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Tutorial: How to wrap text around an image in Photoshop (Video)

I just recorded a quick screencast video tutorial for a colleague on how to use paths or shapes to wrap text to avoid objects or circumscribe shapes (circles, etc.) using Photoshop. This is something more often done in Illustrator, but PS does the job pretty well too.

When mocking up websites in Photoshop, this is a great way to illustrate how text will flow around an inline image.

(Click here to watch. 1 min 35 sec)

 

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18 comments

1. Sharon posted on November 23, 2009:

   This was awesome. You made it simple to understand. I have been searching for how to do this. Everyone else made it complicated.

2. Antonio posted on November 29, 2009:

   Very good!!

3. Emily posted on March 5, 2010:

   Thank you very helpful and a pretty cute video

4. Sergio posted on June 1, 2010:

   Once I select the text tool, when I hover on a path the cursor should change from a square shape to a round one allowing me, when click on the shape, to type text inside it. My cursor simply doesn’t change and when I click on the shape, a new text layer totally independent from the shape is created.
   Any idea why and what to do?

5. Canton posted on June 1, 2010:

   Hi Sergio,
   Is it possible you’re creating shapes and not shape paths or simply paths? As long as the shape you’ve made is a path, then the text tool should behave differently. Also it makes a difference whether you click inside the shape or on the border of the shape.

6. Ria posted on January 6, 2011:

   Hi! I have the same problem as Sergio. I can see the active path but whenever I put the text, it creates a different layer. I’m using Photoshop CE 7. I’m not sure if it has an entirely different command.

   Thanks

7. jacob posted on April 6, 2011:

   awesome video thanks!!

8. Kalponik posted on August 4, 2011:

   Awesome man, Nice work, its very easy to do it… thnX a lot….

9. Pam posted on August 5, 2011:

   THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! XOXOX

10. Ghanie posted on August 10, 2011:

    Is there a reason this would not work with CS5? I created the shape correctly and pasted my text within the frame but the text will not avoid the cut-out part.

11. Ghanie posted on August 10, 2011:

    Oh wait, it does work when the cut-out is in a corner or on the side … any tips on allowing a cut-out in the middle like a doughnut?

12. Jamie posted on August 22, 2011:

    Thankyou

13. TheSlym posted on October 10, 2011:

    Thank you for this solution

14. Maran Hkun Seng posted on October 12, 2011:

    Thanks!!! That’s very useful for my work =)

15. VinylThreads posted on December 7, 2011:

    You are F@#%&*% Awesome !

    Thank you !

16. Miss M posted on December 22, 2011:

    I experimented with your method and found this:

    1. Click on the surrounding area of the object you want to text-wrap with the magic wand
    2. Go up to the file bar and click on “inverse” under the category “select”
    3. Right-click inside the selected object and click “make work path” (a little bar will pop up asking you about the width of the path. the standard is 2.0 – that’s fine)
    4. Click on the text tool and hover over the work path. the straight line will turn squiggly.
    5. When you click the work path, just start typing. the text will automatically follow the work path

17. Janine posted on December 29, 2011:

    brilliant!!

18. Chris posted on January 24, 2012:

    Helpful, thank you!

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