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Gerald Webb · October 12th, 2010, 03:01 AM

hi guys, well this is a bit embarrassing,
how can you curve some text around a shield?
not round a world, Universal style, I can do that, lol,
just around a police shield.
been playing with this for half hour and cant get it.

Robert Young · October 12th, 2010, 04:37 PM

I usually build that sort of graphic in Photoshop (you can type text on curves, etc.), then import the elements into AE. There may be a way to do it in AE, but it's certainly easy in PS :)

Gregory Gesch · October 12th, 2010, 06:55 PM

Hi Gerald. With your text layer selected draw a path with your pen tool (or copy/paste the path if you have one already). Twirl open your text layer and in Path Options select the mask - you can also align it etc. Hope that helps.

Gerald Webb · October 12th, 2010, 10:47 PM

thanks guys,
yeah worked it out shortly after posting, tried the pen tool, but ended up going with creating a shape mask and using that as a text path.
worked perfect.
amazing though, i thought i was going alright with AFX, and then BAM!
feel like a newb again! lol

October 12th, 2010, 03:01 AM	#1
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Arched text in AFX hi guys, well this is a bit embarrassing, how can you curve some text around a shield? not round a world, Universal style, I can do that, lol, just around a police shield. been playing with this for half hour and cant get it. __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo

October 12th, 2010, 04:37 PM	#2
Robert Young Trustee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coronado Island Posts: 1,472	I usually build that sort of graphic in Photoshop (you can type text on curves, etc.), then import the elements into AE. There may be a way to do it in AE, but it's certainly easy in PS :) __________________ Bob

October 12th, 2010, 10:47 PM	#4
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	thanks guys, yeah worked it out shortly after posting, tried the pen tool, but ended up going with creating a shape mask and using that as a text path. worked perfect. amazing though, i thought i was going alright with AFX, and then BAM! feel like a newb again! lol __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo

October 12th, 2010, 06:55 PM	#3
Gregory Gesch Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 114	Hi Gerald. With your text layer selected draw a path with your pen tool (or copy/paste the path if you have one already). Twirl open your text layer and in Path Options select the mask - you can also align it etc. Hope that helps.