39 Comments

1. 

   Sharon on November 23, 2009 at 1:49 pm

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

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   Antonio on November 29, 2009 at 9:35 pm

   Very good!!

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   Emily on March 5, 2010 at 8:31 pm

   Thank you very helpful and a pretty cute video 🙂

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   Sergio on June 1, 2010 at 11:02 pm

   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?

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   Canton on June 1, 2010 at 11:13 pm

   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.

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   Ria on January 6, 2011 at 5:50 pm

   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

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   jacob on April 6, 2011 at 1:30 pm

   awesome video :)thanks!!

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   Kalponik on August 4, 2011 at 12:00 am

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

9. 

   Pam on August 5, 2011 at 1:30 pm

   THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! XOXOX

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    Ghanie on August 10, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    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.

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    Ghanie on August 10, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    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 on August 22, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    Thankyou 🙂

13. 

    TheSlym on October 10, 2011 at 6:02 am

    Thank you for this solution 😀

14. 

    Maran Hkun Seng on October 12, 2011 at 11:09 am

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

15. 

    VinylThreads on December 7, 2011 at 2:45 am

    You are F@#%&*% Awesome !

    Thank you !

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    Miss M on December 22, 2011 at 12:49 am

    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 on December 29, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    brilliant!!

18. 

    Chris on January 24, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    Helpful, thank you!

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    Vinny on February 1, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    Thank you! Very Quick and to the point!

20. 

    Bobo on February 20, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    I can’t tell you how many years i have wished i could do this…and never found a way to make it happen…you are brilliant. thanks.

21. 

    Paul on April 5, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    How did you get rid of the path lines after adding the text?

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    Canton on April 5, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Hi Paul —

    Good question. To get rid of the path lines just select a different layer, or hit command-H (view menu: extras hide/nohide)

23. 

    Norja Vanderelst on April 24, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks! That made it easy!

24. 

    Margaret Willmer on April 30, 2012 at 4:57 pm

    Many thanks

25. 

    Dan Knapp on May 9, 2012 at 12:28 am

    That was great – no more switching over to InDesign for this! Thanks!

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    Gaby on July 11, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    YOU HAVE MADE MY DAYYYY!!!!!!!!! 😀

27. 

    Oli on August 15, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I’ve been wondering if you could do this for years! Now I’ve learned how in under 2 mins. Thank you!

28. 

    Andre on August 19, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    Thanks a lot! Really helpful! 🙂

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    joanna on August 23, 2012 at 9:59 am

    thanks very much! do you know if it’s possible to wrap text around a more complicated shape, for example around larger text? thanks

30. 

    ABK on August 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Thanks a ton! Very helpful tutorial!

31. 

    Lydia Malcolm on September 20, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Thank you so much for posting this. I ‘m having to design a brochure in Photoshop and could not figure out how to add photos with a text wrap.
    It worked like a charm.

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    AO on November 30, 2012 at 5:34 am

    thank you so much! i was slaving away for hours trying to figure out what to do. this tutorial was a saving grace!

33. 

    LF on January 23, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Awesome tutorial, straight to the point!

34. 

    Jenise Walker on February 10, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks so much! You just saved me so much time!

35. 

    Rio Ramirez on October 31, 2013 at 12:15 am

    Although this little gem is several years old, it still sparkles! Thank you very much for posting this. You know, you could charge $5 per view and you’d make a killing.

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    Alias M&D on January 10, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    Great tip, thanks for sharing !!

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    Aaron on February 4, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Quick and easy video demo, you’re Awesome! Thanks!

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    Jamie on May 8, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    Thanks so much for the video!
    I’m running into a slight issue though- I am following the video exactly, and when it’s time to add text, the subtracted path I’ve drawn disappears. Am I missing a step somewhere?

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    Melissa on January 20, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    Any chance you can show us how to do it in Photoshop CC?