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Top positive review
See It In Action!
October 30, 2018
First of all, I downloaded my copy directly from the Adobe site and I haven't had any problems with it.I've included a video that shows some of the basic features. Here is a brief index of what is in the video.
0:00 Home Screen
1:08 Three Major Editing Areas (Quick, Guided, and Expert)
2:13 Create and Share
2:45 Quick Mode
3:36 Guided Mode
4:14 Color Pop in Guided Mode
5:30 Expert Mode
6:43 Remove Items
7:18 Digital Painting
8:00 What's New In Elements 2018
I've been using Photoshop Elements since version 2 and I still believe it is the best photo-editing software there is for under $100. This is the software program that my digital photography and digital painting students purchase for the college courses that I teach.
If you are serious about editing photos this is the software program that I recommend. It does "most" of what the full version of Photoshop CC does. One of the nice features of learning Photoshop Elements is that there is a lot of free instructional materials on the internet. Plus, it is so similar to the full version of Photoshop CC that it is relatively easy to transfer that knowledge to the full version of Photoshop if you decide that you want to subscribe to Adobe's Photoshop Creative Cloud.
With the three different modes (Quick, Guided, and Expert), there is something for everyone from beginner to advance. It is very easy to use the Quick and Guided features. The Expert mode can be challenging--but one again there are tons of free online materials to help you--plus there are lots of books. My favorite Photoshop books are by Scott Kelby.
If you just want a fast and easy photo editor to use occasionally then there are many free options available on the internet. One of the best free editors is Sumo paint.
For those of you who have older versions of Photoshop Elements and are wondering if it is worth the upgrade? My best recommendation would be to download the 30-day free trial and see if the new features are worth it for you. I keep upgrading because I need to stay current for the college courses I teach. Also, I like having the most current version of Photoshop Elements just in case someday Abode decides to make it only available by subscription like they did with the full version of Photoshop.
I hope you found this information and the video helpful.
307 people found this helpful
Top critical review
Spyware, spyware, spyware everywhere!
July 9, 2019
Photoshop Elements (PSE) is a slimed down version of Photoshop. It has many of it features of Photoshop that an average to semi-pro can use to manipulate images. To some degree it has been "dummy downed" to make its interface a litttle easier for a novice to use. Well that is the intent, but it s still a moderately complex application to use. I have a full version of Photoshop on my Mac (at least I used to until OS-X went to 64 bit and its no longer functional) so I'm familiar with the terminology, filters ,interface etc. The DVD version of PSE which I purchased from Amazon runs on both a PC and Mac which I've installed on both (its legal) and runs O.K. I'm not going to go into how well PSE works. Lets just say that it most likely will do just about everything the average photographer would need. What I will point out though that this program is basically spyware. It reports everything you do from logging on to scraping your images in WIndows Picture folder and sending them whether you want it to on not. I've not found a way to completely shut it off completely. My first indication was right after I installed PSE, my firewall (Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite) starts giving me pop ups asking if I want to let various programs access the internet. It identifies them as executables that are part of PSE. Then I started to get pop ups where "Microsoft Photo" wants to access the internet. No executable program was identified but it dose capture the outgoing destination IP. I looked it them up and its two different communications companies in Canada (one being Tata Communications and the other Cogent Comms). There also one in from German, Pakistan as well as Russia (Kaspersky). What the heck??? None of these were there before I loaded PSE! I'm worried about my Mac as I don't have a very robust firewall on it like my WIndows machine. One of the things I did was modify my startup list to exclude Adobe (PSE) from loading any apps at startup that reduced some of the outgoing request but not all. One of the features of PSE is face recognition in your photo. I'm not sure I want some third party look at my photos and identifying who the people are in them. Just me I guess. You can not turn on this feature when you install the program, but I would not be surprised that it ignores this and that is one of the reasons trying to scrape copies of my photos. The install claims that you can turn off third party data sharing in preferences but they have it so well hidden that I've not found it yet. My advise, unless you are a hardcore photo image manipulator and don't mind all the spyware going on in the background, get a copy of Gimp. Its free and does a lot of image manipulation that an average photographer needs. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
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October 30, 2018
First of all, I downloaded my copy directly from the Adobe site and I haven't had any problems with it.
