PHOTOSHOP® ELEMENTS 3: DOWN & Dirty TRICKS

Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks156

STEP ONE: Create a new document

in RGB mode at 72 ppi (this example

is 8x6"). Press D to choose black as

your Foreground color, then press Alt-

Backspace to fill the Background layer

with black. Add a new blank layer by

clicking on the Create a New Layer icon

at the top of the Layers palette. Hide the

black background by clicking on the Eye

icon in the far-left column beside the

Background layer.

STEP TWO: Create the shape you want

for your metal console. In this example,

I clicked on the Foreground color swatch

and chose gray in the Color Picker. Then

I pressed U until I had the Rounded

Rectangle to ...