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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look their best, share them in imaginative ways, and easily find and view all your photos and video clips. Experiment with easy-to-use compositing tools that let you create perfect group photos, seamless panoramas, and more. Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. Now when using the Healing Brush, you can preview your changes prior to committing them to get the best results possible. Make image selections in seconds so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo. Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos. Start creating quickly, no experience necessary Express your ideas in customizable layouts Create photo books with greater ease and flexibility Entertain friends with custom slide shows and interactive web galleries Share with family and friends using a variety of fun options Instantly download photos from your camera Categorize photos and video clips with easy-to-use visual tags Group photos into convenient Albums Develop creations more quickly by gathering the photos you need for a specific project in one place View and organize your photos quickly, even when your library grows to include thousands of photos Select and adjust specific areas of a photo more quickly and easily than ever before Easily organize stills and video clips with visual tagging options System requirements - Intel Pentium 4, Pentium M, Intel Centrino 1.3GHz or compatible processor, Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, 256MB RAM, 1.5GB free space, Color monitor with 16-bit color video card, 1024x768 monitor resolution at 96dpi or less, Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Netscape Navigator 7.0, or Mozilla Firefox 1.

Amazon.com:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software combines power and simplicity so you can easily tell great stories with your photos. Make your photos look their best whatever your level of editing experience--a friendly new design and step-by-step editing assistance help get you started. Easily perform more advanced retouching and enhancing thanks to easy image-selection tools, amazing compositing capabilities, and more. Share your stories in imaginative photo books, scrapbook pages, slide shows, interactive web galleries, and more. And always find and view all your photos and video clips with ease.

Create the perfect group shot Never let a frown or a closed pair of eyes ruin a group photo again. New photo-blending technology lets you easily combine the best facial expressions and body language from a series of group shots to create a single, perfect composite.

Select and adjust specific areas of a photo more quickly and easily than ever before.

Easily organize stills and video clips with visual tagging options.

Bring out the best in your photos
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look their best, share them in imaginative ways, and easily find and view all your photos and video clips.

Make your photos look their best

• Experiment with easy-to-use compositing tools that let you create perfect group photos, seamless panoramas, and more.
• Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. And now when using the Healing Brush, you can preview your changes prior to committing them to get the best results possible.
• Make image selections in seconds so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo. Simply brush your selection, and then use sliders to make the adjustment blend perfectly with the background.
• Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.

Do more with your photos

• Get step-by-step assistance for making photo creations like scrapbook pages, cards, and CD/ DVD labels. Simply choose the type of creation you'd like to make, and the appropriate tools and instructions appear at your fingertips.
• Find inspiration in professionally designed, color-coordinated layouts that make it easy to make great photo creations in minutes. Or spend a little more time and customize all the elements of your chosen layout.
• Quickly create professional-looking photo books with flexible new options that allow you to view spreads, flip through your book, and rearrange pages--all with fewer clicks than ever before. When your book is finished, just click the Order button to have it professionally printed, hardbound, and delivered to your door.
• Create an eye-catching slide show complete with captions, documentary-style pan and zoom effects, amazing transitions, voice narration, and music. Or take things a step further and share photos in your choice of interactive web galleries.

Easily find and view all your photos and video clips

• With a single click, transfer photos from your memory card to your computer according to your preset preferences, so you can get back to taking photos sooner.
• Easily tag photos with keywords that represent people, places, or events. You can instantly view every photo you've ever taken of your dog, for example, by simply clicking on its tag.
• Place your family, work, or vacation photos into Albums to keep them together for special projects. And see just the photos you want to see with new Smart Albums, which automatically bring together photos based on criteria you choose.

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Customer Rating: - New User of Photoshop w/ About 30 Hours of Training
This is a remarkable program with lots of great features. After the next 30 hours (night school, intermediate level) and some practice, I plan to make composite presentation photos of designs for landscapes and interiors.

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Customer Rating: - Excellent upgrade from PE2
I have been using Elements 2 for some time and find it to be an excellent tool yet I felt ready to upgrade and liked the new features that 6 offers. The reason I am not buying PE 7 is because 1. Based on reviews the only significant difference is heavy marketing of web albums (I am a flikr user so don't need) and option to change background color (I like the greys). I downloaded the free version first (which everyone should do as there are some complaints about system stability) and found no problems with crashing and so forth. There is a significant upgrade in quality compared to the earlier version, especially in the image enhancing tools which is what I principally use. The color curves option is fantastic and the ability to fine tune shadows and highlights is excellent. The quick selection tool is also a real time saver after years of using the magnetic lasso. Also raw capability is a welcome advantage and the interface is excellent. This is a wonderful choice for early version users of PE who are ready to upgrade (download free version first of course).

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Customer Rating: - PhotoShop ver. 6
I bought the upgrade of this in July after our Alaska trip and then I found out there was a newer version coming out in Oct. that they so carefully neglected to tell me about, which I think is pretty crappy!! I do like it, but some of the information on the tools still does not explain it adequately enough for me to understand it. I guess I need to sit down with the book and make notes. I do like the software, as I was using ver. 5 before, to me it is the best you can buy. I had software that came with my Canon camera and HP printer, but they didn't even come close to Adobe.

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Customer Rating: - Photoshop Elements 6
I've spent many hours with this product. It is pretty intuitive, and that's a good thing - because it is also very rich in features and there is a long learning curve to fully use those features. I like it - and use it, by choice, instead of other photo processing tools I have. My needs are not professional and limited to simple processing. My only negative reaction is to Photoshop's obviously planned obsolescence of products and continual communication and advertising once you enter their door with their very fine and affordable "Elements" program. For example, I bought elements 6 when new, but as I review it, it is now "old." Go figure!