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Photoshop Elements 6.0 For Windows Released
Adobe today announced two major upgrades to its digital photo and video software for consumers: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows & Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows. Tight integration and a shared Organizer, with a common database accessible from either application, allow users to do more with their photos and videos. Available separately or together in a single retail package, Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements software give photo and video enthusiasts more creative ways to organize, edit, create and share digital photos and home movies.
“With video and digital cameras now part of our everyday lives and social networking sites on the rise, people are demanding sophisticated tools to show off their photos and videos,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions at Adobe. “Sophistication doesn’t mean complication. The combination of Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements offers a whole new user experience for consumers, which makes sharing impressive photo and video creations much easier and more fun. With access to all photos and video clips from one convenient place and options to export to YouTube, mobile devices and interactive galleries created with Adobe Flash technology, we expect our new products to be high on holiday wish lists.”
Bringing out the Best in Photos
Photoshop Elements software helps enthusiasts achieve desired results quickly and easily. New Photomerge technology (see our free Photomerge tutorial) helps solve the challenge of taking the perfect group photo by combining the best facial expressions and body language from a series of shots to create a single new cohesive group shot. The new Quick Selection Tool reduces a once time-consuming select-and-adjust task to a single click. Addressing all levels - beginner to expert - there is an opportunity to select one of three edit modes, each geared toward a different experience level. A new Guided Edit mode helps walk users through the steps of improving a photo.
Photoshop Elements 6 streamlines editing with clean, uncluttered screens that bring focus to the photo. New tabs provide simple access to the many capabilities of the program. Additional enhancements include an improved conversion tool that dramatically converts color images into elegant, nuanced black-and-whites. The streamlined Organizer speeds performance and eases importing, tagging and retrieving.
Amazing Movies with Style and Effects
Adobe Premiere Elements 4 makes it possible to create entertaining movies in just minutes. The new Organizer, the same found in Photoshop Elements, helps sort video clips and still photos with visual tagging options for people, places, or events. Video enthusiasts can apply comprehensive movie themes to a sequence of scenes in just a few clicks, creating a movie complete with transitions, effects and DVD menu. Background music and sound effects help underscore emotions, add emphasis, or create a mood.
The new Audio Mixer works like a mixing board in a recording studio, adjusting the relative volumes of different audio with sliders. The new Sharing Center centralizes available ways to show off videos. Users can upload and share videos in multiple ways, including Blu-ray disc, the Web, and mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone. Videos also can be exported in a video format based on Adobe Flash to Web sites like YouTube, without requiring any special encoding.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe’s digital imaging and digital video products are available immediately at at the Adobe Store. Students can get super savings at the Adobe Academic Store. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 & Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows is available as a bundle at an estimated street price of US$149.99. Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows are available separately for an estimated street price of US$99.99 each. Photoshop Elements for the Macintosh platform is expected in early 2008.
Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 5
The Adobe website has posted information about the release of Photoshop Elements 5:
"Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 software combines power and simplicity so you can do more with your photos. Instantly fix flaws or adjust color and lighting with new advanced controls. Quickly drop your photos into customizable layouts and show off your creativity with dynamic web photo galleries created using Flash technology. And view all your photos and video clips in one convenient place." See the Photoshop Elements 5 page at Adobe for more features and news.
Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual - Free Sample Chapter
Bestselling author Barbara Brundage — whose day job is playing the harp — didn't plan on becoming an authority on Photoshop Elements, one the world's most popular photo-editing programs. Yet her newest publication — Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, $26.39 at Amazon.com) — clearly secures Barbara's position as the premier Elements' expert.
"I'm a lowly musician, but if I can learn Elements anyone can," insists Barbara, the author of three previous books about Elements 3, 4, and 5. A few years back in 2001, Barbara chose Elements to create graphics for her new website and promo materials. She soon discovered the nifty software program also made arranging and publishing her harp music a whole lot easier. Then she got hooked on digital photography and relied on Elements to improve and organize her images.
"Fortunately, the folks at Missing Manuals know that sometimes it's easier for someone who isn't from a technical background to explain things to people who don't have a lot of technical knowledge," says Barbara about her road to authorship.
Indeed Barbara's technical knowledge combined with her appealing, down-to-earth writing style made her a perfect addition to the Missing Manual roster of authors. Founded by New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, O'Reilly's Missing Manual series specializes in producing beautifully written manuals for popular consumer software and hardware products — the book that should have been in the box.
Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual provides the best possible guidance to scrapbookers, photographers at every level, budding graphic artists — anyone who wants to get the most out of the latest Elements upgrade. She clearly explains Photoshop Elements 6's exciting array of new features, including the new Quick Edit function, Windows Vista compatibility, improved RAW conversion, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and more. Under Barbara's intelligent tutelage, readers learn how to:
- Import, organize, and fix photos quickly and easily.
- Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image.
- Jazz up their pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects.
- Learn which tools the pros use — and finally understand how layers work!
- Create collages and photo layout pages for greeting cards and other projects.
- Get downloadable practice images and try new tricks right away.
Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual progresses from simple to complex features. Those ready for the more sophisticated tools can easily jump around to learn specific techniques. As always, Barbara lets you know which Elements features work well, which don't, and why — all with a bit of wit and good humor. Adds Barbara: "Elements is wonderful software, but there's a lot going on there. I wanted to help people find their way around and to understand some of the great things they can do with the program."
Free Sample Chapter — Chapter 4: The Quick Fix
At the O'Reilly site you can find a great free sample chapter from the book — Chapter 4: The Quick Fix (PDF Format - 26 MB). From the intro:
With Elements’ Quick Fix tools, you can dramatically improve the appearance of a photo with just a click or two. The Quick Fix window gathers easy-to-use tools that help adjust the brightness and color of your photos and make them look sharper. You don’t even need to understand much about what you’re doing. You just need to click a button or slide a pointer, and then decide whether you like how it looks.
If, on the other hand, you do know what you’re doing, you may still find yourself using the Quick Fix window for things like shadows and highlights because the Quick Fix gives you a before-and-after view as you work. Also, the Temperature and Tint sliders can come in very handy for advanced color tweaking, like finessing the overall color of your otherwise finished photo. You even get two tools—the Selection brush and the Magic Selection brush—to help make changes to only a certain area of your photo.
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use all of the Quick Fix tools. You’ll also learn about what order to apply the fixes so you get the most out of these tools. If you have a newish digital camera, you may find that Quick Fix gives you all the tools you need to take your photos from pretty darn good (the way they came out of the camera) to dazzling.
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Free Photoshop Elements 4 Trial Versions (30 Days)
Adobe has posted a free trial for Photoshop Elements 4.
Photoshop Elements Techniques (WPET) Radio Launched
Visitors to the Photoshop Elements User Web site can join Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski as they broadcast a bi-weekly radio show full of tips, tricks and inspiration for anyone who likes to create with Photoshop Elements. With the premiere broadcast on November 2nd, listeners heard a few tutorials on basic image editing, some cool project ideas and a lot of the usual humor from Cross and Kloskowski. Listeners can access the broadcast by going to the Photoshop Elements User home page and clicking on the play button in the WPET window.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Released
Adobe has released version 4.0 of Photoshop Elements. So what's new? The improved Red Eye Removal now eliminates red eye automatically as photos are downloaded from the camera. The new Magic Selection Brush quickly selects specific parts of a photo for easy color, lighting, and contrast adjustments. The new Skin Tone Adjustment allows more realistic skin colors in just moments. The new Magic Extractor easily removes subjects from photos, with advanced edge de-fringing.
Simple search and tagging options make it easier to find and view photos. Date View automatically arranges photos by date. The enhanced Folder View lets you move, create, or delete files and folders. The new Face Tagging helps to find faces in photos automatically so that they can easily be tagged.
New sharing options include multimedia slide shows, which can be created in seconds, complete with multiple pans and zooms, soundtracks with narration, and over 80 transition options. New one-click printing makes it simple to order professional-quality prints and hardbound photo books through integrated online services.
Read the full press release.
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Total Training Introduces Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed
Total Training Presents: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed is designed to help you master Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 with ease. In this training, you'll uncover the extensive capabilities of Photoshop Elements 3 along with advanced lessons, time saving techniques, and tips for creating impressive projects.
Photoshop Hall of Famer and best selling author Deke McClelland, provides you with step by step instruction for essential techniques including adjusting colors, effects, filters, and layer styles. Deke’s extensive knowledge, combined with his fun presentation style properly positions you unlock the secrets of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 and achieve remarkable results.
