Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
NOTE
If you're in Basic mode, you may not see some of the options described here. To see
all
the artwork the Create panel has to offer, switch to Advanced mode by clicking
the button at the top left of the preview area. (Both modes are described in the next
section.)
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Frames
. Elements includes some super fancy frames. Some of them even tint your
photo; you can tell which ones will do this by looking at the part of a frame's thumbnail
where the picture will go—if it's colored red or blue, for example, then the photo will get
tinted that color. Others cut your photo into various shapes. These options give you all
kinds of interesting ways to frame your photos, so try a few to see which ones you like.
Just double-click one or drag it onto a photo.
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Graphics
. You can add all sorts of clip art to Create projects. The great thing about these
graphics is that they're vector objects (
The Custom Shape Tool
), so you can resize them
as much as you want without having them go all pixely—as long as you don't simplify
them (
Flattening an Image
). The thumbnails in the Graphics section may look a little
funny, and so may the graphics after you drag their handles to make them bigger, but
once you press Enter/Return, they should settle down into perfect detail.
TIP
If you don't like scrolling all around the Create panel, click the arrow to the right of a cat-
egory's name to collapse that section and bring the next one into view.
