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  Adobe Photoshop Elements 10

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (156 reviews):

  (3.8/5)

  

  Who Should and Shouldn't Buy This!

  Customer Video Review Length:: 5:18 MinsI have used Photoshop Elements since version 2 and I strongly believe it is the best photo-editing program available for under $100. It will do most of the editing tasks that the full version of Photoshop does but at a fraction of the cost. It is the software I have my "Digital Photography" and "Digital Drawing and Painting" students use for the college courses I teach.If you are serious or semi-serious about editing your photos I highly recommend that you purchase this. In addition, an important advantage of learning (and using) Elements is that if you decide to someday move up to the full version of Photoshop all the stuff you learned translates to the more expensive program. Also, there is a TON of instructional material available online (most of it free!) and in books that will help you learn this program.I've included a short video showing a few of the features of Elements 10 and how they compare with the same features in... 5/5 V. Hutson - See all my reviews, October 30, 2011

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  Powerful image editor; remains feature-dense (and *really* wants you online for Adobe services!)...

  Photoshop Elements (PSE) 10 --like its predecessor versions-- is an image editor with a spectrum of features that will rapidly surpass the skills (and time available to tinker) of most amateur digital photographers...even highly skilled ones. The overall interface will be familiar to user of PSE versions as far back as PSE 6 or 7. It incorporates most of the multiple image merge functions familiar to users since PSE 7. As with previous versions, PSE 10 offers this for a fraction of the cost of its big-brother . Most amateur photographers --and even some frugal professionals-- can perform all but the most advanced digital editing with PSE 10 (and then use the money saved for some nice new hardware!).Note: This review assumes some familiarity with digital photography and digital image concepts, and previous exposure... 4/5 35-year Technology Consumer "8-tracks to 802.11" (Mid Atlantic, USA) - See all my reviews, October 26, 2011

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  It's an Excellent Software for the Price

  I am a user of Photoshop Elements. I downgraded from Photoshop CS(x) as I no longer needed such a powerful program. Adobe Elements offers all of the features that most home users want or need. I have given it four stars instead of five because I think the Help component is lacking.As to the other reviewer who gave this program 1 star, I have to point out that Adobe Photoshop Elements is NOT movie editing software. It is photo editing software. Perhaps she was referring to Adobe Premiere Elements, which is a movie editing software application. 4/5 June Campbell "June" (North Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (Software) I am a user of Photoshop Elements. I downgraded from Photoshop CS(x) as I no longer needed such a powerful program. Adobe Elements offers all of the features that most home users want or need. I have given it four stars instead of five because I think the Help component is lacking.As to the other reviewer who gave this program 1 star, I have to point out that Adobe Photoshop Elements is NOT movie editing software. It is photo editing software. Perhaps she was referring to Adobe Premiere Elements, which is a movie editing software application. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , October 5, 2011

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  List Price: $99.99
  Price: $52.97
  You Save: $47.02 (47%)

  Create photo books, cards, calendars, and other printed mementos that look just the way you want

  Make every photo look its best with powerful options that take the work out of image editing

  Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 software lets you turn everyday memories into sensational photos with a complete photo-editing solution

  Quickly share your photos anywhere, including on Facebook and YouTube and in fun, interactive Online Albums

  Enjoy your photos and videos virtually anywhere you are, and get automatic online backup with 2GB of free storage

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  Adobe Photoshop CS6

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (4 reviews):

  (4.5/5)

  

  A great product. But!

  I've been a fan of Adobe "Photoshop" for a long while and CS6 is a great product. It is the standard and there isn't anything else available, free or not, that can compare. CS6 is, of course, much like it's predecessor CS5, and as another reviewer noted much of CS6 are tweaks of what was available in CS5. However, there is much that is new too, such as the "Content Aware Move Tool", and, of course, the interface. And I don't use it alone, it comes with "Bridge" which I find indispensable. But I also use "Lightroom", and "NIK" software, as I do "HDRsoft". They're complementary. Do yourself a favor and see everything this software offers, at the Adobe website. But, what about the "But!" in the title of this review? Ok, the product is great, but, the price is out of sight, but, what truly does annoy me is the break given by this, and other companies, to "educators and students". Give me a break, please. Although the upgrade from an earlier version made the purchase a bit easier. 5/5 William Oterson (About 50 miles, or so, east of Manhattan.) - See all my reviews, May 12, 2012

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  New Features are Awesome!

