Tutorial: Photoshop CS4 Word Bubbles with Paths

[TheSupremoLoser]

thanks! I owe you at least 10 hours of my life I'd probably spend to learn this alone.

[HamsterMasterSamster]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[Auraagana]

is there a way to add a bit of a bigger border to that speech bubble?

[ChronicMalpractice]

@Auraagana Yes! When you contract the selection, before filling in with white, choose a larger number.

Steps would be:

1) make selection from path

2) fill with black

3) go to Select Menu: Select > Modify > Contract - enter a bigger number to make the border thicker.

4) Fill with white.

You should have a larger border around it now.

[RalphSlatton]

You were absolutely correct. For some reason I had the shape layers checked, instead of the paths box. Everything thing is working just fine now. Another problem that I had was that when I tried to combine shapes, the add shape box was greyed out and would not let me select it. I finally solved it by clicking on the other boxes and returning to the combine shape box. I mention this in case someone else had that quirky problem. thanks for the outstanding tutorials. 

[ChronicMalpractice]

@RalphSlatton I had that problem as well where the add shape box was greyed out. Regardless of the version of Photoshop. Clicking on the different modes(subtract/add) solved it and then you can click the one you need.

[RalphSlatton]

I'm having a problem.  When I touch my pen tool inside the balloon shape, the balloon shape path disappears. Any suggestions? Thanks for great tutorial!

[ChronicMalpractice]

@RalphSlatton I'm having trouble reproducing your situation. Is the 1st balloon path complete? The only thing that comes to mind is that maybe the active paths layer in the PATHS tab of the layer window is getting de-selected. Then it makes them disappear from the screen. You probably already know where the paths tab is, but if not it's in with the layers and channels tab. Make sure there's one selected. Post some screen grabs somewhere if you still having problems.

[TradedBabyBlues]

very helpful!

[ZigZagFilms]

You also sound like Gus Sorola from Red vs Blue!

[kingbowserboi]

you sound like ray ramano

[eseker031]

I´ve been searching this for soooooo loong!!! thank you!

[Krooked339]

lol painting them like some kind of crazy person hahaha

[ChronicMalpractice]

@Krooked339 Have you seen that tutorial? Liquid lunacy. It's what inspired me to do this one.

[ProDesignzHDi]

woooo thanks man. i'm subbing and 5*. Great tutorial dude

[ChronicMalpractice]

@ProDesignzHDi Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[bulmak]

hey how can I add text into bubbles... My problem is, that when I press enter, the space betwen the sentences from the top and bottom is huuuuge. And I don't want to use type option everytime I have to add a sentence.

[Coupleof]

can you tell me what font your using in this video? I've been looking for a while now. thanks

[ChronicMalpractice]

Font is SmackAttack from Blam Bot.

[Seantaclaus]

This video just erased a substantial amount of frustration, as the word balloons were the last hurdle before between me and debuting my webcomic this morning. Thanks!