: Using Photoshop - how do I make text "wrap" (break) around an image like in the images linked in this post? Example 1: Example 2: Is there a simple and semi-automatic way to do this?

@Si6392903

The easiest way I know is the old school way. Photoshop is not really designed to handle a lot of text so nest it in something that is.

Open a new document in Illustrator with two layers. On the bottom layer, place the image you want to wrap. If you have already built this as a PSD, place it. On the top layer, manually wrap your text box around the object. This allows you to avoid the dreaded Soft Return nightmare when you have to edit the copy.

Open the image in Photoshop. Drag in the Illustrator layers as a Vector Smart Object. Open the new Vector Smart Object, turn off the bottom layer and save it. This leaves the text only in PS.

The text is now in PS and you can use all the effects you want. Should you need to edit the text - not that we ever have to - just open the Vector Smart Layer.

If you change or update the image, it will be updated in AI so you can change your wrap. I turn off the Vector Smart Layers in PS when I update the AI Vector Layer.

From the design and production world, fast, easy and accurate equals less time and more money. Hope this helps.

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@Jennifer810

I'm not sure where "simple" and "semi-automatic" start, but there is a simple way to make shaped area text without having to indent lines by hand.

Create a path in the shape you need using the Pen tool. When you hover over it with the text tool, you'll see the cursor change to the Area Text tool (little parentheses around the I-bar). You can use a shape layer, too, but there's no need.

Type the text, and it will flow inside the path. If you need to change the shape later, just edit the path.

For more you can see these detailed tutorial :


Wrapping Text Around An Object
Photoshop Text Wrap - Faking Text Wrap In Photoshop

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@Caterina889

Simple? Semi-automatic? No.

With Photoshop you must manually create soft returns or indents where needed. Photoshop simply is not designed to be a text or layout editor. And, for this reason, Photoshop has no inherent text-wrap capabilities. Photoshop can constrain text to a shape which is not the same as text wraps (See explanation here).

Using a layout app such as Adobe Indesign or QuarkXPress would easily allow you to create text wraps. This is how your examples are done - via layout software, not photo software.

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