ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Adding text and shapes
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Snap to Pixels Snaps edges of a rectangle to the pixel boundaries.
3 Drag within your image to draw the shape.
Draw a circle or ellipse
1 In the Edit workspace, select the Ellipse tool . If necessary, press and hold another shape tool in the toolbox,
and then choose this tool from the list that appears.
2 (Optional) In the options bar, click the Geometry options triangle to use the following options:
Unconstrained Lets you set the width and height of an ellipse by dragging.
Circle Draws a perfect circle instead of an ellipse.
Fixed Size Draws an ellipse at the exact size you specified in the Width and Height text boxes.
Proportional Draws a proportional ellipse based on the numbers you type in the Width and Height text boxes.
From Center Draws an ellipse from the center of where you begin drawing (usually an ellipse is drawn from the upperleft
corner).
3 Drag in your image to draw the ellipse.
Draw a multisided shape
1 In the Edit workspace, select the Polygon tool . If necessary, press and hold another shape tool in the toolbox,
and then choose this tool from the list that appears.
2 (Optional) In the options bar, select the Geometry options triangle to use the following options:
Radius Specifies the distance from the center of a polygon to the outer points.
Smooth Corners Renders a polygon with smooth corners.
Star Turns a polygon into a star.
Indent Sides By Specifies the depth of the star’s indentations.
Smooth Indents Renders a star-shaped polygon with smooth indents.
3 In the Sides box, specify the number of sides for the polygon.
4 Drag within your image to draw the polygon.
Draw a line or arrow
1 In the Edit workspace, select the Line tool . If necessary, press and hold another shape tool in the toolbox, and
then choose this tool from the list that appears.
2 (Optional) In the options bar, select the Geometry options triangle to use the following options:
Arrowheads Start and End Renders a line with arrowheads. Select Start, End, or both to specify on which end of the
line arrows are rendered. The shape options appear in the pop-up dialog box.
Last updated 1/27/2011