Chapter 7. Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques
This chapter looks at some of the more esoteric functions that you'll find in Elements. I use the word esoteric simply because they are more graphic than photographic and more illustrative than documentary, but, as you'll see here, these features can be used to create standalone designs, or they can be incorporated into your day-to-day photography projects to produce outstanding results.
The main topics that will be discussed in this chapter include the following:
- Illustration – drawing and painting techniques
- The View menu
- Using a graphics tablet
- Using Brushes
- Drawing a sphere from scratch
- Impressionist Brush Tool
- Color Replacement Tool
- Importing and working with custom brushes
- Adobe vectors using Adobe clip art
- Creating custom vector illustrations
- Working with effects filters
