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Adobe Photoshop is the standard image editing application for many digital photographers. Heck, it's even become a verb now, as in “That looks Photoshopped”. But, at $500 / £475 or more depending on the package, Photoshop CS3 is overkill for many users. Recognizing that the majority of photographers don't want to be spending their time learning a complex program, Adobe has offered Photoshop Elements, a reduced but very capable editing program for a much more reasonable price (about $90 / £70). It's also clear that Adobe is catering to a wider audience with Elements 6. Recent versions have added features to entice the scrap booking crowd, and the latest release is no exception. Adobe Elements 6 now includes a variety of project types which I'll touch on in this review. However, because most of you are interested in the photo editing features, I'll focus on those areas primarily. Support PhotographyBLOG: Buy Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 fromĪdobe Photoshop Elements has long had two main modes of operation.

The first is the Organizer mode (Figure 2).

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 13 REVIEWS FULLĪ surprisingly full featured image management program, Organizer is where you'll import your photos, apply keywords and ratings, and find images when you're ready to do editing work. New to Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 are Smart Albums (Figure 3).

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These work by automatically grouping photos for you with no manual tagging needed. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 13 REVIEWS MANUAL So, for example, it's easy to select all the images taken with a particular camera, or with specific ratings. Organizer is now more tied into the editing features with tabs on the right side of the window – Organize, Edit, Create, Share (Figure 4). Create shows the different projects that come with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, including photobooks, calendars, web galleries, and slideshows. The Sharing tab has plenty of options for posting your images to an online gallery, including some of the popular sites like Kodak EasyShare and SmugMug, and Flickr, as well as sending directly to a CEIVA digital photo frame. The Photo Mail option will automatically resize your image(s) to be suitable as an email attachment and let you compose your email message without having to save the image separately and launching your mail application. You can use an existing address book (such as Outlook), or create a new one. The built-in Stationary & Layouts Wizard lets you format your mail and photos prior to sending, including adding frames, changing the photo size, and font (Figure 5). You'll also find the Fix tab (Figure 6) with many common auto adjustments available directly from the Organizer which can speed things up if you're working on a number of similar images and don't want to go into the Editor. One nice feature that's easy to overlook is the ability to apply changes to multiple images in a single operation. Just select all the images you want to work with and then perform the desired edit, like Auto Adjust Contrast, and your changes will be applied to all selected images.

The Editor is where most people will be spending their time in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, so let's take a close look at what's new here. New to this version is the Guided Edit mode which walks you through some of the most common editing needs such as cropping, color correction, and lighting adjustments (Figure 7).Īlso new here is the Photomerge feature. The Group Shot option is perhaps the most unique, letting you copy and paste elements from one image into another with excellent results. You select a base image, and then select areas from other images that you want to paste in. This would be perfect for those group shots where someone was left out – just merge them in! The merge feature then builds the new selection into your image. Photomerge Faces lets you select areas of one photo to be used in a different, but similar image –great for those times when you have a portrait with good expression but the eyes are closed. Now you can use the open eyes in another image to correct for this, with much better blending results than you would normally get from copy and paste. You can creative with this one too and come up with some interesting compositions. The final Photomerge feature is straight from Photoshop. You'll have to go to File > New > Photomerge Panorama to get there.

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