Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 software combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look extraordinary, share your stories in print creations and web experiences and easily manage your photos.
- One easy tool to manage, edit and enhance photos
- Dramatically transform images with simple options
- Recompose photos to any size
- Quickly find your best photos
Overview
The newest version of this popular consumer photo-editing software, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 combines power and simplicity so you can easily go beyond the basics to tell great stories with your photos. Works great with iPhoto, too.
Do it all with one powerful yet easy-to-use product
Use Photoshop Elements 8 for all your photo needs. Manage, edit and enhance photos; make unique photo creations; and share in print, on the web and on popular devices.
Count on step-by-step assistance
Want to touch up a scratch? Add artistic effects to make a photo look like a pencil sketch? Photoshop Elements walks you through key steps to make it easy to get the results you want fast.
Go from flawed to phenomenal in seconds
Get just the photo fixes you're looking for with one-step shortcuts. And now when you perform one-step photo adjustments, you can quickly choose the best result from a group of adjustment previews.
Recompose photos to any size—without distortion
Now you can quickly resize images—even going from landscape to portrait or vice versa—without distorting key subjects like people or buildings.
Get the best exposure
Capture all the details in a scene that includes light and dark areas. Snap one photo with flash on and one with flash off, and Photomerge Exposure will combine the shots into a single, perfectly lit photo.
Features
- Make your photos look extraordinary with easy-to-use editing options
- Share your stories in beautiful, personalized print creations and web experiences
- Step-by-step assistance with completing projects
- Full-screen preview that lets you make quick edits while viewing images
- New artwork and templates to give printed creations fun and stylish new looks
- Perform a full range of common photo adjustments—including color, contrast and lighting—with just one click
Did you notice?
The Auto-Analyzer automatically tags your media so you can easily find your most interesting, highest quality photos and video footage.
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Making your photos look extraordinary, sharing your stories in print creations and web experiences, and easily managing your photos.
System requirements
- Multi-core Intel processor
- Mac OS X v10.4.11-10.5.8 or v10.6
- 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
- 64MB of video RAM
- 2GB of free hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
- 1,024 x 768 display resolution
- DVD-ROM drive
- QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
- Internet connection required for Internet-based services
What's in the box?
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Mfr. Part No.: 65045164
Most Useful Reviews
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Great price!
Written by RD from Seattle
30-Nov-2009
Yes, this is not Apple software but if you are considering Photoshop this is an inexpensive introduction for many $100's less then the full blown version. It has 80% of the things average Joe or Jane photographer would use in Photoshop CS4. …More
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Bad software
Written by CF from Belmont
19-Nov-2009
Nothing about this software is intuitive. Written by a Microsoft type programer and should not be allowed on a Mac. What makes it worse as there is no included manual but has a decades long Mac user any manual larger than iWorks etc. is a bad sign. …More
82 of 231 people found this useful
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
worth it
Written by JK from quincy
16-Nov-2009
This new version is much improved and has added much functionality that is usually associated with the professional photoshop. There is the ability to do metadata to the image files in the new Bridge program. The function of layers is now possible; making it easy to know where you are and what to send back and forth. The feel of the program is more like the professional program. It takes a bit to get use to if you've never used photoshop before or in a long time. Wonderful product. …More
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