Learn how to create a custom brush in Photoshop Elements, save it to your brushes palette, and then use that brush to create a border. Photoshop users can follow along, too.• Creating and Using Custom Brushes in Photoshop Elements

This effect makes text appear as though it is punched out of a surface.

Learn to make interlocking rings such as those used in the Olympic Games logo using Xara Xtreme. You can use this technique anytime you need to make objects appear as if they are intertwined, interlocked, or overlapping each other.
Learn how to create a custom brush in Photoshop Elements, save it to your brushes palette, and then use that brush to create a border. Photoshop users can follow along, too.©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
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