But for graphics needs its Photoshop Elements all the way. I know expense in a relative thing, which relates to your needs… FileMaker Pro is a better database tool for me than the easier to use more consumer oriented Bento. For the many Mac users who have never tried it, it’s quite intimidating (and, of course, too expensive). My friends, graphics professionals, and serious hobbyists all love the program, and I love watching (awestruck) them demonstrate its capabilities. Quite honestly for my needs, although I received an NFS copy of the CS4 package including I know its overkill for my needs. Doing so requires learning (and relearning), and patience ding extended periods of plenty of trial and error. With Photoshop, there’s a lot to initially learn, more to gain professional level expertise. To become as master like Scott Kelby, you had to keep studying. You had to start using it after successfully mastering an initial steep learning curve. It’s fun work, quite often, but it’s work nonetheless. “Even for my graphic professional friends, Photoshop is work. I am under the impression that many Photoshop filter work with PSE, but until you try, you’ll never know.

You can, as noted earlier, correct red eye and brighten teeth with a simple click, or you can add or remove some unwanted space in your photos, as in the samples below. These allow touch up or add interesting effects to your photos. Many are simply the use of traditional Photoshop filters, transferred to PSE. Not all of the features in Elements 8, new and existing, are quite so delightfully and drastically ‘automated’. Recomposing the image the selection process. Using Elements is easy and intuitive by comparison. Using Elements is easy and intuitive by comparison.ĭoc Sez, not there’s no magic wand, but I’ve watched friends do this in Photoshop, loosing me completely.

Doc Sez, not there’s no magic wand, but I’ve watched friends do this in Photoshop, loosing me completely.

Source: Appletell reviews Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac OS X by Kirk Hiner - Nov 7, 2009. Along the way, although there were a total of about five images used to produce the clean image on the right. Take the same shot multiple times to sample various elements and cleanup the background. Use the same basic tool(s) and working steps can be used to remove unwanted elements from an image. “Elements 8 gives you other powerful tools as well, such as photo-merge, which allows you take multiple images at various exposures to get a perfectly lit image. By Harry have painted over what I want with green what I don’t want with red.

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