I've included a video that shows some of the basic features. Here is a brief index of what is in the video.
0:00 Home Screen
1:08 Three Major Editing Areas (Quick, Guided, and Expert)
2:13 Create and Share
2:45 Quick Mode
3:36 Guided Mode
4:14 Color Pop in Guided Mode
5:30 Expert Mode
6:43 Remove Items
7:18 Digital Painting
8:00 What's New In Elements 2018
I've been using Photoshop Elements since version 2 and I still believe it is the best photo-editing software there is for under $100. This is the software program that my digital photography and digital painting students purchase for the college courses that I teach.
If you are serious about editing photos this is the software program that I recommend. It does "most" of what the full version of Photoshop CC does. One of the nice features of learning Photoshop Elements is that there is a lot of free instructional materials on the internet. Plus, it is so similar to the full version of Photoshop CC that it is relatively easy to transfer that knowledge to the full version of Photoshop if you decide that you want to subscribe to Adobe's Photoshop Creative Cloud.
With the three different modes (Quick, Guided, and Expert), there is something for everyone from beginner to advance. It is very easy to use the Quick and Guided features. The Expert mode can be challenging--but one again there are tons of free online materials to help you--plus there are lots of books. My favorite Photoshop books are by Scott Kelby.
If you just want a fast and easy photo editor to use occasionally then there are many free options available on the internet. One of the best free editors is Sumo paint.
For those of you who have older versions of Photoshop Elements and are wondering if it is worth the upgrade? My best recommendation would be to download the 30-day free trial and see if the new features are worth it for you. I keep upgrading because I need to stay current for the college courses I teach. Also, I like having the most current version of Photoshop Elements just in case someday Abode decides to make it only available by subscription like they did with the full version of Photoshop.
I hope you found this information and the video helpful.
I've included a video that shows some of the basic features. Here is a brief index of what is in the video.
0:00 Home Screen
1:08 Three Major Editing Areas (Quick, Guided, and Expert)
2:13 Create and Share
2:45 Quick Mode
3:36 Guided Mode
4:14 Color Pop in Guided Mode
5:30 Expert Mode
6:43 Remove Items
7:18 Digital Painting
8:00 What's New In Elements 2018
I've been using Photoshop Elements since version 2 and I still believe it is the best photo-editing software there is for under $100. This is the software program that my digital photography and digital painting students purchase for the college courses that I teach.
If you are serious about editing photos this is the software program that I recommend. It does "most" of what the full version of Photoshop CC does. One of the nice features of learning Photoshop Elements is that there is a lot of free instructional materials on the internet. Plus, it is so similar to the full version of Photoshop CC that it is relatively easy to transfer that knowledge to the full version of Photoshop if you decide that you want to subscribe to Adobe's Photoshop Creative Cloud.
With the three different modes (Quick, Guided, and Expert), there is something for everyone from beginner to advance. It is very easy to use the Quick and Guided features. The Expert mode can be challenging--but one again there are tons of free online materials to help you--plus there are lots of books. My favorite Photoshop books are by Scott Kelby.
If you just want a fast and easy photo editor to use occasionally then there are many free options available on the internet. One of the best free editors is Sumo paint.
For those of you who have older versions of Photoshop Elements and are wondering if it is worth the upgrade? My best recommendation would be to download the 30-day free trial and see if the new features are worth it for you. I keep upgrading because I need to stay current for the college courses I teach. Also, I like having the most current version of Photoshop Elements just in case someday Abode decides to make it only available by subscription like they did with the full version of Photoshop.
I hope you found this information and the video helpful.
January 26, 2019
As a long time user of Photoshop. CS4 and up, I found Photoshop elements having most of the functions that the full version has and for a lot less money. I also liked the one time buy and not a monthly payment.
