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GRAPHIC DESIGN

Pencil It In

PHOTO EFFECTS

Basic Graduated Neutral

Density Filter

TEXT EFFECTS

The Sugar Bag Effect

Step 1

Here I have a nice little image from the iStockPhoto dollar bin. Id like to wrap test to the right of the hand pretty

closely but Photoshop doesnt come equipped with a text wrap feature like youd find in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe

InDesign. Although we cant literally "wrap" the text around the object, we can create a series of overlapping paths

that will act as a container for our text and thus allow us to pseudo-wrap the text to get the desired wrapping effect.

Step 2

The first order of business is to select the general area where our text will live, so lets grab the Rectangle tool fromthe Tools Palette, this is not the Rectangular Marquee tool, but rather the Rectangle tool found in the Custom

Shapes area of the Tools palette.

Wrapping Text Around An Object

In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to wrap text around an object like

you can in Illustrator or InDesign using simple paths and a little creativity...

well that plus a working knowledge of the pen tool.

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Step 3

Now we need to set the Path options, in the Options bar. Photoshop gives us 3 path options to choose from. From

left to right the options are to draw vector shapes, draw simple paths and draw pixel-based objects. We will be

using option number two (draw simple paths), so select that option from the Options bar.

Step 4

With the Rectangle tools options set, go ahead and click and drag out the main bounding box for the text. We will

be subtracting areas from this selection in the next few steps, so the important thing is to make sure that this box is

the right size for all the text to fit inside.

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Step 5

Notice that my rectangle encompass part of the hand and if we were to place text within the rectangle it obviously

wouldnt wrap around it. If the object we were going to wrap text around had been a ball or an apple the next step

would be much easier, but I wanted to show you a complex object because in the real world we dont often get to

work with perfect circles and squares.

To solve this problem Im going to go to the Tools palette again, this time to grab the Pen Tool.

Step 6

With the Pen tool selected, go up to the Options bar and make sure that the Simple Paths option is still selected.

While youre looking at the Options bar, look to the right where the 4 path overlap style icons live and choose the

one called Subtract From Path Area. (*note: if you leave your mouse over each icon, the tool tip will pop up to tell

you what each one does.)

Step 7

Using the pen tool, trace a nice area around the object, be sure to leave a little breathing room between the path

and the object unless you want your text to sit tightly against it. If you re not comfortable using the Pen tool, and

most folks arent, Id seriously recommend spending some quality time with the tool getting good with it. You d be

surprised how often this little baby comes in handy.

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Step 8

At this point it looks as if I have two separate paths living on the stage, the original rectangle and the newly drawn

outline of the hand, but a quick glance into the Paths palette shows us that the new path has indeed been

subtracted from the original path (look at the thumbnail next to the paths name).

Step 9

Select the Text tool from the Tools palette by pressing the T key, then choose the font, size and color from the

options bar as shown.

Step 10

To use the path Ive created as a container for my text, all I need to do is move my cursor anywhere inside the active

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path area. When I do that, my Type Tool cursor changes from having a dotted square outline around it to a dotted

elliptical outline, indicating that the path will become my text container if I click here and start typing.

Step 11You can see that as soon as text is placed inside the path area, the path automatically defines the space for all the

text.

Step 12

Ok, youre right, this has to be one of the ugliest finished products Ive posted but the technique is a valuable one

that Im sure youll find uses for often.

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22 Responses to Wrapping Text Around An Object

ChadFEBRUARY 16TH, 2008 AT 10:16 AM

I had no idea you could do this! Thanks for another great tutorial!

Denver Web DesignMARCH 14TH, 2008 AT 4:56 PM

Very very good tutorial. I didnt know you could do this! Itll save a lot of time

benMARCH 16TH, 2008 AT 2:27 PM

great tip, i was just wondering how to do this the other day

ReubenAPRIL 2ND, 2008 AT 12:34 PM

this is one of the best tip ever.. simple!

BTW, im trying to do my universitys year book with Photoshop CS3 is it

recommended? or is indesign or illustrator better?

Reuben

GarryJUNE 26TH, 2008 AT 1:56 PM

Thank you so much for this, it s been buging me for ages.

JohnJUNE 26TH, 2008 AT 8:36 PM

Not For Photoshop 7

HEROJUNE 26TH, 2008 AT 9:43 PM

JOHN,

With all due respect, Photoshop 7 was released in early 2002 and in the six (6) years

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since then Adobe has graced us with PS8, PS9, CS, CS2 and now CS3. Youre using

a version thats 6 generations old Perhaps its time for an upgrade?

Htoo Tay ZarJUNE 30TH, 2008 AT 4:56 AM

Ohh! Man Great Post, Thanks for this tip!!

BeariusJULY 15TH, 2008 AT 9:32 AM

I can always count on your site to find the answers to my design questions. Thanks for

all the great work Hero!!!!

HEROJULY 15TH, 2008 AT 9:39 AM

BEARIUS,

Im glad you found what you were looking for! Im always stoked to hear that what Im

doing here helps!

BoomtasticJULY 21ST, 2008 AT 9:31 PM

Wow one word describes the jer right now.

STOKED!

erikSEPTEMBER 2ND, 2008 AT 3:41 PM

Awesome! I just started using photoshop for a course I am taking at college- I have

done almost every tutorial you have on your site and I already feel way ahead of the

class thanks to your tutorials. Thanks!

Keep it up!

YUSRIEOCTOBER 18TH, 2008 AT 11:12 AM

thanks. i have looking so long how to make like thisawesome !!

pearlieDECEMBER 2ND, 2008 AT 6:57 PM

I just stumbled upon this site, and this is only the second tut Ive read, but I have

already bookmarked the site. Thanks so much -I also had no idea you could wrap in

photoshop! Very cool. Im an oldfashioned Quark fan, and still fairly new to ps, so this

is a great trick to know.

BellatrixDECEMBER 21ST, 2008 AT 12:16 PM

Great post!!! Never thought of something like this, before when I had to wrap textaround an image I would work the image first in Photoshop and then add the text in

inDesignblah!

Great! Many thanks!

Bellatrix

BeckyJANUARY 3RD, 2009 AT 8:54 AM

Great tutorial. I will be sharing your website with others. I knew how to do this in

InDesign, and in PS how to put text inside a shape. But this is just what I needed

today, THANKS!

ChardMARCH 5TH, 2009 AT 8:40 PM

Nice! is there a way to do this a website without using photoshop? maybie css?

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CHARD, There is a way to do this with a CSS and image float combo routine in CSS,

but its a little hokey and isnt always appropriate. The theory is to slice your image into

small horizontal pieces, each only wide enough to encompass your graphic, then float

them left or right in your paragraph so that the text is forced to conform to the varying

edge profiles.

Like I said, possible, but a cheezy workaround at best right now and you still wont get

the same smooth effect that the Photoshop method will.

DENNISJULY 19TH, 2009 AT 3:31 AM

I always used to do these things with indesign, but this like really suprising to me. I

know about the type tool but i had no idea you could also use it in a vertical way..

guess it never came up in me to try it out.

Thanks for the great tutorials Hero!

SamiraAUGUST 29TH, 2009 AT 12 :19 PM

Great tutorial! I now know how to use the pen tool!

James Montealegre - Freelance Web DeveloperAPRIL 9TH, 2010 AT 9:49 PM

Useful tip. A great solution for wrapping the text in PS. I use to it via the CSS, now I can

draft a design with text within Photoshop.

Great tutorial.

James

Denise WestonJULY 28TH, 2011 AT 8:35 PM

Brilliant tutorial! Thanks!

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