  I recently attended a workshop hosted by Adobe to learn about the new features and those qualities alone sold me on purchasing the software. The content aware tools make life to much easier:) 5/5 L. Parker (Southern Caifornia) - See all my reviews, May 11, 2012

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  CS5.1 with a Lightroom 4-like interface! Nice, but worth the cost of upgrade? Not really...

  First off, I want to say the CS6 Photoshop interface looks BEAUTIFUL!!! For those who also own Lightroom 4 will quickly recognize the similarities. Such a huge change would lead you to believe CS6 would be a significant upgrade from CS5.1 photoshop. But unfortunately the differences pretty much stop just below the interface. Yes, there are a few items that are awesome such as "content aware patch" which is a great addition to the CS family but other than that the changes are quite minor or simply small tweaks on features most of us have found workarounds for. For instance they have FINALLY updated their HDR handling but does that mean we all stop using Nik or Photomatix? I doubt it.So it all boils down to this - if you have extra money laying around or you absolutely need these minor tweaks on existing programs then buy this update, you'll love it. It has a beautiful and sleek interface and works everybit as well as CS5.1. However, if you actually use Photoshop to make a... 3/5 D. Winn (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews, May 10, 2012

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  List Price: $699.00
  Price: $670.00
  You Save: $29.00 (4%)

  Intuitive video creation-Bring Photoshop editing power to your video footage. Easily enhance any clip using the full range of familiar Photoshop tools, and create videos using an intuitive set of video tools.

  New and reengineered design tools-Create superior designs fast. Get consistent formatting with type styles, use vector layers to apply strokes and add gradients to vector objects.

  Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 7 plug-in-Bring out the best in your JPEG and raw files with improved processing and an enhanced control set; reveal every detail in the highlights of an image while still retaining rich detail in the shadows; and much more.

  Mercury Graphics Engine and 64-bit support-Count on the new Mercury Graphics Engine for blazingly fast performance when editing with key tools, and take advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support to speed up imaging tasks.

  Content-Aware Patch-Patch images with greater control using Content-Aware Patch, the latest addition to the Content-Aware family of technologies, which allows you to choose the sample area it will use to create your patch.

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  Adobe Photoshop CS5 [Old Version]

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (42 reviews):

  (4.1/5)

  

  Photoshop CS5

  My main interest is photography and after using Photoshop Elements for many years I decided to see what Photoshop CS5 would offer. This software package comes with Bridge which is a Browser that will help you keep track of photos by adding key words, and ratings, etc. It will let you open photos then send them to Photoshop. If you shoot RAW photos Adobe Camera Raw is also included. My first impression of these three elements is very positive. I was especially impressed with Adobe Camera Raw. This very capable program will allow you to do most of the adjustments that a photographer will need to do for non-destructive adjustment of exposure, color, sharpness, spot removal, cropping and more. Bridge is great for organizing photos for projects using other Adobe software along with Photoshop. For organizing hundreds or thousands of photos I think Photoshop Elements Organizer is a little better than Bridge. I think the Elements Organizer is a data base where as Bridge is a browser... 4/5 E. Hill (Cody, Wyoming) - See all my reviews, March 12, 2011

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  Photoshop CS5 is Worth the Upgrade!

  Adobe Photoshop has long been one of the standard graphic and photographic editing applications on the market. Its cross-platform sophistication reaches further than just features and capability, it has been a leader in its field with many applications following in its footsteps.Last year, Adobe released its Creative Suite 5 (CS5) upgrade that further expands the program's capabilities into the world of modern digital photography. CS5 continues its standard toolset of editing gizmos, including a host of adjustment and transform filters that can perform an enormous amount of image manipulation. Those involved in the development of website graphics and image manipulation will be happy to see these features still intact, but the logical question is, what's new? Is it worth the investment to upgrade? How will it benefit me?These are all good questions and the answers focus primarily on enhancements to digital imaging in the modern era of digital photography. CS5... 5/5 Paul S. Remington (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS5 [Old Version] (Software) Adobe Photoshop has long been one of the standard graphic and photographic editing applications on the market. Its cross-platform sophistication reaches further than just features and capability, it has been a leader in its field with many applications following in its footsteps.Last year, Adobe released its Creative Suite 5 (CS5) upgrade that further expands the program's capabilities into the world of modern digital photography. CS5 continues its standard toolset of editing gizmos, including a host of adjustment and transform filters that can perform an enormous amount of image manipulation. Those involved in the development of website graphics and image manipulation will be happy to see these features still intact, but the logical question is, what's new? Is it worth the investment to upgrade? How will it benefit me?These are all good questions and the answers focus primarily on enhancements to digital imaging in the modern era of digital photography. CS5... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , February 14, 2011

