Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Adding text and shapes

Select the Rectangle tool 

 or Rounded Rectangle tool 

. If necessary, press and hold another shape tool in the 

toolbox, and then choose a tool from the list that appears.

(Optional) In the options bar, click the Geometry options triangle to access the following options:

Lets you set the width and height of a rectangle by dragging.

Constrains a rectangle to a square.

Draws a rectangle at the exact size you specified in the Width and Height text boxes.

Draws a rectangle based on the numbers you type in the Width and Height text boxes.

Draws a rectangle from the center of where you begin drawing (usually a rectangle is drawn from the 

upper-left corner).

Snaps edges of a rectangle to the pixel boundaries.

Drag within your image to draw the shape.

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.

(Optional) In the options bar, click the Geometry options triangle to use the following options:

Lets you set the width and height of an ellipse by dragging.

Draws a perfect circle instead of an ellipse.

Draws an ellipse at the exact size you specified in the Width and Height text boxes.

Draws a proportional ellipse based on the numbers you type in the Width and Height text boxes.