Creating Curved text

by Porshiana

• Open you psp, and make sure you have tool options and layer pallette available
• Open a new file 400 x 400
• Choose the draw tool
• Under tool options chose bezier curve width 1
• Antialias and Vector CHECKED. Close Path NOT checked
• Make sure you have your fill color set to null, stroke to any color
• Draw a line across the center of your page like so 
• Click away from your line, above the left side
   
• The first click decides the left side of your curve
   
• Click above the right SIDE of your line and make it curve more. 
   
• You will see your curve take shape like so 
   
• Now you have an editing box around your curve
• Use this to alter your curve to your liking

• Chose the text tool
• Choose the colors you want to use for your text
• Move your mouse over the vector line, and when the cursor turns into the letter "A" with a curve under it, click.
• In the text dialog box choose size 36, center, vector, and antialias
• Type the text you want, and choose ok

• Chose the object select tool
• Click on a blank area. Nothing should be selected now
• Click directly on the text, and it should be selected now
• RIGHT-CLICK on the text, and choose "Convert Text to Curves> As Single Shape"
• Click on the curved line. Click the delete key or EDIT> CLEAR
• This will make the line disappear, but you should still have the curved text
• Go to layers, and convert to raster layer

• Go to effects> 3d effects>inner bevel
• Choose one you like, I chose angled
• Now go to effects>3d effects>drop shadow
• Add a shadow to your text if you like

• Go to the top and choose Layers>New vector layer
• Choose the preset shapes tool
• Under tool options chose elipse, line width 1, retain style UNCHECKED vector and antialias checked
• drag you mouse to create an elipse
   
• Then move and deform your elipse until it fits as well as you can fit it beneath the text
• Chose the object selector
• Under tool options chose node edit
• Drag the elipse upwards until it aligns with the bottom of your text
• now choose the bottom node
• Notice the arrow on this node?
   
• Move one end up like this
   
• Move the other arrow until you get the shape you want 
• Now change this layer into a raster layer and bevel and drop shadow on it .
   

• .Additional nodes steared in different directions