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  A Powerful App But Still Not Perfect

  I have been using PhotoShop since 5.2 and its evolution has been interesting. CS5 is without a doubt a very powerful tool for photographers like myself. Its functions just go on and on.However, potential buyers should be aware of some shortcomings. For one thing, CS5 seems to be optimized to 64-bit processors. I was running CS4 on a new 32-bit machine with only a few problems but when I up-graded to CS5 I was frequently getting error messages indicating not enough RAM. I believe that is because RAM is more limited under 32-bit protocols than are 64-bits. The net result was that I had to up-grade my computer, replacing a 10-month-old unit that had a 32-bit processor. Expensive. While that resolved my RAM problems, it led to further problems.One of the great thing about CS5 Photoshop is the ability to customize both PS and the free bundled Bridge to best meet the user's needs. However, it is very difficult to migrate those settings from one computer to... 4/5 Philip H. Kozloff (New York) - See all my reviews, December 11, 2010

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  List Price: $699.00
  Price: $594.99
  You Save: $104.01 (15%)

  Use comprehensive, state-of-the-art tools for outstanding image manipulation and superior compositing.

  Combine multiple shots into stunning high dynamic range images and beautiful panoramas.

  Create the stunning images you envision with Adobe Photoshop CS5 software, the professional industry standard for digital image editing.

  Use new tools that let you paint with realistic effects and easily select intricate image content, such as hair.

  Edit nondestructively and take advantage of superior raw processing; remove noise, add grain, create post-crop vignettes, and more. Remove image elements and see the space fill in like magic.

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  Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 10

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (68 reviews):

  (3.2/5)

  

  Functiionality is nice, but Adobe makes it annoying to upgrade

  I use Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Premiere/Photoshop Elements and have used them for many years. I upgrade every couple of releases depending upon feature enhancements and budget.It seems like every time I move to a new version, Adobe does it best to inhibit you from just using the product. Besides the migration of catalogs, projects, etc., you end up having to reconfigure the software to get it back to how you want it to work (facial recognition was off in version 8 and I want it off in version 10). And, you have to put up with numerous re-registrations, "would you like to participate in..." and sales pitches.Then, to make matters worse, you have these weird bugs that crop up in new versions...right now with APE 10, software is crashing for no reason, the quick selection tool is only allowing "negative selections"Oh, and did I mention the features they take away that they then try to resell to you in either a "premium" service or... 3/5 John P. Sheppard (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews, November 30, 2011

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  Two Decent Types of Software for Under $100

  First off, I'd like to remind people that they are buying the Elements version of Adobe software. These are not the Pro versions. There's a reason why those versions are much more expensive. They are going to have many more features. There's a reason this bundle is less than $100. These versions are made for people that don't want to, or need to, take the time to learn everything that the pro versions Photoshop and Premiere can do.Secondly, some people are complaining that they are difficult to use? These are some pretty cut and dry software applications. My 8 year old can use this software (and has). All software has a learning curve. The learning curve for this software is not very high. Yes, there are some things that take time to learn, but if you want to be able to do things that will really make your projects look good, you're going to have to take the time to learn how to properly use all, or at least most, of the features.Is Photoshop Elements... 4/5 Miguel Mas (Calexico, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 10 (Software) First off, I'd like to remind people that they are buying the Elements version of Adobe software. These are not the Pro versions. There's a reason why those versions are much more expensive. They are going to have many more features. There's a reason this bundle is less than $100. These versions are made for people that don't want to, or need to, take the time to learn everything that the pro versions Photoshop and Premiere can do.Secondly, some people are complaining that they are difficult to use? These are some pretty cut and dry software applications. My 8 year old can use this software (and has). All software has a learning curve. The learning curve for this software is not very high. Yes, there are some things that take time to learn, but if you want to be able to do things that will really make your projects look good, you're going to have to take the time to learn how to properly use all, or at least most, of the features.Is Photoshop Elements... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , December 19, 2011

