Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9

[MacRumors]

Adobe today announced the launch of Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9, the latest versions of the company's consumer-grade photo and video editing software packages for Mac and Windows. It marks the first appearance of Premiere Elements for the Mac OS X platform.

Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9 feature all the tools users need to make the most of their photos and videos. Adapted from Photoshop CS5's celebrated Content Aware Fill feature, the content intelligence in the Spot Healing Brush analyzes what's in the image and quickly de-clutters or repairs photos (like removing tourists from a crowded scene) with a swipe of a brush, magically filling in the background. Several new Guided Edit options walk users step-by-step through the process of achieving cool editing effects such as Out of Bounds, making an element of a photo appear to leap off the page in 3D, creating pop art masterpieces, or retouching made easy via the perfect portraits feature.

With Premiere Elements 9, users can create movies in just minutes with the help of intelligent tools that automatically fix audio problems, trim away bad footage, stabilize shaky shots and correct bad color and lighting problems. Any video can simply be turned into an animated film with Cartoon Effects, and optimized performance makes editing and viewing smooth, even in HD.

The releases launch today on Adobe.com and will begin appearing in retail stores and other sales channels in the near future. Suggested retail pricing is set at $99.99 each for Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9, or $149.99 for a bundle of the new packages. The company currently appears to be offering mail-in rebates to bring pricing down to $79.99 for the individual applications and $119.99 for the bundle, but the site has yet to be updated with details on the rebate program.

A "Plus" package is also available for an additional $49.99, providing users with 20 GB of online storage for automatic backup and sharing and ongoing automatic downloads of additional content such as tutorials, artwork and interactive online templates.

Article Link: Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9

 

[Santabean2000]

Looking forward to trying these; good for the Edu market, (PS).

 

[CdnBook]

Hopefully this spurs Apple to optimize the next version of Final Cut Studio with OpenCL... so we can finally use our graphics cards to render with, and take advantage of all that Snow Leopard goodness.

 

[dante@sisna.com]

I hope they're more stable releases than Photoshop CS5.

CS5 sure runs slow and crashes often on an iMac core i7.

Anyone else have any experience with Photoshop CS5 speed and stability to share?

 

[rebby]

I hope they're more stable releases than Photoshop CS5.

CS5 sure runs slow and crashes often on an iMac core i7.

Anyone else have any experience with Photoshop CS5 speed and stability to share?

CS5 works great for me. I'm running a mid-2009 17" MBP w/8gb RAM and 2 7200rpm 500gb drives in RAID0.

 

[HLdan]

Meh, iMovie is an amazing program. Not wasting money on Premiere Elements. Pixelmator for $59 is a much better solution than paying $99 for PS Elements. I still don't like how Adobe squeezes in the Opera web browser during the installation, seems to be no way to get rid of it. I'll pass.

 

[andiwm2003]

this sounds quite enticing for $119.

Does anybody know how good the video application is?

Is it similar to imovie HD (meaning a real timeline and real editing capabilities)?

 

[AdeFowler]

Do the Windows versions have more features? That's generally Adobe's idea of parity.

 

[ChuckB]

It comes with the new "Organizer" and doesn't mention Bridge anymore - does anyone know if the Organizer replaces Bridge? If so, any experience with it (I think it existed on Windows before)?

 

[tivoboy]

man!

man, I just bought PE 8 about two months ago!

 

[Satori]

man, I just bought PE 8 about two months ago!

me too

... and I can't see any discounted prices for folks who have bought the previous version

 

[DTphonehome]

me too

... and I can't see any discounted prices for folks who have bought the previous version

Yeah! Where's our upgrade pricing??

 

[Fuchal]

I hope they're more stable releases than Photoshop CS5.

CS5 sure runs slow and crashes often on an iMac core i7.

Anyone else have any experience with Photoshop CS5 speed and stability to share?

I've had little to no issues with CS5 on my i5 iMac.

