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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. Get tips and tricks, download video tutorials, and a free issue of the Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter. Register online for free eSeminars that help you get the most out of Photoshop Elements 6. Easily order prints, share photos on the web or on CEIVA Digital Photo Frames, and more. See a full list of books, DVDs, and other materials that will help you get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Elements. 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 System requirements - PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor, Mac OS X v10.4.8 through 10.5, 512MB RAM minimum, 64MB RAM, 1GB free space, 1,024x768 display resolution, DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features, and Internet connection required for Internet-based services

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software combines power and simplicity so you can go beyond the basics. Make your photos look their best, share them in creative ways, and easily find and view them. Photoshop Elements also works great with iPhoto.



Bring out the best in your photos


Make your photos look their best

• Create amazing composites with easy-to-use tools
• Get greater control over color and lighting
• Brush away wrinkles, unwanted objects, and other flaws
• Make selections in a snap so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo
• Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look

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

Get exactly the look you envision with flexible layout options.

Do more with your photos

• Start creating quickly, no experience necessary
• Express your ideas in customizable layouts
• Share printed photos in creative scrapbook pages, cards, CD/DVD labels, and more
• Share photos with family and friends via a personal online album
• Make the most of your photo paper by printing multiple photos in flexible Picture Packages

Easily organize your photos with visual tagging options.

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

Easily find and view your photos

• Download photos from your camera to your computer in a snap
• Categorize photos with easy-to-use keyword tags
• Group related photos in convenient stacks
• View photos just the way you like, every time, by creating a custom workspace
• Easily view and rate your photos in full-screen mode

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 make adjustments to color, lighting, and exposure. Convert color originals to rich black-and-whites; fine-tune color, brightness, and contrast; and get the highest quality results by editing the raw image files from your digital camera.
• Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. Now when you use the Healing Brush, you can take advantage of visual guidance from an overlay that makes it easy to get the results you want.
• 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 selection blend perfectly with the background.

Do more with your photos

• Easily make photo creations like scrapbook pages, cards, and CD/DVD labels. Simply choose the type of item you'd like to make and the appropriate tools and instructions will appear at your fingertips.
• Find inspiration in professionally designed, color-coordinated layouts that make it easy to put together great photo creations in minutes.

Or spend a little more time and customize all the elements of your chosen layout.

• Easily upload photos and order professional quality prints, photo books, and more. (Services vary worldwide.)
• Quickly and easily share your photos on the web, via e-mail, and on CD or DVD.
• Easily upload your photos to a personal online album. Friends and family can view your photos and instantly order prints.

Easily find and view your photos

• Quickly transfer photos from your digital camera's memory card to your computer so you can get back to taking photos sooner. Automatically copy photos to your preferred storage area, rename photos as they download, and even automatically tag photos with your name and copyright.
• Easily tag photos with keywords that represent people, places, or events. You can instantly view every photo you've ever taken of your family pet, for example, by simply clicking on its tag.
• Group related photos into stacks to find what you need faster and reduce clutter.
• View your photos just the way you want to by creating and saving your own custom viewing workspace.

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Customer Rating: - Not super happy!
This MAC version doesn't have some of the features of the Windows version but that isn't clear until you use it for awhile. I feel a bit cheated.

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Customer Rating: - Needs More Options
Nice piece of software, but is limited. I have worked with several of the Adobe products and all do a nice job by allowing the user to make adjustments to photos. Personally, I thought this was a little pricey for the options that it gave. I was hoping that I could do all of my adjustments within the framework of this software, but instead find myself importing and exporting my photo from one piece of software to another. iPhoto even has several options that this doesn't. I feel that the Adobe products are over hyped and then in this case offer little. On the Windows side, Microsoft's Picture It even has some options that this doesn't. One basic that I think this is missing is the ability to stitch photos together for a panoramic effect. To do this I had to obtain Cannon's PhotoStitch. My suggestion is that there are several pieces of out there for free. Obtain them first, then if you really need this, forget it. Go to CS3.

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Customer Rating: - Are pictures for Kids?
I bought this for my 16 year old grand daughter. She loves taking pictures and this gives her a way to manipulate them. She loves the program. What a great starting point, however I can see CS3 in the near future.

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Customer Rating: - Much better than expected
I had the use of full Photoshop software at work and found it so useful that I wanted to use it at home. My fear was the Photoshop Elements would not have all the features that I was used to. I am knocked out by Elements. I haven't begun to use all the features that it offers and nothing I used at work is missing. I was also pleased that Amazon could sell me the product for $20 less than the standard price--OK, OK, so I had to pay shipping, it was still cheaper. Buy it. You'll love it.