Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7

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Good for the price, January 8, 2009

I've used pro-license Adobe and Macromedia(now owned by Adobe) products for 9 years now. So I have experience with some of the more complex features of Photoshop. Now with that being said, I'll also mention that not everyone needs to create filters, masks, layers, merge, alpha-transparency, 3D integration, or web and mobile phone optimization. I would think the normal home user is just looking to maybe cut/crop, rotate, touch-up and jpg export for bitmaps. This is where Photoshop Elements would be ideal for the price. Why pay more for stuff you don't need. However, if you plan on venturing more into graphic design and start working with artwork other than bitmaps, such as vector art or AutoCAD drawings, then I would recommend investing in the full version.

As for Premiere Elements, I'll have to admit that I am less experienced with video editing. All of my limited video editing has been through Sony Vegas Studio before this. And the only reason I was able to catch on is because I understood how layers, frames, and time interact from developing with Flash. So I am pretty much your basic user for video. I think Premiere Elements is comparable to Vegas studio for home use. The functions I am most interested in as a basic user are importing different video and sound formats, transition and layering effects, and project export formats. I made a holiday video with Premiere Elements and was satisfied with what I was able to do and the quality of the video. There was a drawback though, which was it being slower than my Vegas Studio. Still, bundled in with Photoshop Elements at this price, I think its good for the price.

A Review By Someone Who Knows What He is Talking About, January 3, 2009

After installing and playing around with these programs I decided to wait for the holidays to post a review. My son studied film editing in college, created a music video which made it to the web, and prepares special features for a large church in the Phoenix area. Since he was due home for the holidays I felt the readers of this review could profit from more from his thoughts than my little uninformed opinion.

Following are his thoughts:
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Photoshop Elements

Program highs: Very intuitive and easy to use. Most users can probably navigate this program without needing to consult a manual. The system offers a robust variety of editing tools to enhance users' pictures. One of the program's best features is a tool that allows you to instantly capture and organize all picture files on your computer.

Program lows: I did not experience any detractors to the software while I was using it

4.5/5 Stars.
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Premiere Elements 7

Program highs: Also very intuitive though user's without a background in film media may need to consult the manual. Like Photoshop it is easy to capture and organize all of your previously stored data. A significant upgrade is the ability to capture media from multiple venues such as DV, CD, Cell phones and more. This versatility will be a boon for users previously frustrated by PC editing programs' compatibility issues.

Program lows: The system experienced some slowness while it was being used, nothing terrible but not quite at the level of Photoshop Elements in speed. The system also experienced a fatal exception while it was being used causing the program to autocrash while editing was in progress. These issues however may be mitigated by ensuring your system meets the proper requirements and that you have plenty of memory to run these programs.

3.5/5 Stars.

Rushed to market, December 25, 2008

Pros: Nice amount of features, pretty interface, simple once you get used to it

Cons: Crashes constantly on Vista, Some features require you to "upgrade" to a Photoshop.com account (like menu themes!), some features work sometimes and sometimes don't (like effects on text, it will allow you to add them to some but not others with no explanation!), resource hog (on a 3ghz Core2Duo w/ 4 gigs RAM)

Bottom Line: Avoid, version 6 was more stable and more complete in my opinion. I was expecting more from Adobe.

cameras and action, December 24, 2008

Bought this as a gift for my daughter after using it myself for about 3 years. It's pretty easy to use and I have enjoyed creating photographs and videos much more so than with previous software I have had.

Same software as version 6. Do not buy., December 24, 2008

Ok, so maybe the title of this review is a little exaggerated, but overall it's fairly truthful. When I first got version 6 I was amazed at how many new features had been added to the software. As of yet, I haven't even been able to find a single new feature in version 7 that I care about. The chances mostly come in the form of social networking additions, although I'd guess that if you know how to use photoshop then you also know how to do these functions on your own, so I'm not sure what the point is exactly.

Anyways, if you have version 6, DO NOT UPGRADE to this. If you are first time photoshop user I'd suggest that you search and see if you can get a better price on version 6 because you aren't missing anything here. If you can't get a better price, well there's technically nothing wrong with version 7 so go for it.


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