July 9, 2019
Photoshop Elements (PSE) is a slimed down version of Photoshop. It has many of it features of Photoshop that an average to semi-pro can use to manipulate images. To some degree it has been "dummy downed" to make its interface a litttle easier for a novice to use. Well that is the intent, but it s still a moderately complex application to use. I have a full version of Photoshop on my Mac (at least I used to until OS-X went to 64 bit and its no longer functional) so I'm familiar with the terminology, filters ,interface etc. The DVD version of PSE which I purchased from Amazon runs on both a PC and Mac which I've installed on both (its legal) and runs O.K. I'm not going to go into how well PSE works. Lets just say that it most likely will do just about everything the average photographer would need. What I will point out though that this program is basically spyware. It reports everything you do from logging on to scraping your images in WIndows Picture folder and sending them whether you want it to on not. I've not found a way to completely shut it off completely. My first indication was right after I installed PSE, my firewall (Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite) starts giving me pop ups asking if I want to let various programs access the internet. It identifies them as executables that are part of PSE. Then I started to get pop ups where "Microsoft Photo" wants to access the internet. No executable program was identified but it dose capture the outgoing destination IP. I looked it them up and its two different communications companies in Canada (one being Tata Communications and the other Cogent Comms). There also one in from German, Pakistan as well as Russia (Kaspersky). What the heck??? None of these were there before I loaded PSE! I'm worried about my Mac as I don't have a very robust firewall on it like my WIndows machine. One of the things I did was modify my startup list to exclude Adobe (PSE) from loading any apps at startup that reduced some of the outgoing request but not all. One of the features of PSE is face recognition in your photo. I'm not sure I want some third party look at my photos and identifying who the people are in them. Just me I guess. You can not turn on this feature when you install the program, but I would not be surprised that it ignores this and that is one of the reasons trying to scrape copies of my photos. The install claims that you can turn off third party data sharing in preferences but they have it so well hidden that I've not found it yet. My advise, unless you are a hardcore photo image manipulator and don't mind all the spyware going on in the background, get a copy of Gimp. Its free and does a lot of image manipulation that an average photographer needs. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
November 21, 2018
I spent an hour searching for a fix for the recurring CD installation failure with an error code of 1. Then I finally found it for my 5-year-old Dell PC with Windows 10 from an Adobe support guy in Adobe's Elements forum, after spending too much time reading Adobe's useless suggestions on other Adobe pages. It simply involves renaming a folder:
Open your file manager.
Go to C:\
Go to Program Files (x86)
Go to Common Files
Go to Adobe
In the Adobe folder, select the OOBE folder.
Rename it OLDOOBE.
What relief!!!
Open your file manager.
Go to C:\
Go to Program Files (x86)
Go to Common Files
Go to Adobe
In the Adobe folder, select the OOBE folder.
Rename it OLDOOBE.
What relief!!!
March 18, 2019
I used to update Photoshop Elements regularly, but then for a couple of years I tried the cloud subscription to an Adobe package, including the full-size Photoshop. Now I'm back to Elements and I find that is all I really need. I can easily find what I need in Elements, and I don't get that monthly bill.
January 11, 2019
The seller is great. Please check Adobe community forum for research before you buy. The program is not so much. I've had adobe photo shop before and this one has great potential. But it will not open the photo editor. I ran trouble shooter and went to adobe web site for help. Apparently this is an ongoing problem. Reached out to Adobe and they were no help whatsoever. Adobe trouble shooting is no help. Still does not work.
February 15, 2019
I ordered a CD to avoid download issues. While trying to install on my Windows 7 desktop an error came up saying I didn't have permissions to install. An online search said to go to the registry and change the permissions. I tried that - still didn't work. The box says that it is Windows 7 compatible. I then tried loading this on to my Windows 10 laptop and it installed with no issues. Not the machine I wanted to use this with, but at least it wasn't a total loss.
February 28, 2019
I had no choice but to buy this.
Conveniently Apple Mojave does not work with my Adobe Elements version 12.
Which did everything i need and more.
This version is slow as hell to load and locks up on occasion.
Problems I never had with version 12.
Remember when Apple seemed to care about the customer!
