Deft's templates re: Creating concave text in Photoshop

perezh · 04-08-2003, 04:34 PM

If anyone could help it would be much appreciated...

I'm using Deft's photoshop templates and just wanted some help in creating the very common concave shaped text names that you see emblazoned across all sorts of baseball uniforms. I'm fairly new to Photoshop and have the feeling it'll be an easy answer for some of you pros.

Thanks very much.

Treches · 04-08-2003, 04:43 PM

Write the text down, right-click on it, Warp text. If you aren't too familiar with Photoshop, that's the way to go.

perezh · 04-08-2003, 04:57 PM

I can't get that to work. I'm using Photoshop 5.5, in case it matters.

Once I write the text, press enter and right click, it gives me a list of layers to select. If I right click on the text itself after I've moved it, it gives me the following options:

Edit Type
Render Layer
Horizontal
Vertical, and
Effects

Nothing in any of these menus looks like "warp text."

Treches · 04-08-2003, 05:17 PM

Oh, in 5.5 the thing is more tricky. Type your text, render (layer-type-render layer), then rotate the image 90° (image-rotate canvas, 90° cw), make the text layer active and pick filter-distort-shear, click on the line that shows up and move it as needed, finally rotate the canvas again (90° ccw).

Deft · 04-09-2003, 09:17 AM

Thanks Treches! I think you meant filters-distort-sphere. Another couple options are:
1) Use word art in Word and then copy your work and paste it into Photoshop.
2) Use transformation/distort, this gives you more control over the text.

Treches · 04-09-2003, 11:13 AM

No prob, my pleasure. It's been long since I last used Photoshop 5.5, but that feature still is in the new versions (personally, I prefer to use that better than the Warp Text's one) and it certainly is shear not sphere (under filters>distort). It may be sphere in 5.5, can't recall now.

04-08-2003, 04:34 PM	#1
perezh Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 38	Deft's templates re: Creating concave text in Photoshop If anyone could help it would be much appreciated... I'm using Deft's photoshop templates and just wanted some help in creating the very common concave shaped text names that you see emblazoned across all sorts of baseball uniforms. I'm fairly new to Photoshop and have the feeling it'll be an easy answer for some of you pros. Thanks very much.

04-08-2003, 04:43 PM	#2
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	Write the text down, right-click on it, Warp text. If you aren't too familiar with Photoshop, that's the way to go. __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-08-2003, 05:17 PM	#4
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	Oh, in 5.5 the thing is more tricky. Type your text, render (layer-type-render layer), then rotate the image 90° (image-rotate canvas, 90° cw), make the text layer active and pick filter-distort-shear, click on the line that shows up and move it as needed, finally rotate the canvas again (90° ccw). __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-09-2003, 09:17 AM	#5
Deft All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,117	Thanks Treches! I think you meant filters-distort-sphere. Another couple options are: 1) Use word art in Word and then copy your work and paste it into Photoshop. 2) Use transformation/distort, this gives you more control over the text. __________________ ATHL Louisville Jockeys (2001-present) 2002, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 World Champions Uniform Template 1.2 Last edited by Deft; 04-09-2003 at 09:22 AM.

04-09-2003, 11:13 AM	#6
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	No prob, my pleasure. It's been long since I last used Photoshop 5.5, but that feature still is in the new versions (personally, I prefer to use that better than the Warp Text's one) and it certainly is shear not sphere (under filters>distort). It may be sphere in 5.5, can't recall now. __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-08-2003, 04:57 PM	#3
perezh Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 38	I can't get that to work. I'm using Photoshop 5.5, in case it matters. Once I write the text, press enter and right click, it gives me a list of layers to select. If I right click on the text itself after I've moved it, it gives me the following options: Edit Type Render Layer Horizontal Vertical, and Effects Nothing in any of these menus looks like "warp text."