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  Learning Curve an acceptable price to pay

  I have long avoided moving up to Adobe's Photoshop because of a fear of the steep learning curve for mastering the software. I finally decided that Elements looked like it might be Photoshop with training wheels and I bit the bullet last month.No regrets here! Indeed, the program is so robust that it will undoubtedly take many more weeks and months before I master it all. Meanwhile I'm up and running and have been creating beautiful images from the day of installation. And even if I'm not using 90% of it yet, what the heck; I'm productive. (And I'm told we don't use about 90% of our brain either.)Online tutorials and tons of help buttons and tools are always available. In the end, learning Elements is nearly effortless and if you're into photography and editing images, mastering this program is fun.Happy camper here. I'd recommend the product to any serious amateur or semi-professional photographer who wants access to many--if not most--of... 5/5 Wesley Triplett (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 10 (Software) I have long avoided moving up to Adobe's Photoshop because of a fear of the steep learning curve for mastering the software. I finally decided that Elements looked like it might be Photoshop with training wheels and I bit the bullet last month.No regrets here! Indeed, the program is so robust that it will undoubtedly take many more weeks and months before I master it all. Meanwhile I'm up and running and have been creating beautiful images from the day of installation. And even if I'm not using 90% of it yet, what the heck; I'm productive. (And I'm told we don't use about 90% of our brain either.)Online tutorials and tons of help buttons and tools are always available. In the end, learning Elements is nearly effortless and if you're into photography and editing images, mastering this program is fun.Happy camper here. I'd recommend the product to any serious amateur or semi-professional photographer who wants access to many--if not most--of... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , January 15, 2012

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  List Price: $149.99
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  Quickly share your photos and movies virtually anywhere, including on Facebook, YouTube, discs, Online Albums, and more

  Creatively combine photos and videos to tell entertaining stories

  Enjoy your photos and videos virtually anywhere you are, and get automatic online backup with 2GB of free storage

  Make memorable home movies with professional-quality effects and sound

  Create sensational photos as well as unique cards, calendars, scrapbook pages, photo books, and more

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  Adobe Photoshop Extended CS6 Student and Teacher Edition

  Software (Adobe)
  List Price: $249.00
  Price: $240.99
  You Save: $8.01 (3%)

  Mercury Graphics Engine and 64-bit support--Count on the new Mercury Graphics Engine for blazingly fast performance when editing with key tools, and take advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support to speed up imaging tasks.

  Content-Aware Patch-Patch images with greater control using Content-Aware Patch. Simply choose the patch area and Content-Aware technology will fill in the missing area.

  New and reengineered design tools-Create superior designs fast. Get consistent formatting with type styles, use vector layers to apply strokes and add gradients to vector objects.

  3D controls at your fingertips-Intuitively create 3D artwork with a simple interface that eliminates the need for tools. Use in-context, on-canvas controls to manipulate cages for 3D extrusions, change scene and object orientation, and edit lights.

  Content-Aware family of technologies-Retouch images with astonishing ease, control, and precision. Remove or move selected image objects, and Content-Aware technology magically fills, patches, extends, or recomposes your image with stunning results.

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  Adobe Photoshop Extended CS5 Student and Teacher Edition

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (101 reviews):

  (4.1/5)

  