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Read Our Review Of This DVD
It is remarkable how the overall costs of digital photography have gone down. Just a few years ago a digital camera that could match the quality of an image from a film camera would have cost over $5,000. Now you can buy a decent digital camera for under $300. And the software has become cheaper as well. Photoshop's hefty price has kept it out of reach of the amateur and hobbyist photographer. But now you can buy Adobe's Photoshop Elements 3, which has a feature set that almost equals the power of Photoshop, for less than $80.
Photoshop training courses have also seen a downward trend in pricing. Total Training's latest — Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed — offers over 6 hours of lessons, includes project files and bonus stock photos, and costs less than $60. That's a very good deal considering the host is none other than Deke McClelland, who I consider to be one of the top Photoshop teachers in the world.
Read full review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed.
BONUS - 2 Video Clip Tutorials For Photoshop Elements 3
We've added two sample clips from Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed, hosted by Deke McClelland. Styles And Effects, and Spot Healing Brush Tool.
Free Photoshop Elements 4 Trial Versions (30 Days)
Adobe has posted a free trial for Photoshop Elements 4.
Photoshop Elements 4 Free Trial for Windows
Photoshop Elements 3 Down And Dirty Tricks Book Released
KW Media Group, the premier resource for the Photoshop Elements community, announced today the release of their new book Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks. This must-have book features Scott Kelby, best-selling author of The Photoshop Elements 3 Book for Digital Photographers, as he unlocks the secrets of the most closely guarded Photoshop Elements 3 special effects. By using his simple step-by-step method, with hundreds of full-color images, you’ll see exactly how it’s all done.
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Photoshop Elements 3 - New Resource Sites
Richard Lynch has launched a new forum for Photoshop Elements users called APEA. APEA is the Adobe Photoshop Elements Alliance — a group of dedicated Elements advocates who have come together to help promote the use of Photoshop Elements, and to empower users to get more from the program. Richard is the author of Hidden Elements, a book reveals the hidden powers of Photoshop Elements. There is a Hidden Elements book companion site that is worth a visit as well.
Photoshop Elements 3 Users Get Access to 11 Video Tips
The editors of Photoshop Elements Techniques have announced that users can get access to 11 online tutorial video tips that explain how to use the new features in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 by going to Photoshop Elements User.
Photoshop Elements User is a great website featuring online tutorials, discussion forums, downloads, and video tips. Here are some site features to look for:
A First Look At Photoshop Elements 3 — Read the review by Scott Kelby.
Photoshop Elements 3 - Top 10 Reasons To Upgrade — For those on the fence about the Photoshop Elements 3 upgrade, have a look at this top 10 list by Dave Cross.
Downloads for Photoshop Elements 3 — Download layer styles, actions, brushes and more. There's a also a quick tutorial for layer styles.
Photoshop Elements 3 & Digital Photography Glossary — This is a great collection of definitions that will help anyone working with Adobe Photoshop Elements as well as with digital photography in general.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance
There's an interesting Photoshop Elements 5 book from Mark Galer that has come to my attention — Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance. Part of the appeal is that the book ships with 5 hours of DVD tutorials and a whole bunch of free stock photos. That's a nice touch. And the book is getting a good amount of positive reviews, including this one: 'Using crafty work-arounds to achieve remarkable results, Mark Galer pushes Elements' capabilities to new levels.' — Christy Brandt, Director of Engineering, Photoshop Elements, Adobe Systems, Inc. Here's some press on Mark's book:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance
Get the most from your digital camera to produce high-end results that casual users only dreamed of. Your photos will look like a pro shot them as imaging guru Mark Galer shows you how to use critical but little-known techniques for professional quality editing.
- Create awesome effects with no commercial lighting or studio equipment
- Extend the dynamic range of your digital camera by merging multiple exposures
- Give your shots the WOW! factor with advanced options for more power
Everything is at your fingertips with the DVD:
- 5 hours of video tutorials, cataloged into digestible snippets
- Over 200 royalty-free, high-resolution images
- Raw and 16-bit/Channel files
- wMulti-layered project files, loadable presets and keyboard shortcut reference guide
Mark Galer is a senior lecturer in digital imaging at RMIT, Australia, is a Photoshop Elements Ambassador and is the author of 7 best-selling digital imaging books. 'Well written, well illustrated, with a good knack for explaining complex issues.' - Steve Caplin, digital illustrator and author of How to Cheat in Photoshop.
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