right I think needs to have the path flipped before the text goes onto it, which I don't know how to do.

use the flip tool, set to path

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 4:57 pm **(#76)**

This is how I cheat….making a visual of the path on a separate layer and then making an arc path over it. Hard to line up perfectly but it's the only way I could come up with it on my own.

I thought I did try to flip the path but only the background flipped…Now I have to try it again, lol.
*now I know what I did wrong, I used edit layer flip instead of the select tool, duh. Thanks for steering me correctly…this is doing it the proper flip tool way!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

2-ton wrote:

I thought I did try to flip the path but only the background flipped…Now I have to try it again, lol.
*now I know what I did wrong, I used edit layer flip instead of the select tool, duh. Thanks for steering me correctly…this is doing it the proper flip tool way!

to be fair, molly's tutorial is pretty clear about the flip tool set to path :mrgreen:

love your strawberry globe text image !

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 9:44 pm **(#78)**

It's Molly's, she made it.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Yes 2-ton, it was mine. I thought it was pretty clear but maybe a little confusing where the flip was supposed to be done. It has to be in the path mode to do that. Anyway, your results are great.

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

Thanks for the help with this to all of you. I finally got the idea happening...Found a youtube video which I'll share with you and it all made sense with that...basically the same as Molly's tutorial...but made easier because I could see what was happening. He also has a part 2 which deals with the flip text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08RrdIQ99s

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