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This tutorial demonstrates how to apply type around a Ferris Wheel, and you will find the start image Here. Unzip the file and open the image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose New then choose Layer and in the subsequent New Layer dialogue box, name the layer Circle, then click OK. Your Layers palette now has two layers, as shown below. Layers Explained in Detail.
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From the left-side toolbar, activate the Custom Shape Tool.
And set the following attributes in the Custom Shape’s Options bar. Note: Click the Colour tab, and set the colour to black.
Apply Custom Shapes lesson.
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Working on the Circle layer, press, and keep pressed, your keyboard’s Shift key, and drag a large circle, onto the Ferris Wheel image. Pressing the Shift key, constrains the shape to a circle.
 
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Then from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Free Transform Path.
A deformation box will immediately surround the circular shape, and by manipulating the tiny rectangles (highlighted below left), you are looking to resize the circle so it covers the Ferris Wheel, precisely. This is a technique that improves with practise.
 
To reposition the complete circle, left-click anywhere inside it, and drag it to another location.
Tip
To see the Ferris Wheel beneath the circle - reduce the Circle layer’s Opacity.
 
When you are satisfied with the circle’s position; click the following Commit transform tick.  Or press your Return/Enter key.
And your image will resemble the following.
Note
To centralise the circle, activate the Move Tool. 
Then left-click, and drag it to a central position.
Now you have applied the circular custom shape to the Ferris Wheel, you are ready for the next step.
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Set the Foreground to a colour of your choice - I have chosen green.  Lesson.
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Then activate the following Horizontal Type Tool. Lesson.
And enter the settings of your choice into its Options bar.
Now, hover your cursor over the (white) edge of the circle, and when you see the following white I with a diagonal line through it. (I-beam).
Left-click, and you will immediately see the following flashing cursor.
You can now input your choice of text. 
Note
The choice of font, its thickness, size - and length of your wording, will effect where you begin the type application. Therefore, depending on your settings, experiment with different starting positions, to see what works best for you.
After the text has been successfully applied - from the type tool’s Options bar, click the following Commit any current edits tick.
And your type will be applied around the circular shape.
Type placement
The following examples demonstrate where I began my All the fun of the fairground type (left), and my slightly longer - All the fun of the fairground by Wendi E. M. type (right).
 
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It is time to remove the custom shape; therefore, from the Layers palette, left-click to highlight the Circle layer, then right-click it. And from the drop-down list, click Delete Layer. As illustrated below. If prompted, reply Yes to the Delete the layer? question.
Your type now appears to follow the path of the Ferris Wheel, as shown below, and you can leave it as it is, alternatively, apply a filter - as I have.
 
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To apply a filter to the text, activate the type layer.
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Don’t be alarmed if the outline of the Circle reappears when you activate the type layer, it is easily removed later, by activating the Ferris Wheel layer, or when you flatten the layers at the end of this lesson.
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Then from the Layers palette, left-click the tiny black triangle at the bottom, next to the Apply a layer style (f-fx) icon - indicated here.
And from the subsequent drop-down list, click a layer style you like the sound of - I am choosing Gradient Overlay.
In the subsequent Layer Style dialogue box, experiment with the (Gradient Overlay) settings, and find an effect you like. Then click OK.
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Naturally, choose anything you like from the left-side Styles menu - perhaps an Outer or Inner Glow - experiment, and find the best effect. For my second example, (top of page), I applied a Xenofex 2 (Electrify) filter to the text, and for my third example, I applied an Eyecandy 5 Impact Backlighting filter - I then reduced the Backlight’s layer Opacity to 0%.
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When you are happy with your final effect - from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, and your work is ready to save - my lesson here explains how to optimise and save your work.
Wendi E M Scarth. Top of Page - Home.
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