Creating text on a Custom Path in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta

Ever wanted to make a custom text path yourself? Easily??? Well ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta does just that. Let me show you….

First let’s learn the easiest way to draw paths…

1. Change your colors to Top Color: No color and Bottom Color: Black
   1. How to Choose No Color for Top Color:
2. Then select the Smooth Polygon Tool for curved paths.
3. Then to use the tool: click in your work area, move slightly click again and continue drawing to get a desired path.
4. Tip: When you the edit drawing mode, you can click the Selection Tool and adjust any of the blue points as needed.
5. Important Tip: Do not connect the end of the path with beginning of the path.
6. When done, click on Done or Esc key.
7. Select the shape in the work area, right click and choose Make Text Path
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Tip: You can also use the Polygon tool for straight lines. Just remember not to let the start and end point meet otherwise you got yourself a shape and not a path.

Now Let’s use your new text path:

1. Type in your text.
2. Select your text and choose Path
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4. In the Text Path box, scroll down to find your path and which way you want your text to go (look at the arrows.) Select your path and set your Pen size to 0. Click OK
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Tip: To delete text paths. When you are in the Text Path box, right click on a path and choose Remove.

I have our ACDSee team busy making you some layouts to show you this feature. So examples will come soon!

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