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Okay, this is probably a silly question. But I’m new to Photoshop Elements, so someone please bear with me. 🙂
PE includes some basic drawing tools. These are really handy for creating new images from scratch (i.e. illustrations, rather than photo editing, even though PE isn’t really an illustration program), as well as adding highlights to photographic images.
However, I don’t seem to be able to figure out how to draw geometric shapes that have a border, or how to draw unfilled shapes. I realize that those concepts are more in line with paint, illustration, or object-oriented drawing programs, but given that PE has shape tools in the first place, I’m surprised there’s not any obvious way to choose from the usual two-part options (fill and border, each being optional and having its own color, and the border thickness being able to be specified).
Am I missing something obvious? Or is this really not in PE? If it’s not in there, any suggestions on good techniques for faking it?
Thanks!
pete
PE includes some basic drawing tools. These are really handy for creating new images from scratch (i.e. illustrations, rather than photo editing, even though PE isn’t really an illustration program), as well as adding highlights to photographic images.
However, I don’t seem to be able to figure out how to draw geometric shapes that have a border, or how to draw unfilled shapes. I realize that those concepts are more in line with paint, illustration, or object-oriented drawing programs, but given that PE has shape tools in the first place, I’m surprised there’s not any obvious way to choose from the usual two-part options (fill and border, each being optional and having its own color, and the border thickness being able to be specified).
Am I missing something obvious? Or is this really not in PE? If it’s not in there, any suggestions on good techniques for faking it?
Thanks!
pete
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