Turn Arc Into Oval?

[levelbest]

File this under - I should know how to do this but for the life of me and the migrane I have today, I can't remember how...

I have text on an arc which forms a complete circle (going arond a big jacket back design in the middle). I want that circle of text to be oval in shape, not perfectly circular.

Can someone give me the best way to make that happen.

Thank you. I will sacrifice one glass of small batch whisky on the rocks to my amaya in your honor tonite for helping.

[signman]

I believe you can click on the circle and add an extra point, or find the top center point, and pull 'down' from the top to get your arc...
I have designshop open right now...first job in weeks...so give me a call if you want and we can walk through it.
If your lettering runs all the way around, and you want it 'right side up' on the bottom line-I do that as a second separate line, and in the arc 'specs' you can click on which way the letters read.
Hope I got this right...sometimes Mac graphics and PC graphics get mixed up in my brain...LOL

[Ballyhoo]

Open the lettering properties and change the baseline from "arc" to "custom". Then you can add straight or curve (right click/left click) points on the blue baseline and bend it as you please. I turn on the grid lines to help me visually balance the curve.

David Sklar
Ballyhoo!
Arlington VA

[levelbest]

Thanks to both of you - most appreciated. Will fire up DS when I get home and tackle this [img]smile.gif[/img]

[levelbest]

Hey David:

Worked like a charm. I had forgotten that with the custom you could do that. It was a bit of a pain to get it oval-ly but it did work and the job got done.

Roland - didn't try your method - but when I have some time today I'll give it a shot.

Thanks Guys!
JOHN