I just installed PSE 4.0 on Leopard, and it's running fine. I see nothing worthy of spending the money for the upgrade at this time.
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Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 6.0 for Mac
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I just placed my order. This is just what I need to do some of the photo editing that Aperture and iPhoto won't do.
Sounds nice and all, although the "group photo" example would have been a whole lot more convincing if the three kids hadn't been completely separated against a featureless background.
In any case, whoever designed this web page needs to be shot: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/upgrade/
Gray text on a black background. Who'd have thought that wouldn't be readable?
In any case, whoever designed this web page needs to be shot: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/upgrade/
Gray text on a black background. Who'd have thought that wouldn't be readable?
Is Elements basically PhotoShop-lite? I want to get into photography & some basic image editing (simple stuff like re-coloring/changing saturation levels/re-sizing, etc. of desktop backgrounds). PS CS3 is way too advanced for me, and costs way too much for my minimal needs...
From a photographer's perspective, I'd invest first in iPhoto (ie, iLife 08), or in Aperture/Lightroom (a bit pricier, but well worth it; Aperture is Apple's product, and Lightroom is Adobe's, with very similar approaches and goals). Photoshop (full or Elements) is good for fringe scenarios, but the above apps are far better in terms of full-photograph editing (as opposed to pixel-level adjustments) and library culling/organization.
Photoshop 'lite' is exactly what it is. Most of the features for a fraction of the price. It'll complement whatever version of iPhoto you have very nicely. I've not used Aperture, but it depends what you're going for, Elements is a very useful app to have in loads of situations, and sounds just like what you want to me.
To little to late
I was gagging for Photoshop Elements as a universal binary last year around this time when I got an Intel MacBook. The main feature I missed in iPhoto at the time was "Brighten Shadows / Darken Highlights" which has since been added to iPhoto with many other features.
Sorry Adobe, lost a paying user there.
Same apology to Microsoft regarding Office 2008. I have learned working with Apple iWork and not even a free Office can tempt me back. The new Text Editor in Leopard is great to open all of MS formats and (thankfully!) ODT.
Now if only iWork could save natively in ODT..... who needs all different formats for bits of text????
I was gagging for Photoshop Elements as a universal binary last year around this time when I got an Intel MacBook. The main feature I missed in iPhoto at the time was "Brighten Shadows / Darken Highlights" which has since been added to iPhoto with many other features.
Sorry Adobe, lost a paying user there.
Same apology to Microsoft regarding Office 2008. I have learned working with Apple iWork and not even a free Office can tempt me back. The new Text Editor in Leopard is great to open all of MS formats and (thankfully!) ODT.
Now if only iWork could save natively in ODT..... who needs all different formats for bits of text????
Group shot feature looks cool, but don't be fooled. The background behind the boys is very consistent, so don't expect this function to do magic if you have taken a group shot with a less ideal background.
I will be glad when this comes out because my PS Elements 2 stopped working on upgrade to Leopard (and I'm due to buy an Intel Mac soonish too)
but...
what is that horribly GARISH interface? Where's the Aqua? Or even standard Leopard interface?
They've turned into iMovie!!!
but...
what is that horribly GARISH interface? Where's the Aqua? Or even standard Leopard interface?
They've turned into iMovie!!!
Lightroom like Aperture is a photo organizing program. Elements is the consumer version of the Photoshop editing program.
I hope so. Of course there is the (more expressive) Final cut express.
Here's another "what's the difference" question...
What's the difference between Photoshop Elements and Graphic Convertor? What can Elements do that Graphic Convertor can't, and vice versa? Thanks!
What's the difference between Photoshop Elements and Graphic Convertor? What can Elements do that Graphic Convertor can't, and vice versa? Thanks!
I will be glad when this comes out because my PS Elements 2 stopped working on upgrade to Leopard (and I'm due to buy an Intel Mac soonish too)
but...
what is that horribly GARISH interface? Where's the Aqua? Or even standard Leopard interface?
They've turned into iMovie!!!
I have been using PSE 6.0 on Windows for a little while and I have to say i really like the interface. I much prefer it over previous versions of PSE and also over iPhoto.
I would say the videos on Adobe.com are of the Windows version which seems a little misleading. I suppose the Mac version is going to be a little more standardized... but who knows.
Too little too late...
I've switched over to Pixelmator and I seriously doubt I'll be switching back any time soon. Wonderful program with aggressive development path. Fast, no crapware installation (want to bet you can;t install elements without installing Adobe reader and a trial of Acrobat and...)
