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Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 8

Adobe today announced the release of Photoshop Elements 8 for both Mac and Windows, bringing significant updates to the company's top-selling consumer photo editing software.

Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac now includes all of the intelligent photo-editing options as the Windows version. In addition to Photomerge Exposure, Recompose and Quick Fix previews, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac features Scene Cleaner for brushing away unwanted elements, such as tourists or cars, from a series of photos to create the perfect scene. The Smart Brush helps users apply incredible effects to a specific area of a photo with a single stroke and Touch-Up brushes make common editing tasks quick, such as whitening teeth or making bright blue skies. When creations are ready to be shared with family and friends, users can display their photos on the Web with gallery templates or personal Web pages, by e-mail and on CD or DVD.

While the Windows version is available today, the Mac version of Photoshop Elements 8 will begin shipping next month. Pricing is set at $99.99, although Adobe is offering a $20 mail-in rebate for certain purchases made through October 31, 2010 Full rebate details are available in the terms and conditions.

The Mac version is available for pre-order from Adobe.

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31 months ago
I like... especially $99
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31 months ago
Anyone see anything on how well it will integrate with the iPhoto database? If at all?
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31 months ago

Anyone see anything on how well it will integrate with the iPhoto database? If at all?


The blurb makes it sound like it does, but we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully they provide a demo like they usually do.
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31 months ago
did we just skip version 7 completely?

any upgrades for version 6 owners?
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31 months ago
How is this any better than iPhoto or Picasa?

Besides costing more?
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31 months ago

Anyone see anything on how well it will integrate with the iPhoto database? If at all?


Photoshop has always had near perfect integration with iPhoto database.

iPhoto makes it easy to integrate any image editor so this is nothing special about Photoshop, Gimp can work the same way. The is a preferences field where you specify the "default image editor" and then iPhoto will launch and hand off an image to whatever program you specify.
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31 months ago

did we just skip version 7 completely?

any upgrades for version 6 owners?


My question as well. Already paid $100 for 6, but would be interested if an upgrade price is somewhat reasonable
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31 months ago
I searched all over the Adobe site for upgrade pricing but can't find it. It looks like there's a $20 mail-in rebate to make the product $79.99 but that it's for new purchases only.

I would hope that for owners of versions 6 & 4 upgrades are priced at either $49.99 or $59.99.
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31 months ago
There is NO upgrade pricing for Photoshop Elements. Never has been. It just comes in one flavor whether you have a previous version or not. It's all or nothing with this level of software.
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31 months ago

I searched all over the Adobe site for upgrade pricing but can't find it. It looks like there's a $20 mail-in rebate to make the product $79.99 but that it's for new purchases only.

I would hope that for owners of versions 6 & 4 upgrades are priced at either $49.99 or $59.99.


In the UK, the upgrade is only £11 cheaper than the full product!

Doesn't seem to be an upgrade in the US? but then with the rebate, the cost for a full product is almost the same in GBP as Dollars, no suprise eh?
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