October 2007
Beginner
592 pages
18h 58m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing ManualBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
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Free Stuff from the Internet
You have to spend some money if you want a graphics tablet, but there's a ton of free stuff—tutorials, brushes, textures, and Layer styles, for example—available online that you can add to Elements. 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 Exchange (www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/). On Adobe's own Web site, you can find hundreds and hundreds of downloads, including more Layer styles than you could ever use, brushes, textures, and custom shapes (to use with the Shape tool). They're all free, once you register. This site is one of the best resources anywhere for extra stuff. About 99 percent of the items listed are made specifically for Photoshop, but Photoshop's brushes, swatches, textures, shapes, and Layer styles work with Elements, too. See the box on Beyond This Book for help with installing your finds in Elements.
Creative Mac (www.creativemac.com). Don't let the name put you off. Almost everything on this site works in Windows, too. It's been sold recently and it's not what it was, but it's still a wonderful source for specialty brushes, especially for tricky things like hair and skin.
MyJanee (www.myjanee.com). You'll find lots of tutorials and free downloads on this site.
Sue Chastain (http://graphicssoft.about.com). This is another Web site with lots of downloads and many tutorials.
Panosfx (www.panosfx.com ...
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