Adobe Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 running under Microsoft Windows XP
Developer	Adobe Systems
Latest release	6.0 (Windows), 4.0 (Mac) / September 2007
OS	Windows, Mac OS X
Genre	raster image editor
License	Proprietary
Website	Windows / Macintosh

Photoshop Elements 6.0 Welcome Screen on Windows

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 has not been updated since the release of version 4.0 in the first quarter of 2006, and there is currently no version of this software that runs natively on the latest Intel Macs. This is probably because most of the additional features of versions 5.0 and 6.0 (such as photo album creation and management) are already available in iPhoto, which is bundled with all new Macintosh systems. On September 24, 2007, Adobe announced the upcoming release of Elements 6.0 for the Mac, "expected in early 2008."^[1]

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

See also

• Adobe Premiere Elements

External links

• Official site: Windows | Macintosh
• Comparison of features between Photoshop Elements and Photoshop
• For other external links, see Photoshop at the Open Directory Project.

A screen shot of the earlier Photoshop Elements 3.0

Photoshop Elements 3.0 Welcome Screen on Windows

A picture showing the "Filter" examples of Photoshop Elements 5.0