Beyond the Basics - Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual - page 892

icated tablets, which are more expensive, offer more levels of sensitivity and can even re-
spond when you change the angle at which you're holding the stylus.
Wacom, one of the big tablet manufacturers, has some pretty nifty tablet demos on its web-
site ( www.wacom.com ) . You can't actually simulate what it's like to use a tablet, but the an-
imations give you a good idea of what life would be like if you were to go the tablet route.
Stuff from the Internet
You have to spend some money if you want a graphics tablet, but there's a ton of free (and
not free) Elements-related stuff available online: tutorials, brushes, textures, layer styles, and
so on. (Most of these add-ons say they work with Photoshop, but since Elements is based on
Photoshop, you can use most of them in Elements, too.) Here are some popular places to go
treasure hunting:
▪ Adobe Add-ons ( https://creative.adobe.com/addons ). This site is the replacement for the
old Adobe Exchange, which was a great place to find downloads for Elements. There
isn't quite as much here yet, but if you enter what you're looking for (like “brushes”) into
the search box, you can still find lots of useful stuff, both paid and free. About 99 percent
of the items listed are made specifically for Photoshop, but Photoshop's brushes,
swatches, textures, shapes, and layer styles work in Elements, too.
▪ Simple Photoshop ( www.simplephotoshop.com ) . Home of the popular (but not free)
Elements+ add-on tools and some tutorials.
▪ The Plugin Site ( http://thepluginsite.com/products/elementsxxl ). This site hosts Ele-
ments XXL, another set of add-on tools similar to Elements+, although quite a bit more
expensive. You do get a larger group of tools for the extra money, though. Windows only,
no Mac version.
▪ The Pioneer Woman ( www.thepioneerwoman.com/photography/category/photoshop-
elements ) . Here you can find popular—and free—Elements actions for special image ef-
fects.
▪ Texas Chicks ( www.texaschicksblogsandpics.com ) . Another site with lots of great ac-
tions and tutorials for Elements.
▪ Alibony ( www.alibony.com ). Lots of Elements tutorials, actions, brushes, and effects,
many of which are geared toward scrapbooking projects.