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Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 8
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Why is this on Macrumors?!?!?!
Is this website now Adobe Rumors?!!?!
What a waste...this site far different than a year ago for reporting decent rumors/news...the "news" is rarely related to "mac rumors"...it's barely related to APPLE rumors.
Sheeeeeez.
gotta fill the gaps somewhere I guess...
On Photoshop Elements upgrades: odd, I got upgrade pricing (direct from Adobe's online store, US) on PSE 6 (verified this looking at my receipt ... it doesn't say 'upgrade', but the price is $20 less than the retail price for the full version). So, I think the "they never have offered upgrades for PSE" line is wrong.
On PSE in general: I was rather let down with PSE 6. It was buggy, recourse-intensive, and more severely crippled than previous Elements versions had been. I'm not sure I'll be moving on up to 8. I think the cheaper alternatives might get my dollars instead this go-around.
On PSE in general: I was rather let down with PSE 6. It was buggy, recourse-intensive, and more severely crippled than previous Elements versions had been. I'm not sure I'll be moving on up to 8. I think the cheaper alternatives might get my dollars instead this go-around.
There has been upgrade pricing previously. I grabbed version 6 for $79 upgrade price.
The people who don't offer upgrade pricing is usually Apple.
umm no. You may have gotten a discounted price, as Adobe typically does, because you owned a previous version (either on sale or mail in rebate). There was NEVER an UPGRADE disc and a seperate a FULL disc available for sale. It was only one disc no matter if you owned a previous version before or not.
I am planning on grabbing Photoshop CS4 or whatever it is called in about a month or so. I am not a pro or anything. Would I be ok with this new elements?
I have always heard about how Adobe doesn't do much in the consumer world with the Photoshop Elements.
I have always heard about how Adobe doesn't do much in the consumer world with the Photoshop Elements.
You mentioned upgrade pricing in your post. Getting it for a discount because you have a previous version is upgrade pricing. Upgrade disk or not.
Figures...
I literally just went out and bought PSE6 last night, and no upgrade pricing!?! No thanks, Adobe... I'll move back to GIMP even though I am frequently confounded by the interface.
I literally just went out and bought PSE6 last night, and no upgrade pricing!?! No thanks, Adobe... I'll move back to GIMP even though I am frequently confounded by the interface.
Why doesn't Apple just include all this stuff in iPhoto? I mean, raise the price of the iLife suite to $99 and include all the stuff Pixelmator and Elements can do!
I get tired of having to buy 3rd party software when Apple should offer things like this.
You either get iPhoto, which is so basic, powerful YES, but basic OR Aperture which you need a telephone book sized manual to learn the thing.
I just have to shake my head.
I get tired of having to buy 3rd party software when Apple should offer things like this.
You either get iPhoto, which is so basic, powerful YES, but basic OR Aperture which you need a telephone book sized manual to learn the thing.
I just have to shake my head.
I had some Photoshop (not Elements) training years back. After that I've used it to edit photos (after Lightroom), create basic web graphics and presentations.
I don't currently have Photoshop at home. I was wondering if I would be happy with just Elements. What are the biggest differences? I don't think I need most of the advanced functions, but I want to do things myself and not be forced to use automated functions that don't do exactly what I want. Also one of the most important things is that the working logic is the same as in the main Photoshop.
I don't know if there is too little info on my needs to give an specific answer but anything is appreciated! (it's currently a bit hard for me to test these myself)
I don't currently have Photoshop at home. I was wondering if I would be happy with just Elements. What are the biggest differences? I don't think I need most of the advanced functions, but I want to do things myself and not be forced to use automated functions that don't do exactly what I want. Also one of the most important things is that the working logic is the same as in the main Photoshop.
I don't know if there is too little info on my needs to give an specific answer but anything is appreciated! (it's currently a bit hard for me to test these myself)
Yawwwn.... sorry, please show me again where the RAW support is in Pixelmator?
Seriously, if Pixelmator got RAW support, I'd be there. Until then, no sale.
Uhm... PSE is native Mac, and has Intel support. Seashore looks promising but appears to be a work in progress.
I just got it as part of the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch that I got. I haven't even installed it yet. The Wacom tablet is a brand new product that is priced at only $99, so before the Adobe announcement, it seemed like a steal to get Elements 6 also. Now I know why!
Multi-core Intel only. If you've still got a PPC system, or an early generation Intel Mac with a single-core processor, you're SOL. Thanks Adobe for being more annoying than all other Mac software developers put together.
For my purposes (mostly making minor edits to images from my camera and scanner), it's quite sufficient. Your requirements may be very different from mine, however.
I've been using 3 for quite some time. Never saw a need to upgrade to 4. And thanks to their system requirements, can't upgrade to 8 even if I wanted to.
The biggest difference is that Elements has no support for extensions (e.g. additional filters) and no scripting support. It does, however, support image-import plugins (I use SilverFast Ai from within Elements 3 with no problem.)
For my purposes (mostly making minor edits to images from my camera and scanner), it's quite sufficient. Your requirements may be very different from mine, however.
Where is the ALL-IMPORTANT color depth info?
I'd like to know this too..not enough info for me
Umm, Seashore hasn't been updated since April 2007. More power to you if old abandonware does the trick.
Amazon has it in stock ready to ship for $89.99 (free shipping).
Adobe's website: $79.99 after mail in rebate.