 

[i.mac]

I would recommend to wait for the 'mystery' application coming from apple in the near future before you waste your money in this pile of junk...

 

[swingerofbirch]

I would have never before considered an Adobe video application, as iMovie 6 and before suited my needs, but for the life of me, I am a complete klutz in iMovie 09, and I'm a pretty intelligent person. I can't say I've loved Adobe's products either, but I may give this a go.€

 

[midwestshooter]

It comes with the new "Organizer" and doesn't mention Bridge anymore - does anyone know if the Organizer replaces Bridge? If so, any experience with it (I think it existed on Windows before)?

Bridge is a valuable feature of the Mac version of PSE 8 - and I can only hope that it is included in PSE 9. Interestingly, Bridge is NOT included in the PC version of PSE 8. Bridge is part of the CS5 full Photoshop for both Macs and PCs.

For serious image work, Bridge is superior to "Organizer" - and if it is missing from the Mac side of PSE 9, I hope that the current version of CS4 Bridge will still work after upgrading.

Content aware fill (now on Photoshop CS5) is fantastic - and a great addition to the Elements versions.version

 

[grs]

I hope they're more stable releases than Photoshop CS5.

CS5 sure runs slow and crashes often on an iMac core i7.

Anyone else have any experience with Photoshop CS5 speed and stability to share?

CS5 works great on my 24" Aluminum iMac and 15" MacBook Pro i7. It runs fast and has never crashed.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Any word of wether that additional $49.99 for 20 GB of storage is a one-time fee or what?

 

[cube]

Does Photoshop Elements 9 finally support more than 8-bit color depth?

 

[nelmat]

I hope they're more stable releases than Photoshop CS5.

CS5 sure runs slow and crashes often on an iMac core i7.

Anyone else have any experience with Photoshop CS5 speed and stability to share?

Runs like a dream here (27" iMac, i7, 8 GB RAM). Launches in under three bounces.

Check your fonts maybe - something like font explorer pro to ensure that you don't have anything more than essential up and running and there are no corruptions/conflicts - most of my issues with Adobe software are caused by dodgy fonts...

 

[nelmat]

Does Photoshop Elements 9 finally support more than 8-bit color depth?

No idea, but no idea why low lever users would need this. These are targeted firmly at the home/consumer market.

 

[cube]

No idea, but no idea why low lever users would need this. These are targeted firmly at the home/consumer market.

Many DSLRs are at least 10-bit.

 

[Zmmin3]

I was just on their site:

Adobe is offering a $20 mail in rebate on this new elements, also looks like a $20 card from Shutterfly.

As far as new features for MacOS version of Elements 9, I saw these:

-Organize, find, and view all your photos and video clips in the convenient, easy-to-use Organizer
-Find photos of specific people fast with automatic People Recognition
-Quickly find your best photos and video clips with the Auto-Analyzer
-Edit photos in full-screen mode directly from the Organizer
-See the same photos and videos on all of your computers with automatic syncing*
-Get automatic online backup and 2GB of storage* — enough for up to 1,500 photos†
-View your photos from any web-enabled computer*
-Instantly unclutter and repair photos
-Match the style of a favorite photo automatically
-Create stunning pop art, reflections, portrait effects, LOMO camera style photography effects‡, and more
-Create richly layered photos using layer masks
-Quickly share photos and videos on Facebook*
-Get ongoing how-tos with helpful tips and tricks*
-Print calendars, cards, and photo books with your home printer
-Share photos via fun Online Albums

 

[gnomeisland]

64 bit? Carbon? GC aware?

It would be really embarrassing if they were, but silly if there weren't. For all their complaining Adobe seems to be beating Apple at integrating SL tech.

 

[fxtech]

Many DSLRs are at least 10-bit.

People using DSLRs are using Photoshop, not Elements. And a lot of people who buy DSLRs without a good reason shoot in JPEG anyway.