Focused workflow comparison
Text Brush vs PicMonkey
How PicMonkey's curvature slider and circle option differ from writing along a hand-drawn route on a photo.
Text Brush
Draw the precise route first; the phrase follows it.
PicMonkey
Built around an arc or circle
Text Brush accepts the irregular route instead of reducing it to a dial value or a circle.
Try Text BrushCurvature dial
Built around an arc or circle
That is a natural fit for badges and circular labels. It is less suitable when a caption needs to take a lively, non-circular route through a photograph.
- 1Select the text
- 2Move the Curvature slider
- 3Or choose Circle
A dial is excellent for repeatable geometry. A photo often asks for a one-off line.
Research notes and source
We reviewed each product's own documentation for one narrow task: placing exact words along an irregular, hand-drawn route over a photo. Last reviewed July 2026.
PicMonkey's guide curves text by changing the Curvature slider or by selecting a Circle option.
Documented workflow
- 1Select the text
- 2Move the Curvature slider
- 3Or choose Circle
The drawing work is open source.
Explore the brush/photo/video drawing project behind this route-led workflow.