I've switched over to Pixelmator and I seriously doubt I'll be switching back any time soon. Wonderful program with aggressive development path. Fast, no crapware installation (want to bet you can;t install elements without installing Adobe reader and a trial of Acrobat and...)
Is windows PSE 6.0 processing 16 bit pictures
Old Mac PSE does only 8 bit, save for those processes you can do in Aperture anyway (which processes 16 bit)
Old Mac PSE does only 8 bit, save for those processes you can do in Aperture anyway (which processes 16 bit)
Hurrahh.
Must admit, I was a fan of PSE4 when I had my Windows machine before I switched. PSE4 then acted as my Organiser as well as Editor of choice.
Now on Mac, I use Lightroom as my primary Organiser, RAW File editing and Photo Editing (Levels etc ect). It suits most of my photography needs. Typically, my main photo library is kept located on an external drive, which is also being 'Time Machined' onto another drive.
I use iPhoto, but only as a way to quickly demo/slideshow my fav pics to family and friends. So, I export my favourite edited images RAWs from Lightroom/External Drive to my Pictures folder, as JPGs. These are for show only.
But, I was still missing something, and that was a pixel editor. I needed that for when I need to do some more serious corrections to photos that I couldn't achieve in Lightroom. Also, I needed an editor for creating images for webpages and software. I've tried GIMP, Seashore etc, but I'm just used to how PSE4 did things.
So, unless they've drastically changed things and cut down on stuff, having PSE6 sounds great to me as it is the missing piece in my workflow.
Must admit, I was a fan of PSE4 when I had my Windows machine before I switched. PSE4 then acted as my Organiser as well as Editor of choice.
Now on Mac, I use Lightroom as my primary Organiser, RAW File editing and Photo Editing (Levels etc ect). It suits most of my photography needs. Typically, my main photo library is kept located on an external drive, which is also being 'Time Machined' onto another drive.
I use iPhoto, but only as a way to quickly demo/slideshow my fav pics to family and friends. So, I export my favourite edited images RAWs from Lightroom/External Drive to my Pictures folder, as JPGs. These are for show only.
But, I was still missing something, and that was a pixel editor. I needed that for when I need to do some more serious corrections to photos that I couldn't achieve in Lightroom. Also, I needed an editor for creating images for webpages and software. I've tried GIMP, Seashore etc, but I'm just used to how PSE4 did things.
So, unless they've drastically changed things and cut down on stuff, having PSE6 sounds great to me as it is the missing piece in my workflow.
Thank you; I just wanted confirmation that you helped provide. I went ahead & pre-ordered. BTW, if you want $9 USD off, use this code at checkout: MACWORLD08
Why transfering (changing format to jpg) from LR to iPhoto, just for demo and slideshows? Sounds like a lot of wasted time. I guess LR will be able to do this as Aperture does, even with the original raw files on a disconnected drive? (BTW I am not on Apple's payroll
)The product should be on shelves by mid to end March. I work at a college bookstore, and my vendor sent me an email today saying it will ship from Adobe on March 16th.
Yeah. iPhoto doesn't really edit images. Elements does 75% of day in and day out photoshop stuff. It does layers, selections, type and most ps stuff. What it seems to lack in previous versions was
cmyk, levels, and channels.
iPhoto is unreliable but PSE6 is not feature rich either.
iPhoto is very unreliable and you risk of loosing your photos. I was waiting for the new version of PSE for a long time. But what about the facebook,flickr plugins that iPhoto's got? Its so much easy to upload pics from iPhoto. Does PSE 6 offer such a feature? Without powerful online/social-integration features, a product of $89 is not that compelling.
A universal photo uploader would be a good feature to add.
iPhoto is very unreliable and you risk of loosing your photos. I was waiting for the new version of PSE for a long time. But what about the facebook,flickr plugins that iPhoto's got? Its so much easy to upload pics from iPhoto. Does PSE 6 offer such a feature? Without powerful online/social-integration features, a product of $89 is not that compelling.
A universal photo uploader would be a good feature to add.
Well I have CS that I use for most of my editing needs. However since adobe constantly changes their raw converter I could only use elements raw tool to open my raw files. This and I find that some of the selection enhancements when doing composite work are really nice. I mostly use the full version of photoshop but now that this version of Elements is universal I will probably be getting it as I can't justify the $600 on PS CS3 when the version of photoshop that I have does just about everything that I need.
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Not to me. iPhoto (version 4, I think) mysteriously lost the original full-resolution versions of half a dozen of my photos, on two occasions. Only the little thumbnail versions were left, and I checked not only in iPhoto but in the actual folders where iPhoto stores the images. These were only a few of my thousands of images, but they were really and truly gone.