Adobe Photoshop Elements

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name = Adobe Photoshop Elements



caption = Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 running under Microsoft Windows XP
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developer = Adobe Systems
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latest release version = 7.0 (Windows), 6.0 (Mac OS X)
latest release date = August 2008
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating system = Windows and Mac OS X
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genre = Raster image editor
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html Windows] / [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/main.html Macintosh]

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. The program allows users to create, edit, organize and share images, all from the same product.

Originally introduced alongside Photoshop version 7, Photoshop Elements targets photography enthusiasts and thus lacks many features that make it useful in a proper print production environment. For example, Photoshop Elements cannot export files in the CMYK color mode, supports a simplified color management system, and excludes detailed soft-proofing. It also either eliminates completely or offers simplified versions of some of the more powerful plug-ins, along with a number of features aimed at non-experts (such as removing the red-eye effect or changing the skin tone in a picture). An example of a redesigned feature would be the Variations correction dialog. Some versions can, however, open, edit, and save PDFs.

Photoshop LE (Limited Edition) was Adobe's consumer raster image editing product prior to the introduction of Elements. Photoshop LE had similar limitations to "Elements".

Macintosh version

The Macintosh version of Photoshop Elements had not been updated since the release of version 4.0 in the first quarter of 2006, leaving Intel Mac users with no native solution. It was cited that iPhoto brought many features to the table and was included free on every Mac, which could hinder a third party product's success. However, on March 24, 2008 Adobe reaffirmed their commitment to the Macintosh platform shipping Elements 6.0 for the Mac. [ [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/ Adobe - Adobe Press Room: For immediate release ] ]

Mac release history

*Version 2: 2002
*Version 3: 2004
*Version 4: 2006
*Version 6: 2008

Further reading

*"Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions", by Mikkel Aaland
*"Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual", by Barbara Brundage
*"The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 4", by Richard Lynch

References

ee also

*Adobe Premiere Elements

External links

* Official site: [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html Windows] | [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/main.html Macintosh]
* [http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/f/elementscompare.htm Comparison of features between Photoshop Elements and Photoshop]
* "For other external links, see dmoz|Computers/Software/Graphics/Image_Editing/Photoshop/|Photoshop.
* To work with CMYK, Channels, Curves and other features missing in Elements see the hiddenelements website: dmoz|Computers/Graphics/Books/Photoshop.