Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 12-27. A quick drag with the Cookie Cutter tool is all it took to create the bottom graphic
from the top photo. If you want to create custom album or scrapbook pages, you can rotate or skew
the crops before you commit them. (Page 387 explains how to rotate and skew images.)
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Elements also gives you a couple of other ways to create cutouts and fancy edge effects.
If you're on a Windows PC and plan to print a cropped photo for use in a scrapbooking
project, for example, check out the Picture Package feature (
Picture Packages
); the frames
there include some shape crops, and you can do everything right in the Organizer's Print
dialog box, if those shapes work for you. (Despite the name, you can make a Picture
Package with only one photo.) This doesn't work on Macs, though.
On both Macs and Windows computers, the Graphics panel's Frames section (
Working
with the Graphics and Favorites Panels
)
includes a bunch of crops, ranging from simple
shapes like stars to elaborate edges that make a photo look like a worn-out billboard.
And for an ultra-fancy effect, check out the Out of Bounds action in Guided Edit (
Special
Effects in Guided Edit
)
, which makes your subject look like it's stepping or flying out of
the edges of the photo; the Picture Stack Guided Edit, which makes a photo look like it's
made from many photos piled together; or the Puzzle Effect Guided Edit, which makes
your photo look like a partly completed jigsaw puzzle. (There are also a few puzzle
frames in the Graphics panel for a similar effect with less customization.)
You use the Cookie Cutter just like the Custom Shape tool, but it
cuts
a shape from a photo
instead of drawing a shape:
1.
Activate the Cookie Cutter tool
.
Click the Crop Tool in the Tools panel (it's at the upper left of the Modify section)
and then choose the Cookie Cutter in the Tool Options, or press C.
2.
Select the shape you want your photo to be
.
In the Tool Options area, choose a shape from the Shape Picker by clicking the black-
and-white shape thumbnail. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Shape Picker to
select a specific category of shapes, or choose All Elements Shapes. You have access