  32 Bit & 64 Bit Compatible + Adobe Academic Software Tips

  ** 6/29/11 - I am unable to reply to comments left on this review. Amazon has removed my ability to do this, so I'll reply here.- Reply to Shannon Hall: Yes. Once verified, you will receive a serial number from Adobe that you can use and re-use at any time.Original Review:An earlier reviewer said that this is a 64-Bit version. He is wrong. I purchased Photoshop directly from Adobe as he did. They only make one version for Windows and it runs on both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. I have this same Photoshop CS5 (Academic Version) installed on both Vista 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit computers and both run beautifully.I also recently purchased the Student and Teacher Editions (academic versions) of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and Acrobat X Professional here on Amazon.The following might be some helpful information:Adobe has 30-day trial versions on most of their software.For anyone intending... 5/5 171st_paang - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Extended CS5 Student and Teacher Edition (Software) ** 6/29/11 - I am unable to reply to comments left on this review. Amazon has removed my ability to do this, so I'll reply here.- Reply to Shannon Hall: Yes. Once verified, you will receive a serial number from Adobe that you can use and re-use at any time.Original Review:An earlier reviewer said that this is a 64-Bit version. He is wrong. I purchased Photoshop directly from Adobe as he did. They only make one version for Windows and it runs on both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. I have this same Photoshop CS5 (Academic Version) installed on both Vista 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit computers and both run beautifully.I also recently purchased the Student and Teacher Editions (academic versions) of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and Acrobat X Professional here on Amazon.The following might be some helpful information:Adobe has 30-day trial versions on most of their software.For anyone intending... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , January 7, 2011

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  A really good deal!

  This version of Photoshop Extended CS5 was perfectly simple to have validated with my student ID. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get it to work if something went wrong with the validation process, but you just have to enter the name of your school (several drop-down lists to navigate)and your student email address. Therefore, if you haven't gotten your email address yet (finished your class registration process), you'll have to wait until you are registered and have the student ID before you can start using your software. Unless maybe you are already a student. I'm only taking just this class, so until I was fully registered, I didn't have my student email address.It arrived sooner than expected too! 5/5 PB (Santa Barbara) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Extended CS5 Student and Teacher Edition (Software) This version of Photoshop Extended CS5 was perfectly simple to have validated with my student ID. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get it to work if something went wrong with the validation process, but you just have to enter the name of your school (several drop-down lists to navigate)and your student email address. Therefore, if you haven't gotten your email address yet (finished your class registration process), you'll have to wait until you are registered and have the student ID before you can start using your software. Unless maybe you are already a student. I'm only taking just this class, so until I was fully registered, I didn't have my student email address.It arrived sooner than expected too! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , June 21, 2010

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  Not very happy

  I should have read the Amazon discussion page first."Adobe's student editions don't include an installation code in the box. You have to submit your academic credentials directly to Adobe to be emailed an installation code."If you buy from Amazon, and then get denied by Adobe (as I did, since I am going to a private college that is not on Adobe's list), you will have to go through the trouble of returning the software to Amazon.With a direct purchase from Adobe, your credit card shouldn't be billed until your academic credentials have been reviewed and approved. 2/5 H. Heller - See all my reviews, May 24, 2010

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  List Price: $999.00
  

  Go beyond traditional image editing by bringing 3D elements to your 2D artwork directly within your favorite digital imaging application

  Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended is the ultimate solution for advanced digital imaging,

  Smoother interactions thanks to GPU acceleration, and dozens of time-savers throughout the application.

  Delivering all the capabilities of Photoshop CS5 plus breakthrough tools that let you create and edit 3D and motion-based content.

  Digital imaging applications, which now offers an easy on-ramp to 3D image creation.

  And access your assets in the context of what you're working on by using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop.

  Accelerate your workflow with fast performance on 64-bit hardware systems,

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  Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows [Download]

  Digital Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (39 reviews):

  (3.5/5)

  

  Powerful and feature dense image editing (and Adobe *really, really* wants you online!)...

  Photoshop Elements (PSE) 10 --like its predecessor versions-- has enough features to rapidly surpass the skills --and time available to tinker-- of most amateur digital photographers...even highly skilled ones. The overall interface will be familiar to user of PSE versions as far back as PSE 6 or 7. It incorporates most of the multiple image merge functions that have been around since PSE 7. As with previous versions, PSE 10 offers this for a fraction of the cost of its professional (and professionally priced!). big brother, . Most amateur photographers --and even some frugal professionals-- can perform all but the most advanced digital editing with PSE 10 (and then use the money saved for some nice new hardware!).Note: This review assumes some familiarity with digital photography and digital image concepts, and... 4/5 35-year Technology Consumer "8-tracks to 802.11" (Mid Atlantic, USA) - See all my reviews, November 16, 2011

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  Great set of digital darkroom tools for the best in Photo Software

