2.12 Text effects – curved path

Text effects are easy in Photoshop — 

  1. Click on the text tool and  find the text path dialogue box in the options menu at the top of the screen, 
  2. Pull down for your text style. Here we have an Arc style.
  3. After you set the arc, you can apply the kinds of text effects we did in 2.10.

Photoshop text layer effects

Photopea.com 

  1. Photopea operates like Photoshop, and is much better for text effects than Gimp. It is also free to use and operates on a remote server.  Just log in to Photopea.com 
  2. Once you’ve written your text, click on the text tool and a text   dialogue box opens. You can have drop shadows and bevels and other effects very easily. 
  3. To arc your text, click on the text tool and highlight the text. Then click on “Warp”  in the options menu at the top right of the screen.  
  4. Pull down for your text style. Here we have an Arc style.