words around a picture

[Judi]

I saw someone's scrapbook page where they had words framing a picture. The words were describing the scene in the photo and followed the outline of the picture exactly. How do you do that?:confused:

[Alyson]

If you have the full version of PS you can create a path around the picture. If you have elements, you just have to create 2 to 4 (depending on how many sides of the picture you want text on) different text boxes and rotate them into different positions around the picture. I hope that makes sense.

If you have the full version, there's a tutorial here (http://forum.digitalscrapbookmemories.com/showthread.php?t=1019)to create a path of a shape (this one is for a path around type/letters, but it works for any shape).

For simple shapes you can also do it this way.
1. Select the shape tool.
2. In the menu bar (at the top) select the paths tool. In the picture below it is the item marked by a the #1. It may be hard to see, it looks like a box with a pen tip inside.
3. Select the text tool
4. When you drag the text tool over the path it shows a little uneven line below the text tool. In the picture below it is the object next to the #2. If you click on the line, when you type the text follows the path. You can also type within a shape by clicking within a path. When you are inside the path, the text tool shows a circle under it.

I hope this helps and is understandable. Click on the picture below to see a bigger image.

[April]

Alyson! You are the best! Thank you!