Adobe Photoshop Elements
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 Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 running under Microsoft Windows XP |
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| Developer(s) | Adobe Systems |
| Stable release | 8.0 (Windows), 8.0 (Mac OS X) / September 2009 |
| Operating system | Windows and Mac OS X |
| Type | Raster image editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Windows / Macintosh |
Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist group of users and hence sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product. 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 (without using a third-party plug-in), 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, and instead has 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.
Adobe has also released a new free image editing web application, Photoshop Express, with many more limitations than Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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[edit] Versions
The latest Windows version is Photoshop Elements 8,[1] released in September 2009.
The latest Mac OS X version is Photoshop Elements 8,[2] released also in September 2009.
[edit] Windows release history
- Version 1: April 2001
- Version 2: August 2002
- Version 3: October 2004
- Version 4: October 2005
- Version 5: October 2006
- Version 6: October 2007
- Version 7: October 2008
- Version 8: September 2009
[edit] Mac version release history
- Version 1: April 2001
- Version 2: 2002
- Version 3: 2004
- Version 4: 2006
- Version 6: 2008
- Version 8: September 2009
[edit] 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
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site: Windows | Macintosh
- For other external links, see Photoshop at the Open Directory Project.
- To work with CMYK, Channels, Curves and other features missing in Elements see the hiddenelements website: Adobe Photoshop Elements at the Open Directory Project.
 A screen shot of the earlier Photoshop Elements 3.0 |
 A picture showing the "Filter" examples of Photoshop Elements 5.0 |
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