Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 6.0 for Mac

[ChrisA]

Buy Elements 6 as part of a Wacom bundle

Hurray! Finally! How long have we been waiting for this? I'm still ploughing on with PSE 2.0 on my Mac. I like the no-nonsense interface in 2.0, don't need the most comsumerist facilities in the later versions, but will very much welcome the speed from the native code.

I was using 2 also. But I bought a new Wacom tablet and 4 was included "free". So I upgraded. The basic editing interface, selection tools and layers all work better in 4 then in 2. Yes, 4 has new features I don't use but it was worth it.

I'd suggest waiting a wile to buy Elements 6. Soon Wacom will have Elements 6 bundled with their "Bamboo Fun" tablet.. the bundle will sell for $100. Only $20 more then buying Elements alone. They also include Corel Painter Essentials in the bundle which I like

The Bamboo tablet is well worth $20. However the higher end intous tablet is better because t senses not only pressure but the orientation of the pen so with it you can rotate a flat brash to make thin or fat lines, or "feather" an airbrush. With the bamboo tablet all pens and brushes are treated as if they are exactly vertical even if you hold them at an angle to the surface. But for $20 over the price of elements alone well worth it.

 

[scotthayes]

It's £45.82 to upgrade from a previous licensed version of Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Album, Photoshop LE, or Adobe PhotoDeluxe.

£57.58 on the Adobe site for the upgrade, which is more than I paid for the full licence version of PSE 4


Where have you seen it for £45.82? Some dodgy shop in Dudley???

 

[barnettgs]

No universal?!

 

[Small White Car]

No universal?!

It is.

I'm assuming this is why 5 never came out. They would have had to go back and change stuff they'd already finished so they just decided to skip it to wait until 6 and start fresh.

 

[notjustjay]

Sounds good. The one thing I missed from switching from my PC was Paint Shop Pro. Definitely nice for making web graphics.

 

[andiwm2003]

PSE 6.0 sounds good to me.

But I hope Pixelmator gets unlocked in the macheist.com bundle. Even if not i might go for it separately.

I hope they use the remaining month to further develop Pixelmator and maybe drop the price a bit. It's a good application and could become a good alternative to Adobe's "monopol" for most of us.

 

[barnettgs]

It is.

I'm assuming this is why 5 never came out. They would have had to go back and change stuff they'd already finished so they just decided to skip it to wait until 6 and start fresh.

There is no mention of it being the universal.

 

[John Purple]

I'll wait and see if Aperture 2.0 comes around at MWSF and what features it will have
OK, it's a lot more expensive but does never change your original pictures, it's a professional tool for photographers to manage 10.000s of pictures (and will hopefully come in Version 2.0 similar tools as PSE). And to be honest, what is it worth to have a $ 2500++ hardware with $ 90 software???

 

[72930]

There is no mention of it being the universal.

Its kind of assumed in this case...

 

[OllyW]

£57.58 on the Adobe site for the upgrade, which is more than I paid for the full licence version of PSE 4


Where have you seen it for £45.82? Some dodgy shop in Dudley???

On the Adobe site

That dodgy shop in Dudley got done

 

[HLdan]

Let's go easy on Adobe guys - the first shipping intel macs were only 2 years ago. And you know, developers were hardly informed of the switch
that's sarcasm if anybody is feeling very dense today
that said - I will probably get this

Oh please, we are talking about a multi-billion dollar company, they don't need that much notice, they could have done this a long while ago. What pisses me off about Adobe is that they will go out of their way to make the latest versions of their software on Windows but they leave Mac users in the cold and decide to make it sometime in the future as if they were doing us a favor.
We are customers for goodness sake.

 

[scotthayes]

On the Adobe site

That dodgy shop in Dudley got done

what the hell was I looking at then???

Oops, I was looking at the Windows version, off now to wash my eyes with soap and water

 

[rockosmodurnlif]

And I just bought a copy of 4.0 with my new Mac Pro. -_-;

Yea, I almost did the same.

Still no downloadable demo though. That sucks. And they're using Windows screens and demos?

 

[twoodcc]

radical! the more mac software, the better.

 

[Small White Car]

There is no mention of it being the universal.

Ok, they don't use the word "universal" but they say it's compatible with G4, G5, and multicore Intel chips. That's pretty clear.

 

[roland.g]

I have used Photoshop a lot in the past, but for layering and effects and such, does Elements do this kind of stuff. I don't have Pro printing needs, but I do have Pro editing needs. Would love to save some $$ as PS CS3 ain't cheap.

 

[OllyW]

what the hell was I looking at then???

Oops, I was looking at the Windows version, off now to wash my eyes with soap and water

Bloody daft brummies

 

[nukiduz]

I'm just curious... What's the point of PSE if you already have PS?

 

[superleccy]

Go go go Adobe! If they hurry up, they may release it before Apple switch from Intel to Cell Processors.

Adobe still says Macintosh. I haven't heard of a Mac called that in a long time. It is sort of like calling Ben "Obi-Wan Kenobi".

Adobe are obviously fans of the prequel trilogy. Can't say I'm surprised.

SL

 

[tirerim]

I'm just curious... What's the point of PSE if you already have PS?

None. But if you don't, PSE is a lot cheaper.

 

[tirerim]

So, how would I go about upgrading from Elements 1 (OS 9) to Elements 6. Will I just need a previous installation key?

You probably can't. Adobe normally only let you jump three versions for upgrades; more than that and you just need to buy it again. I don't know specifically about Elements, but that's definitely how it works with Photoshop.

 

[peeaanuut]

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this should run ok on a 1.8 c2d mini with 1.5gb of ram right?

 

[72930]

this should run ok on a 1.8 c2d mini with 1.5gb of ram right?

Definitely

 

[EagerDragon]

I often wonder about using Elements instead of iPhoto....anyone have a compelling argument on that?

Use both, keep the images orginized in iPhoto, but set them to be edited in Elements.

Elements provides a lot more edits and a lot more controls. Like day and night. If all you want to do is make it darker or lighter, iPhoto is all you need. If you want to replace backgrounds, combine images, add texture to areas of a photo, create multi layer photos, then Elements is the way to go.

Seems Element 6 now allows you to organize your photos, but it is unclear how it interfaces with the rest of Apple products, so for now I would suggest to keep the photos in iPhoto and edit in Elements.

 

[Eduardo1971]

I often wonder about using Elements instead of iPhoto....anyone have a compelling argument on that?

I bought Elements about a year ago and frankly I find myself using iPhoto '08 on a daily basis. I guess for me it is much easier and more intuative. Then again, I don't consider myself a photo imaging power user.