Draw the base circle (that the text will follow) and use the typing tool on the edges of this circle. This gives you the text following the circle path. Edit: I lie thats Illustrator. In the text tool there is a T with an arched arrow underneath it, click that and mess with them to get what you want.
It's very late/quite early, and I'm sure if I fiddle enough it will reveal itself, but I'm trying to type in text that bends itself around the contour of a ring, and then duplicate that text and place the duplicated equidistant around the circle (maybe one at every 72 degrees.) I can do this easily enough in say, Maya, but…
this will only work for photoshop CS and CS2 To put text on a path, you first need a path. Choose the Pen tool, shape tool, or line tool. Next go to the options bar and make sure the "paths" option is active, then create an open or closed path. Once your path is created, switch to the horizontal type tool. Bring your…