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Adding Text to a winding road

Aug 8, 2012 9:59 AM

OK, I am certainly no pro at Photoshop pro but use it here and there.  I have a pic of a friend of mine riding his motorcycle on a winding road.  I was trying add his name to the road behind him and make it look like it was painted on the road.  I tried to draw a path down the yellow center line and type text but could not really get the right perspective.  I also tried just doing individual letters and transforming them (distort, skew, perspective, etc) but I cannot seem to get them to look correct.  By them selves they look ok, but not really in line with the other letters around them.  I've tried looking for tutorials but I cannot come up with anything.  I do not doubt that I am just not searching the correct terms or something. 

 

Is there any easier way to do what I am wanting to do?  If anyone knows of or can find a tutorial to do what I am wanting to do, could you please point me the right way.

 

Below is the pic I am tyring to use.  I would like to keep all the text in his lane behind him.

 

road.jpg

 

Thanks

Phil

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  • conroy
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    1. conroy,
    Aug 8, 2012 10:08 AM   in reply to pebalsamo
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    Imagine you are looking at a map of the road. Draw a curvy line representing the centerline of the road on the map. Flow the letters along that curve. Now use a perspective transformation to make the letters look like they're lying on the road.

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 10:15 AM   in reply to conroy
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    conroy2009 wrote:

     

    Imagine you are looking at a map of the road. Draw a curvy line representing the centerline of the road on the map. Flow the letters along that curve. Now use a perspective transformation to make the letters look like they're lying on the road.

    If you do it that way can you manipulate the individual letters?  The reason I ask is because the road has a slight dip right behind him.  I know it is hard to see in the small pic but you can see how skinny the road is just over the top of his right knee and then there is the wide section behind it.

     

    Thanks

    Phil

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 10:23 AM   in reply to pebalsamo
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    You need to convert the text to paths or shapes, anyway, to be able to apply the Edit > Transform > Perspective command after an initial scaling transform. Then each path can be manipulated to fit the road perfectly.

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    4. Noel Carboni,
    Aug 8, 2012 10:25 AM   in reply to pebalsamo
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    Sometimes doing things with pixels is easiest...

     

    I typed some text, then used Edit - Transform and skewed it a good bit.  Then I rasterized it, rotated it, and distorted it to look reasonably proper per the crown on the road using Edit - Transform - Warp.

     

    Since I had the text on a separate (rasterized) layer, I found it a good opportunity to use Tilt/Shift Blur to progressively blur it more as it gets more distant.

     

    OwnTheRoad.jpg

     

    -Noel

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 10:34 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Thanks for the help...  I will give it a shot here shortly and see if I can get it to look that good.

     

    Thanks Again.

     

    Phil

     
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    Aug 9, 2012 6:45 AM   in reply to pebalsamo
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    I very much love and appreciate the ones that decide to make video tutorials…

     

     
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