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Texts

The Photo Pos Pro photo editor Software comes with two very powerful text tools: the (regular) text tool, with which you can add text segments to the program and the Text Over Path Tool, with which you can draw text along a variety of paths (such as a circular text, a wave-shaped text and more). With the text tools you can add a wide variety of texts to the picture, from simple, one-hue text segments to complex, multi-hue texts, textures, patterns and color transitions, texts along paths (such as a circular text, a wave-shaped text and more), texts with different effects and more.



- Text Tool (Regular)

With the Regular Text Tool you can add text segments to a picture. The tool contains a text editor with which you can add a variety of texts to a picture, from simple one-hue texts to complex texts with patterns, textures, color transitions and more. The Regular Text Tool allows you to draw text segments only in horizontal lines. If you wish to draw texts in different shapes such as a text along a circular path or a wave-like path, a text along a diagonal line in any other shape, use the Text Over Path Tool.

  • Zoom Dropdown Box - With this box it is possible to set the size of the picture as it will be displayed in the picture window. In other words, it enables you to set the picture's display ratio on the screen (in proportion to its original size in pixels).
How to use the tool

In order to draw a text, point the mouse on the starting point of the text, press and hold down one the mouse's button . Next, drag the mouse's pointer to the spot where you wish the text to end and release the button. After selecting the desires location, the Add Text dialog box will appear

Note: After adding a text in the default mode (As float selection) it will appear as a floating selection (surrounded with a marquee - striped animated line). At this time you can point on the text and drag it with the left mouse button. When you reach the desired place click Enter to fix the text (this will also remove the marquee surrounded the text).

The dialog box contains a wide variety of commands with which you can control the text's properties:
Note: After adding a text in the default mode (As Vectorial Object) you can point on the text and drag it with the left mouse button. When you reach the desired place click Enter to fix the text.



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- Text Over Path Tool

With the Text Over Path Tool you can add an assortment of impressive texts to the picture, along different paths such as circular paths, arc-shaped paths, wave-shaped paths or any other path you wish to select. You can add a variety of texts to the picture, from simple, one-hue texts along paths to texts along personalized paths with complex colors, patterns, textures, color transitions and more.

  • Zoom Dropdown Box - With this box it is possible to set the size of the picture as it will be displayed in the picture window. In other words, it enables you to set the picture's display ratio on the screen (in proportion to its original size in pixels).
How to use the tool

In order to draw a text along a path, point the mouse on the starting point of the text, press and hold down one the mouse's button . Next, drag the mouse's pointer to the spot where you wish the text along a path to end and release the button. After selecting the desires location, the Add Text dialog box will appear
The dialog box contains a wide variety of commands with which you can control the text's properties:
Note: There are fonts which do not fully support changing angles (such as the MS Sans and the Serif). In these cases, the printed letter will always remain horizontal and the result will be meager. In case an unwanted result was received, try again using a different font which does support an angle change of letters (such as the Arial font).



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