# Intro to images, balloons, captions and other elements

An element is any item you place on a page. Photos, panels, balloons, lettering, captions, and shapes are examples of elements. Your photos are available from the right sidebar by clicking on Images in the toolbar and then Photos in the tabs at the top of the sidebar. Find your photos with the built browser and drag and drop them on to the page.

Comic elements are available from the element well sidebar at the bottom of the window. Drag and drop these elements on to your comic pages.

You can change the look of an element by modifying individual attributes of it - like its fill color, stroke, shadow, and more - or you can quickly change the overall appearance of an object by applying a predesigned element style to it. Element styles are combinations of attributes that are designed to match the template you're using.

When you select an element, you see formatting controls for it in the sidebar on the right. Only the controls for the type of element you selected are visible. If you don’t see a sidebar, click the Format radio button in the toolbar. (Click the button again to hide the sidebar.)

You can layer elements, resize, and rotate them.

## See also

Add a photo

Add a panel

Add a caption

Add a balloon

Add lettering

Add a shape