Pen Tool??

[jj.basketball]

Ok, I'm disappointed that Adobe did not include a Pen Tool with Photoshop Elements:(. Who could live without that tool?! Anyways, after having done some research, I realized that no plug-in (or anything like that) could "input" a Pen Tool into Elements. That being said, I was wondering if anyone knew any programs on the internet that allowed the use of a Pen Tool or something to that effect? A free program would be awesome; however, I can make do with a trial of the software:rolleyes:

[Wendy]

I seem to remember that Tony found something ... maybe one of the others cam remember where it came from :)

Wendy

[TonyW]

OnOne Essentials 2 for Elements has the pen tool in the Cut-It-Out module and it works very well.

http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=11

I seem to recall that there's a discount available for subscribers here

Tony

[graficalicus]

for a stand-alone vector program, you really can't beat Xara Xtreme (http://stats.xaraonline.com/ID.980026/product.XaraXtreme4/redirectid.XaraXtremeHome/affiliate.html) in terms of price & features.

Since there isn't an "Illustrator Elements" available, this is the next best thing -:) I use it to do my illustration work (t-shirts, invites, graphics, etc.)

[jj.basketball]

for a stand-alone vector program, you really can't beat Xara Xtreme (http://stats.xaraonline.com/ID.980026/product.XaraXtreme4/redirectid.XaraXtremeHome/affiliate.html) ...

Thanks for the referral Graficalicus and Tony! I tried both programs out. Now I am looking for a program that is free that uses the pen tool. Is there such a thing? It doesn't have to include much else. Hey, I'd even take a program that included only the pen tool and nothing else. Thanks for any suggestions, in advance.

[emkayess65]

Hi, I did a search and found links that say GIMP has the pentool and is FREE.
Don't know if this search link will work.

http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1216269

See if anything is helpful there.
I have CS2 and am trying to learn it...not getting there.
So if you are missing the tool ... Gimp won't be a prob, it is supposed to be not easy to learn.

Good luck!
mks

[jj.basketball]

...GIMP has the pentool and is FREE....



Emkayess65-
Thank you for suggesting GIMP! Definately like the free part!!!! Again, i'm asking for something more. I'd love to have the "free-ness" of GIMP and the great features of Xara Xtreme mixed together. I'm sure it's not possible, but it's at least worth asking. Anybody have any ideas?