  I was really angry when my version of Photoshop 6.2 quit working on windows ME or Vista not sure it was years back, I really loved that software and though I did try a few versions of inexpensive Adobe products in the past, none has come close to what I had in that software that MS took away by not allowing older software to migrate to their new OS I think I was running XP at the time but wasn't too happy that a pretty expensive bit of software was gone because of MS decided to make their not make their OS backward compatible.Anyway It took a few years and a few sub-par products to finally find something that works as well or nearly as well as that old software did, but there are allot of are inexpensive replacements these days. In fact shareware and freeware products have gone comercial and are charging as much or more than this version of Adobe imaging software, and honest I find that hard to beliieve.I bought the download becuase I needed something fast to... 5/5 Bob "Bob in Big Bear Ca" (Big Bear, Ca United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows [Download] (Software Download) I was really angry when my version of Photoshop 6.2 quit working on windows ME or Vista not sure it was years back, I really loved that software and though I did try a few versions of inexpensive Adobe products in the past, none has come close to what I had in that software that MS took away by not allowing older software to migrate to their new OS I think I was running XP at the time but wasn't too happy that a pretty expensive bit of software was gone because of MS decided to make their not make their OS backward compatible.Anyway It took a few years and a few sub-par products to finally find something that works as well or nearly as well as that old software did, but there are allot of are inexpensive replacements these days. In fact shareware and freeware products have gone comercial and are charging as much or more than this version of Adobe imaging software, and honest I find that hard to beliieve.I bought the download becuase I needed something fast to... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , December 13, 2011

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  Best Deal

  Don't waste your money on the pro version that Adobe offers unless you are actually getting paid for doing graphic design. 5/5 Jeffery P. Lorig (O'Neill, NE) - See all my reviews, December 7, 2011

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  Complete photo- and video-editing solution, Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere Elements 10 software helps you bring your photo and video collection to life in vibrant home movies and photo creations you?ll enjoy for years to come.

  Quickly share your photos and movies virtually anywhere, including on Facebook, YouTube, discs, Online Albums, and more.

  Make memorable home movies with professional-quality effects and sound.

  Create sensational photos as well as unique cards, calendars, scrapbook pages, photo books, and more.

  Creatively combine photos and videos to tell entertaining stories.

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  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION]

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (189 reviews):

  (4.4/5)

  

  Very Useful Program for Digital Photo Pre-Use Management

  Those familiar with Photoshop might wonder why an additional product should be needed to manage digital images. I would offer this difference: Photoshop is a program for image manipulation; it's for folks who want to change their photographs or create new substance in an image. Lightroom is a program that, primarily, expedites photography workflow. [By using the term "workflow," I don't mean to imply that it's geared only to those who are in the profession of photography; amateurs and hobbyists alike (like I am), who also wish to prepare quickly and print images, can benefit from this highly-practical and time-efficient program.] You can "tweak" pics very nicely with Lightroom, but Photoshop's the paragon for substantial alteration.Lightroom 3 simplifies enormously the process of preparing photo captures for use, whether as web or print applications. It facilitates quick organization & preview, raw enhancement, printing, and web uploading of photos.The... 5/5 Dean C. Broome Jr. MD (Blackshear, GA USA) - See all my reviews, July 22, 2010

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  LR 3 Very good for for the right person

  I'll start off by saying I thought $300 for a photo program was more than I wanted to spend. I had tried the 30 day trial when LR2 came out, but couldn't get in enough keyboard time during the 30 day trial period. I decided to try the Beta when LR3 B1 came out and actually got about 70 days under my belt before B2 expired.I had bought and used Elements 3 and 7, and while pretty good enhancers, there organizational abilities were weak. By weak, I mean, once they were catalogued and or key worded, they were fine, but the key wording was tedious.Enter LR3. It doesn't have the capability of Elements (or photoshop either, I assume) but it does have enough capability to handle 90+% of what I do. What I usually do is correct color and exposure, saturate or desatureate some colors to enhance the image or de-emphasize the back ground, sharpen things up a bit and or decrease noise, mostly luminous, and apply the lens correction feature. I have also used the curves... 5/5 Hank (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM) I'll start off by saying I thought $300 for a photo program was more than I wanted to spend. I had tried the 30 day trial when LR2 came out, but couldn't get in enough keyboard time during the 30 day trial period. I decided to try the Beta when LR3 B1 came out and actually got about 70 days under my belt before B2 expired.I had bought and used Elements 3 and 7, and while pretty good enhancers, there organizational abilities were weak. By weak, I mean, once they were catalogued and or key worded, they were fine, but the key wording was tedious.Enter LR3. It doesn't have the capability of Elements (or photoshop either, I assume) but it does have enough capability to handle 90+% of what I do. What I usually do is correct color and exposure, saturate or desatureate some colors to enhance the image or de-emphasize the back ground, sharpen things up a bit and or decrease noise, mostly luminous, and apply the lens correction feature. I have also used the curves... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , August 24, 2010

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  Awesome for processing high volumes...

