Adobe Photoshop Elements
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Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop
raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist users and hence sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6) 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, Adobe Photoshop Express
, with many more limitations than Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Note: PSE8 for Mac OS does not work on Mac OS X with Russian, Polish, Czech and some other primary languages.
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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist users and hence sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6) 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
Red-eye effect
The red-eye effect in photography is the common appearance of red pupils in color photographs of eyes. It occurs when using a photographic flash very close to the camera lens , in ambient low light. The effect appears in the eyes of humans and animals that have no tapetum lucidum, hence no...
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, Adobe Photoshop Express
Adobe Photoshop Express
Adobe Photoshop Express is a Flash-based image editing web application from Adobe used to directly edit photos on blogs and social networking sites, so that users do not have to download or upload images...
, with many more limitations than Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Versions
| Version | Released for Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... | Released for Mac Mac OS X Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems... |
Following Photoshop Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photoshop 5 LE | ~1999 | ~1999 | 5.5 February 1999 |
| 1 | April 2001 | April 2001 | 6.0 September 2000 |
| 2 | August 2002 | 2002 | 7.0 March 2002 |
| 3 | October 2004 | 2004 | CS October 2003 |
| 4 | October 2005 | 2006 | CS2 April 2005 |
| 5 | October 2006 | - | |
| 6 | October 2007 | 2008 | CS3 April 2007 |
| 7 | October 2008 | - | CS4 September 23, 2008 |
| 8 | September 2009 | September 2009 | |
| 9 | September 2010 | September 2010 | CS5 April 30, 2010 |
| 10 | September 2011 | September 2011 |
Note: PSE8 for Mac OS does not work on Mac OS X with Russian, Polish, Czech and some other primary languages.
Further reading
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 for Photographers, by Philip Andrews
- How to Cheat in Elements 9, by Asch & Caplin
- 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 ElementsAdobe Premiere ElementsAdobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for nonlinear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements. In 2006, it was identified as the number one...
- Adobe Photoshop AlbumAdobe Photoshop AlbumAdobe Photoshop Album is a software application by Adobe Systems designed to import, organize and edit digital photos, and allows quick and easy searching and sharing of entire photo collections. It has been compared to Apple Inc.'s iPhoto and Google's Picasa....
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External links
- For other external links, see .
- To work with CMYK, Channels, Curves and other features missing in Elements, see the hiddenelements website: .