Adobe photoshop elements 用户手册
CHAPTER 7
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Painting and Drawing
Drawing shapes
You use the shape tools to draw lines, rectangles,
rounded rectangles, polygons, ellipses, and
custom shapes in an image.
rounded rectangles, polygons, ellipses, and
custom shapes in an image.
The shape tools provide an easy way to create
buttons, navigation bars, and other items used
buttons, navigation bars, and other items used
on Web pages.
Creating shapes
A shape layer can contain a single shape or
multiple shapes, depending on the shape area
option you select. You can change the color of a
shape by editing its fill layer and applying layer
styles to it.
multiple shapes, depending on the shape area
option you select. You can change the color of a
shape by editing its fill layer and applying layer
styles to it.
To create a shape:
1
Select the rectangle tool ( ), rounded rectangle
tool ( ), ellipse tool ( ), polygon tool (
), line
tool ( ), or custom shape tool ( ).
To select a hidden drawing tool, position the
pointer on the visible tool and hold down the
mouse button until the tools list appears. Then
click the tool you want.
pointer on the visible tool and hold down the
mouse button until the tools list appears. Then
click the tool you want.
2
In the options bar, do the following:
•
Select the Create New Shape Layer option (
).
•
Click the color swatch to specify the color with
which you want to fill the shape. (See “Using the
Adobe Color Picker” on page 77.)
Adobe Color Picker” on page 77.)
•
Select a layer style from the Layer Style
pop-up palette to apply a predefined layer style to
the shape. (See “Using layer styles” on page 175.)
the shape. (See “Using layer styles” on page 175.)
•
If you’re using the custom shape tool, select a
predefined shape from the Shape pop-up palette.
•
Set additional, tool-specific options.
3
Drag in the image to draw the shape.
To create multiple shapes in the same layer:
1
Select a layer in the Layers palette.
2
If desired, select a different tool in the options
bar or the toolbox to create a different type
of shape.
of shape.
3
Before you draw, select a shape area option to
determine what happens at the intersection of
overlapping shapes.
overlapping shapes.
•
Add ( ) to add the new area to the existing
shapes or path.
•
Subtract ( ) to remove the overlapping area
from the existing shapes or path.
•
Intersect ( ) to restrict the area to the inter-
section of the new area and the existing shapes
or path.
or path.
•
Exclude ( ) to exclude the overlap area in the
consolidated new and existing areas.
4
Drag in the image to draw new shapes.
Setting shape tool options
Each shape tool provides specific options; for
example, you can set options that allow you to
draw a rectangle with fixed dimensions or a line
with arrowheads.
example, you can set options that allow you to
draw a rectangle with fixed dimensions or a line
with arrowheads.
Select a shape in the options bar, and click the inverted
arrow to display options for the selected shape.
arrow to display options for the selected shape.