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Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 By Greg Bowden
Chapter 4
The Drawing Tools
Guided Computer Tutorials www.gct.com.au
PUBLISHED BY GUIDED COMPUTER TUTORIALS PO Box 311 Belmont, Victoria, 3216, Australia www.gct.com.au © Greg Bowden This product is available in Single or Multi User versions. Single-user versions are for single student or teacher use at any particular time, just as a single text book would be used. If you intend to use the notes with multiple students the single user version should be upgraded to the multi-user version. Multi-user versions allow the school or institution to print as many copies as required, or to place the PDF files on the school network, intranet and staff laptops. A certificate of authentication is provided with multi-user versions. Bookmarks provide links to all headings and sub-headings, and individual chapters are provided.
First published 2009 ISBN: Module 1: 1 921217 72 3 Module 2: 1 921217 73 1
PDF document on CD-ROM
Every effort has been made to ensure that images used in this publication are free of copyright, but there may be instances where this has not been possible. Guided Computer Tutorials would welcome any information that would redress this situation.
Chapter
4
The Drawing Tools
Photoshop provides drawing tools that can be used with photos or in the creation of your own designs. These tools allow you to create web page buttons,, borders for photos, company logos, artistic sketches, etc.
Starting a Blank Document 1
Load Photoshop Elements in EDIT MODE or close the current file.
2
Display the FILE menu, highlight NEW and select BLANK FILE. 3 Set the WIDTH to 800 pixels, the HEIGHT to 600 pixels and the BACKGROUND CONTENTS to WHITE.
4
Select OK to start the document.
Drawing Normal Shapes Photoshop provides the normal drawing shapes such as rectangles, ellipses, polygons and lines.
A Drawing Rectangles 1
The SHAPES TOOL is at the lower section of the TOOLS palette. It may contain a rectangle, ellipse, line or custom shape depending on which tool was used last.
2 Click and hold the mouse button on the SHAPES TOOL in the TOOLS palette and select the RECTANGLE TOOL from the pop-up list of tools.
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3 Check that the CREATE NEW SHAPE LAYER button is selected in the OPTIONS BAR, drag a rectangle on the screen and it will be filled with the colour displayed in the OPTIONS BAR.
4 Click on the COLOUR box arrow in the OPTIONS BAR.
5 Select a colour shade and the rectangle will be filled with the new colour.
6
Click on the COLOUR box arrow again to close the COLOUR palette.
B Rectangle Styles There are numerous styles that can be applied to a shape.
1 Click on the arrow next to the STYLE box in the OPTIONS BAR to display the STYLE palette and select a style for the rectangle.
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2 Click on the arrow icon at the top right of the STYLE palette to display the STYLE PALETTE MENU and select COMPLEX.
3 Try some of the complex styles. If you don’t like the effect simply select a different effect.
4 Click on the STYLE PALETTE MENU icon again and select PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS.
5 Apply some of the PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS to the rectangle.
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Try some other styles from the STYLE PALETTE MENU. Some are suitable for rectangles others are less effective.
7 Click on the STYLE PALETTE MENU icon again and select REMOVE STYLES to clear the styles from the rectangle.
C Using the Effects Palette You can also apply styles to the rectangle from the EFFECTS palette. 1 Click on the LAYER STYLES icon at the top of the EFFECTS palette and set the TYPE box to BEVELS.
2 Double click on one of the BEVEL styles to apply it to the rectangle 3 Set the TYPE box in the EFFECTS palette to DROP SHADOWS and double click on a DROP SHADOW style to apply it to the rectangle.
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D Creating Buttons Buttons have become a vital part of web sites. Photoshop Elements allows you to quickly produce professional looking buttons.
1 Select the ROUNDED RECTANGLE TOOL from the SHAPES TOOL in the TOOLS PALETTE, draw a small rectangle next to the first rectangle and it will have rounded corners.
2 In the OPTIONS BAR set the RADIUS box to 20 pixels and the STYLE to REMOVE STYLE.
NOTE: i The RADIUS box controls the size of the rounded corners of the rectangle.
3
ii Notice that there are now 3 layers in the LAYERS palette. One for the background and layers for each shape.
When you make a style change only the shape in the selected layer is altered.
