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Adding captions with Convert to Shape and Transform

Adding captions with Convert to Shape and Transform - Illustrator Tutorial

From the course: Illustrator: Rethinking the Essentials

Adding captions with Convert to Shape and Transform

In the previous chapter, we've already explored the ability to convert text into some other kind of a shape using the Convert to Shape effect. We actually did that to turn text into a circle so we can easily call out certain areas on top of a photograph. However, that was using numbers. Let's say we actually want to include some kind of caption or a label. And let's say instead of just a circle, we actually want a little bit more of a sophisticated shape. Well, when we start combining different effects together, we can actually do some pretty amazing things. Let's take a look at this example here. I am working in a file called captions.ai, and I'll select this text here. It's just called caption, and I'll move it into a position here where I would like it to go. As we know, I really can't read that very well, so I want to put some kind of a background behind it to make it more readable. If I look at my Appearance panel, I'll see now that I have a type object. It's my target, and I am…

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