  Lightroom 3 was an awesome addition to my studio. Prior to using lightroom I was using Bridge and PhotoShop to process all my photos. If you go out and shoot a few photos a week I would not recommend dropping the cash to get lightroom. If you shoot or want to shoot 1000+ images a day and don't want to spend most of your time in front of a computer doing post work, buy lightroom 3.Performance: Lightroom 3 works amazingly well on computer running a 64bit OS like win7. After watching a few tutorial videos on the program I was able to add lightroom to my work-flow and get files edited and to my clients about twice as fast as just using BR/PS.Great for:1.Noise reduction (simple and awesome)2.Making small to medium adjustments to photos quickly3.Managing photo meta data4.cataloging and sorting5.getting images to the web6.printing packages7.slide shows8.... 5/5 Well of Mimir - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM) Lightroom 3 was an awesome addition to my studio. Prior to using lightroom I was using Bridge and PhotoShop to process all my photos. If you go out and shoot a few photos a week I would not recommend dropping the cash to get lightroom. If you shoot or want to shoot 1000+ images a day and don't want to spend most of your time in front of a computer doing post work, buy lightroom 3.Performance: Lightroom 3 works amazingly well on computer running a 64bit OS like win7. After watching a few tutorial videos on the program I was able to add lightroom to my work-flow and get files edited and to my clients about twice as fast as just using BR/PS.Great for:1.Noise reduction (simple and awesome)2.Making small to medium adjustments to photos quickly3.Managing photo meta data4.cataloging and sorting5.getting images to the web6.printing packages7.slide shows8.... Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , July 7, 2010

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  Dynamic slide show videos with music, web galleries, and on popular photo-sharing sites.

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  Get the absolute best from every image you shoot with world-class editing power and intuitive controls that set your creativity free.

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  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 software helps you bring out the best in your photography.

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  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

  Software (Adobe)
  

  Rating (25 reviews):

  (3.9/5)

  

  One of the best software products for digital image development

  Adobe Lightroom is Adobe's flag ship digital image development program. When I say "image development" I mean just that. Think of Lightroom as a digital darkroom and now you know what is possible in the software.The first lesson you must learn when using Lightroom is... stop shooting in JPEG. Lightroom can do some amazing things, even with JPEGs, but if you want to enjoy the benefits Lightroom has to offer, you really need to shoot in RAW. You can pull some shadow and some highlight detail from JPEGs, but there is an order of magnitude difference in the amount of detail present in a RAW file.The other thing to realize is that yes, if you have Photoshop, you can do everything Lightroom does. The difference, for now, is Lightroom 4 uses new controls not in Adobe Camera RAW (at the time of this writing - Adobe now offers a new Camera RAW version), which is where a lot of the new highlight/shadow recovery comes from, so for now Lightroom is quite a bit nicer than... 5/5 Stephen M. Lerch (Elkton, MD United States) - See all my reviews, March 6, 2012

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  Exceptional feature set. Faster now, but still a few bugs

  **SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF REVIEW*Lightroom 4 is a pretty major release for Adobe. They added some pretty significant features, changed a few of the features they had, and tweaked the image quality and rendering a bit. There is a LOT going on here and I'm not going to try to cover it all (the product description above does a good job). Instead, I am going to focus on what matters to me most - using Lightroom to edit professional images for clients.I'm a professional wedding and portrait photographer and I've been using Lightroom since the release of Lightroom 2. It has since then become the bedrock of my editing routine, covering about 98% of my needs. The remaining 2% is mainly advanced touchup work and is handled by Photoshop CS5. I photograph about 30 weddings and 30-40 portrait sessions a year. I average about 1800 RAW photos per wedding and about 450 per portrait session. This puts my total workload at around 60,000 photos per year and every single... 4/5 J. Howell (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews, March 12, 2012

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  Lighroom 4 will make you look like a Pro, and great noise reduction.

