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How to put text inside shape, but only in the shape in Photoshop

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January 15, 2020
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Is there anyway to put text inside a shape but constrained to the actual shape? I would like to be able to make a complex or simple shape, fill it with text and have the text flow throughout the shape without crossing the boundries of the shape. In the example below, the black ring/doughnut is the shape. However when the text tool is selected and the cursor moved over the shape it changes to the circle icon indicating it is placing the text in the shape. But, all it does is place the text in largest diameter and does not flow within the shape at all, it acts as if it is just one big circle. That is not what I want or need. How can I make Photoshop flow the text only in the black shape and not across the hole in the middle of it?

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Correct answer davescm

You can do it in Photoshop but you have to pull off a little trick.

Add a small rectangle with path operations set to subtract to cut a slot into your circle

Now add your text

Then go to the shape and using the path select (black arrow key) and delete key, remove the slot

Dave

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I'm thinking that those people who only have Photoshop, but might have an Office 365 subscription, could probably do this in Publisher.

davescm

Correct answer

Community Expert

You can do it in Photoshop but you have to pull off a little trick.

Add a small rectangle with path operations set to subtract to cut a slot into your circle

Now add your text

Then go to the shape and using the path select (black arrow key) and delete key, remove the slot

Dave

joeh87907460Author

Inspiring

Thank you Dave! That worked like a charm! I tried to do it in Illistrator but couldn't make it work. Your 'trick' for doing it in Photoshop works great.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

As Jane said, you can do it in Illustrator. You can't have any holes in you shape with Photoshop, however.

jane-e

Community Expert

Chuck, I tried it with a compound path and it failed. The text wrap works.

~ Jane

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

It can be done in Illustrator. Are either of these what you are looking for, and do you have Illustrator?

~ Jane

joeh87907460Author

Inspiring

Thank you Jane for the reply. I do have illistrator but I have no idea how to use it. 🙂 I've tried to learn it but none of the tools work the same as the ones in Photoshop and it's such a headache to switch between the two to do something that should be able to be done in one application. To me, Illistrator is a hard to learn program. In your example, the one on the left is exactly what I'm wanting to do.

joeh87907460Author

Inspiring

"I wonder if there is a way to open those layers in Photoshop and edit them there?"

You can go into PS and choose File > Place Linked to place it as a Smart Object. Double-click the SO to edit it using Illustrator.

~ Jane

Thank you again! I'll be practicing this until I get it right! 🙂

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