Working with graphic elements

Photoshop Elements is not Adobe Illustrator, by any stretch of the imagination, but it 
does contain a reasonably good range of graphic elements that can be added to images 
to enhance their design.

This illustration was made from the range of (free) graphics available through Photoshop Elements—backgrounds, frames, symbols, and images. Everything has to be downloaded from the Adobe servers first, but this takes no time at all as most are fairly low in resolution.

These graphics fall into the following groups:

• Graphics that can be added to existing semi-automated creative projects, such as 
Photo Book and Greeting Card, found under the Create menu. These include 
a vast array of downloadable content, ranging from backgrounds and picture frames to clip art objects and preset text styles.
• Those that are designed to add benefit to single images—graphics such as text boxes, copyright...