BEZIER CURVE

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We're going to use the Bezier curve to create text on a path

Open a new image, I made mine 500x500 because I like to have a lot of room

Make sure you have a colour selected in your top styles box and that your bottom styles box is set to null (no colour, pattern or gradient)

Click on your Draw Tool and in your tool options box choose Bezier Curve and in the line style, choose solid

I had my width set on 4 and make sure Create As Vector is ticked.

Now, on your new canvas draw a line from one side to the other. It won't be a solid line yet, it will look like a a thin, narrow box.

Move your mouse to any point on the line and press your left mouse button, a line coming from the main line will appear. Drag the line down and you will see the main line will change shape

Move your mouse to another point and drag the line up this time

When you let go of the second line you will see this (but obviously your line will different from mine!)

Now click on your Text Tool. Move you mouse so it touches the line you drew and you will see your text tool changes from an A to an A with a curved line under it. Press your left mouse button and your text entry box will open

Type in your text, choose your size and font style and make sure Anti alias and floating are ticked

Click ok

Your text will now be on your curved line

Go to your layer palette and right click on the Floating selection layer and choose Promote To Raster Layer

Still in your layer palette, right click on the Bezier Curve layer and Delete

Crop your image and you're done :o)

If you have any questions

Tutorial written by Shell © 2003