Conveniently Apple Mojave does not work with my Adobe Elements version 12.
Which did everything i need and more.
This version is slow as hell to load and locks up on occasion.
Problems I never had with version 12.
Remember when Apple seemed to care about the customer!
February 11, 2019
I had Adobe 2013 which I found easy to use Adobe 2019 is pretty complicated for what I want to do and not sure I can work on photos as easily. Sorry I bought it.
July 8, 2019
I wasted 17 hours trying to install this software on my HP computer running Windows 10:
-- 6 hours attempting to install and searching for solutions on my own;
-- 7 hours on the Adobe Tech Support Chat Line;
-- 4 hours reinstalling other pristine software an Adobe Tech destroyed.
During nearly 7 of those hours, two different Adobe Support Techs (about 3+ hours each) had Remote Control of my computer. Both gave up.
In addition, I tied up the computer for 23 hours, downloading software they instructed me to download, attempting to correct the "issue".
In addition, I had to spend another 4 hours reinstalling ALL my other Adobe software (that had been running perfectly), because one of the Techs (who had Remote Control) blithely deleted ALL the Adobe software I had. He then abandoned me by closing the case.
The second Tech person, giving up, promised to "escalate" my "issue". He asked for my phone number. Promised I would get a call the next day. No call came. That was more than a week ago.
The "issue" is something called "Error 16". An online search confirms that I am not alone: Many people have hit this stumbling block. During my initial 6-hour installation attempt, I meticulously followed the instructions on Adobe's website. After nothing worked, I contacted their Support people.
Clearly, the software installation code knows Error 16 exists on _some_ Windows 10 computers, because it tells the user so. Clearly, Adobe knows it, because they've received complaints about it.
The "issue" isn't with the CD I bought, nor with my DVD drive, because one of their solutions involved my downloading the entire program from their site, attempting an install from that. Didn't work.
For the record, my computer is a Hewlett-Packard desktop, only a year old; has the latest Windows 10 version; is clean of viruses and malware; and has more than a Terabyte of unused space on disk. As for me, I've owned a personal computer since 1978, so I'm no novice.
Adobe has a problem, not an issue. Someone at Adobe needs to buy a computer exactly like one of those that report
Error 16, do a step-by-step install, and fix the problem. Meanwhile, I will return this useless software.
-- 6 hours attempting to install and searching for solutions on my own;
-- 7 hours on the Adobe Tech Support Chat Line;
-- 4 hours reinstalling other pristine software an Adobe Tech destroyed.
During nearly 7 of those hours, two different Adobe Support Techs (about 3+ hours each) had Remote Control of my computer. Both gave up.
In addition, I tied up the computer for 23 hours, downloading software they instructed me to download, attempting to correct the "issue".
In addition, I had to spend another 4 hours reinstalling ALL my other Adobe software (that had been running perfectly), because one of the Techs (who had Remote Control) blithely deleted ALL the Adobe software I had. He then abandoned me by closing the case.
The second Tech person, giving up, promised to "escalate" my "issue". He asked for my phone number. Promised I would get a call the next day. No call came. That was more than a week ago.
The "issue" is something called "Error 16". An online search confirms that I am not alone: Many people have hit this stumbling block. During my initial 6-hour installation attempt, I meticulously followed the instructions on Adobe's website. After nothing worked, I contacted their Support people.
Clearly, the software installation code knows Error 16 exists on _some_ Windows 10 computers, because it tells the user so. Clearly, Adobe knows it, because they've received complaints about it.
The "issue" isn't with the CD I bought, nor with my DVD drive, because one of their solutions involved my downloading the entire program from their site, attempting an install from that. Didn't work.
For the record, my computer is a Hewlett-Packard desktop, only a year old; has the latest Windows 10 version; is clean of viruses and malware; and has more than a Terabyte of unused space on disk. As for me, I've owned a personal computer since 1978, so I'm no novice.
Adobe has a problem, not an issue. Someone at Adobe needs to buy a computer exactly like one of those that report
Error 16, do a step-by-step install, and fix the problem. Meanwhile, I will return this useless software.
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