Illustrator or photoshop help..please!

[chongsta]

Hi all,

I need to do a text fill but i cant do letters or numbers with spaces within them e.g. "O"

Please see the attachment...i need to do a text fill on a "0" with about 40 names but i cant get illustrator to fill without it filling the full shape of the numbers, if that makes sense. I know this is something easy but i always seem to do things the hard way!!!!

any help is good ....argggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
thanks
Dave

[AdamB]

When I did a couple before Xmas I just manipulated and moved each name by hand (took hours) and I said to myself I would find an easier way to do it.

I was looking at the 'text fill to a shape' option but I never got around to it (i.e create a shape of the number you want).

This video explains what I mean:

[Justin]

I can see how this would be possible in Coreldraw but not sure how in the software you're using.

[Earl Smith]

Ive been hoping someone would explain how its done as its an interesting effect. How is it done in Coreldraw, Justin?

[mrs maggot]

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/coreld ... tshape.htm

and paul also showed on here not so long ago i think with one of his tutorials

[Paul]

Yeah. I did a video some time a go but can not find this now. I may do it again and put all m videos in one tread so it will be easier to find them.

[Earl Smith]

Thanks Mrs Maggot, Ive been using Corel for 19 years and I never learnt how to do that , its so simple.

Earl

[AJLA]

Can you tell me how to downlaod this tutorial clip onto a USB stick Adam?

[mrs maggot]

mandy if you right click - copy video URL, you can then go to the site direct

[AdamB]

Can you tell me how to downlaod this tutorial clip onto a USB stick Adam?

sites like http://keepvid.com/ let you save the video for offline use