© Guided Computer Tutorials 2009
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Chapter 4
The Drawing Tools
Guided Computer Tutorials www.gct.com.au
PUBLISHED BY GUIDED COMPUTER TUTORIALS PO Box 311 Belmont, Victoria, 3216, Australia www.gct.com.au © Greg Bowden This product is available in Single or Multi User versions. Single-user versions are for single student or teacher use at any particular time, just as a single text book would be used. If you intend to use the notes with multiple students the single user version should be upgraded to the multi-user version. Multi-user versions allow the school or institution to print as many copies as required, or to place the PDF files on the school network, intranet and staff laptops. A certificate of authentication is provided with multi-user versions. Bookmarks provide links to all headings and sub-headings, and individual chapters are provided.
First published 2009 ISBN: Module 1: 1 921217 72 3 Module 2: 1 921217 73 1
PDF document on CD-ROM
Every effort has been made to ensure that images used in this publication are free of copyright, but there may be instances where this has not been possible. Guided Computer Tutorials would welcome any information that would redress this situation.
Chapter
4
The Drawing Tools
Photoshop provides drawing tools that can be used with photos or in the creation of your own designs. These tools allow you to create web page buttons,, borders for photos, company logos, artistic sketches, etc.
Starting a Blank Document 1
Load Photoshop Elements in EDIT MODE or close the current file.
2
Display the FILE menu, highlight NEW and select BLANK FILE. 3 Set the WIDTH to 800 pixels, the HEIGHT to 600 pixels and the BACKGROUND CONTENTS to WHITE.
4
Select OK to start the document.
Drawing Normal Shapes Photoshop provides the normal drawing shapes such as rectangles, ellipses, polygons and lines.
A Drawing Rectangles 1
The SHAPES TOOL is at the lower section of the TOOLS palette. It may contain a rectangle, ellipse, line or custom shape depending on which tool was used last.
2 Click and hold the mouse button on the SHAPES TOOL in the TOOLS palette and select the RECTANGLE TOOL from the pop-up list of tools.
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3 Check that the CREATE NEW SHAPE LAYER button is selected in the OPTIONS BAR, drag a rectangle on the screen and it will be filled with the colour displayed in the OPTIONS BAR.
4 Click on the COLOUR box arrow in the OPTIONS BAR.
5 Select a colour shade and the rectangle will be filled with the new colour.
6
Click on the COLOUR box arrow again to close the COLOUR palette.
B Rectangle Styles There are numerous styles that can be applied to a shape.
1 Click on the arrow next to the STYLE box in the OPTIONS BAR to display the STYLE palette and select a style for the rectangle.
4-2
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2 Click on the arrow icon at the top right of the STYLE palette to display the STYLE PALETTE MENU and select COMPLEX.
3 Try some of the complex styles. If you don’t like the effect simply select a different effect.
4 Click on the STYLE PALETTE MENU icon again and select PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS.
5 Apply some of the PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS to the rectangle.
© Guided Computer Tutorials 2009
4-3
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Try some other styles from the STYLE PALETTE MENU. Some are suitable for rectangles others are less effective.
7 Click on the STYLE PALETTE MENU icon again and select REMOVE STYLES to clear the styles from the rectangle.
C Using the Effects Palette You can also apply styles to the rectangle from the EFFECTS palette. 1 Click on the LAYER STYLES icon at the top of the EFFECTS palette and set the TYPE box to BEVELS.
2 Double click on one of the BEVEL styles to apply it to the rectangle 3 Set the TYPE box in the EFFECTS palette to DROP SHADOWS and double click on a DROP SHADOW style to apply it to the rectangle.
4-4
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The Drawing Tools
4
D Creating Buttons Buttons have become a vital part of web sites. Photoshop Elements allows you to quickly produce professional looking buttons.
1 Select the ROUNDED RECTANGLE TOOL from the SHAPES TOOL in the TOOLS PALETTE, draw a small rectangle next to the first rectangle and it will have rounded corners.
2 In the OPTIONS BAR set the RADIUS box to 20 pixels and the STYLE to REMOVE STYLE.
NOTE: i The RADIUS box controls the size of the rounded corners of the rectangle.
3
ii Notice that there are now 3 layers in the LAYERS palette. One for the background and layers for each shape.
When you make a style change only the shape in the selected layer is altered.
© Guided Computer Tutorials 2009
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