Wots the best method to distort text

I have a job to do that involves touching up text on 100 shots of medicine bottles. What I need to do is replace text on the label with new text but I need to make sure the text compresses the further it wraps around the bottle and away from the camera. I thought I might be able to do it with the 3D features but I dont know anything about them and I had a play with the cylinder but couldnt find anything to do with wrapping text around it. This would be ideal if it was possible because I cant really seeing the other transformation tools working unless there is some sort of attentuation built into them.
Anyone have some ideas on how to go about this? Im using CS4.
Thanks Jeremy

There is not a 'just-do-it' button. You always have to do a bit of problem solving to get the ideal result. After the horizontal only spherize distortion, you will also have to free transform it to fit. (And usually add a little Arc Upper or Arc Lower warp to stop it looking too flat - maybe multiply it, add some noise etc.)
On the bright side this is perfect for making an action as long as you make sure your selections are the same size. So do it well once and the rest can be automated.

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