
It appears that our text path is too large and the text isn’t centered with the badge. As you’re dragging, you can hold the Shift key if you want to position the points perfectly in the center.

Your cursor should change to a text cursor with two arrows.

Switch to the Path Selection Tool then drag the point to reposition your text. First, to position the text in the center, you can adjust the start and stop points. We have our text, but it’s not quite aligned. If you want your text centered, remember to set it in the options bar. When you hover over the path, your cursor should change to a text cursor with a curved line across it. Next, switch to the Text tool (T) then click anywhere on the path. To reposition the path, switch to the Path Selection tool and drag the path. You can hold the Shift key while dragging to get a perfect circle (or square/polygon if you are using another shape tool).

In the options bar located below your Photoshop menu, click on the dropdown menu and select Path.ĭraw a path on your document. For our image, the Ellipse tool is the most suitable choice. You can pick any shape you like or use the Pen tool (P) to draw your own path that your text will follow. Step 1įirst, select the Ellipse tool from your toolbar. The proper way is to create a vector path then add your text to the path. The Warp Text tool should only be used for warping the shape of your text such as making it bulge, pinched, etc. This tool can be found in the options bar when you have your Text tool selected and it can be quick and easy, but the results are amateur.

Don’t use the Warp Text toolįirst of all, never create curved text with the Warp Text tool. Here’s another example with just plain text to better show how the text gets deformed. At first glance, they both look the same but look closely at the text and you can see that the left-image text is deformed (letters upper-half are enlarged). Have a look at the two badges below - the one on the left was curved with the Warp Text tool while the other was created on a curved path.