  I had avoided buying Lightroom (LR) for many reasons before, mainly because I have a full blown version of Photoshop 5.5 extended (PS) and also the Nikon ViewNX (RAW converter) was free and pretty good. So if you are a person looking for reason to upgrade from Lightroom 3 to 4, then this review is not for you. I have no clue what Lightroom 3 has missing or what is new compare to this. I will review this base on first timers for Lightroom and people with experience with PS and ViewNX and some corel paint 8 (which I own too). I also use RAW, not jpeg editing.Wow is the first thing I got to say after 2 weeks of usage. Actually, after one day I was ready to return it since I can do everything on here between ViewNX and PS. What I didn't realized later is how much faster I can do adjust things in LR rather than convert it in ViewNX raw to jpeg and then edit it in PS (either jpeg or through Adobe Bridge, ACR). Here are the plus and minus of Lightroom 4 version the other... 4/5 Jeff Tranberry, May 6, 2012

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  Get everything you need beyond the camera-Organize, perfect, and share-Lightroom combines all your digital photography tools in one fast, efficient application.

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  Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book

  Book (Adobe Press)
  

  Rating (84 reviews):

  (4.2/5)

  

  Some great information gems, and some not so great exercises

  There are things I really liked about this book and things I really didn't like.The primary thing I didn't like was the approach they took to the exercises. For instance in the section on adjusting color in Camera Raw, they tell you specifically (by number) where to move the temperature, tint, exposure, blacks, contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation sliders, but there is no discussion as to why these amounts for this image work. This problem goes on throughout the book. I'd say that's a pretty huge weakness.On page 118 there is a pull out box with the headline "About layer-comps" that has 3 paragraphs talking about how great layer comps are. (It's a way to look at different versions of complicated multi-layer PS file.) But it doesn't tell you how to create one, or even mention that there is a complete discussion of the subject that begins on page 242.But the things I did like make this book worth purchasing. At the end of each section are... 4/5 Tenna Merchent (Noblesville, IN USA) - See all my reviews, August 14, 2010

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  Adobe should be ashamed to put their name on this book

  I am an advanced photographer and have used Photoshop for years. This is the third edition of Classroom in a book for me and I was disappointed. The authors used several of the same old photos. Worse from my viewpoint is that several of the lessons were quite complex with no explanation of the reason for each of the steps. It is like a cookbook which is only useful for making the included recipes but not for learning how to cook. I think the Scott Kelby books are much more useful (and fun). Even the Martin Evening books which I don't like because the print is too small for my tired old eyes and can be rather dry are better than this effort.Maybe a designer would find the book more useful but in my opinion Photographers should avoid it. 2/5 Desert Rat (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book (Paperback) I am an advanced photographer and have used Photoshop for years. This is the third edition of Classroom in a book for me and I was disappointed. The authors used several of the same old photos. Worse from my viewpoint is that several of the lessons were quite complex with no explanation of the reason for each of the steps. It is like a cookbook which is only useful for making the included recipes but not for learning how to cook. I think the Scott Kelby books are much more useful (and fun). Even the Martin Evening books which I don't like because the print is too small for my tired old eyes and can be rather dry are better than this effort.Maybe a designer would find the book more useful but in my opinion Photographers should avoid it. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , August 27, 2010

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  Students seeking an at-home course will find this a winner!

  Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book comes with a fine DVD-ROM for Windows and Mac OS filled with 2 hours of tutorials, and provides the easiest way to learn Photoshop CS5. The 'classroom' format centers around 14 lessons covering the basics of learning Photoshop and provides tips to become more productive with the program. It can be viewed in a progressive learning environment or referred to as a reference by skipping around: either way, students seeking an at-home course will find this a winner! 5/5 Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book (Paperback) Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book comes with a fine DVD-ROM for Windows and Mac OS filled with 2 hours of tutorials, and provides the easiest way to learn Photoshop CS5. The 'classroom' format centers around 14 lessons covering the basics of learning Photoshop and provides tips to become more productive with the program. It can be viewed in a progressive learning environment or referred to as a reference by skipping around: either way, students seeking an at-home course will find this a winner! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , August 14, 2010

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