When Photoshop CS was launched one of the biggest improvements was its ability to handle text – at last it was possible to make a path, and get the text to follow that path. However, if you’d like to make your text into a circle, and don’t have CS do give this very simple tutorial a try.

First, make a new document, with your favourite colour as a background; I made mine 700 x 700 pixels, 200 d.p.i.

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Then type whatever words you would like to make your circle, position it fairly centrally on your document.

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Now hold down your shift key (to constrain the selection to a square) and make a square selection around the text.

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Now, click, Filter> Distort > Polar Coordinates, and click “Yes” when you are prompted to rasterize.

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Make sure that the Rectangular to Polar is selected and click OK.

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There you are – it is as easy as that!

I have seen other ways of making text in a circle but this one is so simple – I saw it as a tip from Element K Journals – click to subscribe to their informative, free Photoshop tips.

Have fun,
Meryl