Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements screenshot Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 running under Microsoft Windows XP
Developer(s)	Adobe Systems
Stable release	7.0 (Windows), 6.0 (Mac OS X) / August 2008
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, 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, 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.

Versions

The latest Windows version is Photoshop Elements 7, released in October 2008.

The latest Mac OS X version is Photoshop Elements 6, released also in 2008.

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

Mac version 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

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 Curlie.
• To work with CMYK, Channels, Curves and other features missing in Elements see the hiddenelements website: Adobe Photoshop Elements at Curlie.

• A screen shot of the earlier Photoshop Elements 3.0
  A screen shot of the earlier Photoshop Elements 3.0
• A picture showing the "Filter" examples of Photoshop Elements 5.0
  A picture showing the "Filter" examples of Photoshop Elements 5.0