Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 | 
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List Price: $99.99
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Elements
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 115.2 x 94.8 x 26.4
MPN: 65026616
Model: 65026616
UPC: 883919166889
EAN: 0883919168296
ASIN: B001DMBWXS
Release Date: October 13, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED, FULL INSTALL US VERSION (not an upgrade), SHIPS SAME DAY ORDERED!
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| Features:
| • | Stay connected with your favorite people and memories with new Photoshop.com membership | | • | Make ordinary photos extraordinary with easy-to-use editing tools | | • | Share your stories in beautiful, personalized creations for print and web | | • | Easily find and view all your photos | | • | Share your photos in fun, interactive ways with invitation-only Online Albums |
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Product Description
Make ordinary photos extraordinary with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7. It combines power and simplicity so you can tell engaging stories in beautiful, personalized creations for print and the web; and easily find and view all your photos. And now, extend the capabilities of your software with new Photoshop.com Plus membership (Annual membership terms apply).
Create a personal web travelogue for friends and family, or view and share your photos on an interactive map based on the locations where they were taken (Works with U.S. addresses only) Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates With Photoshop.com Plus membership (Annual membership terms apply), you can - Show off your creativity with inspiring ideas, tutorials, seasonal artwork, and templates delivered regularly to your software Backup your memories automatically and no scheduling required? get 20GB of storage ? enough for up to 15,000 photos View your photos virtually anywhere you are Share photos in fun, interactive ways via invitation-only Online Albums ? and you'll get new templates delivered to your software on a regular basis
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 software combines power and simplicity so you can make ordinary photos extraordinary; tell engaging stories in beautiful, personalized creations for print and web; and easily find and view all your photos. New Photoshop.com membership* works with Photoshop Elements so you can protect your photos with automatic online backup and 2 GB of storage; view your photos anywhere you are; and share your photos in fun, interactive ways with invitation-only Online Albums.  Effortlessly select an area and simultaneously apply incredible effects with a single stroke of Adobe Smart Brush. Click to enlarge. |  See all your photos in one convenient place where you can scroll through them, apply visual keyword tags, and view and retrieve them fast--even if your library includes thousands of photos. Click to enlarge. |  Showcase your photos in one-of-a-kind Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates. Click to enlarge. |  Easily upload photos to your website, iPhone, or CEIVA Digital Photo Frames, or view them on your TV. | Do it all with one powerful yet easy-to-use product
Use Photoshop Elements with Photoshop.com* for all your photo needs--organize, edit, and enhance photos; make unique photo creations; share in print and on the web; protect your photos; and view them anywhere you are. *Available only in the U.S. Introducing new Photoshop.com membership*
Works with Photoshop Elements to help you protect your photos from computer loss and hard drive crashes with automatic online backup and enough storage (2 GB) for up to 1,500 photos; view your photos anywhere you are; and share your photos in fun, interactive ways with invitation-only Online Albums. And upgrade to Plus membership at any time and get 18 GB more storage, and a variety of inspiring ideas, tutorials, seasonal artwork, and templates delivered regularly to your software. *Available only in the U.S. Select and apply with a single stroke
Simultaneously select a specific photo area and apply incredible effects with a single stroke of new Adobe Smart Brush. Improve lighting, add rich textures, and more with eight libraries of over 50 sophisticated effects. Go from flawed to phenomenal in seconds
Whiten teeth, make skies bluer, get rid of red eye, and take advantage of many more shortcuts that reduce common, multistep editing tasks to a single click or brush stroke. Dramatically transform your photos with easy-to-use tools
Convert your color originals to elegant, nuanced black-and-whites, or use color curves adjustments to get the perfect exposure. Count on step-by-step assistance
Want to touch up a scratch? Create a scrapbook page? Add artistic effects that make a photo look like a pencil sketch? Photoshop Elements walks you through key steps to make it easy to get the results you want fast. Quickly clean your scene of unwanted elements
You took five shots of your subject, but pedestrians and cars distract from the scene in every one. Now, see only what you want to see in your photos--use Adobe Photomerge Scene Cleaner to simply brush away any elements that changed positions between photos to create a single, perfect composite. Composite with amazing results
Create flawless group shots in just a few clicks with amazing Adobe Photomerge technology. Photomerge also lets you create seamless panoramas and combine elements of different faces for entertaining results. Share experiences in fresh, exciting ways on the web
Showcase your photos in one-of-a-kind Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates--including new, visually stunning options. Adobe Flash technology lets viewers interact with your photos for an entertaining experience. Show off your creativity in unique ways
Make amazing printed photo creations--like scrapbook pages, photo books, and cards--that you can customize to get exactly the look you envision. Organize your library with ease
See all your photos in one convenient place, and find photos fast using powerful, flexible visual tags and a variety of viewing and searching options, including a new text search box.
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 A good photo editing program for beginners December 2, 2008
CGScammell (Southern Arizona)
I ordered this product as an upgrade for my Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 program. This is an improvement over the older program and one I would recommend to anyone who is starting out with digital photography.
I like the more eye-friendly editing page. Icons are easier to read. More room is used for the actual work space for editing.
There are some pitfalls, if they can be seen as pitfalls.
Elements 7 requires more memory. Elements 7 takes up 383MB whereas my Elements 2 takes up only 88MB. People with older computers should take this into consideration; for owners of newer systems this should not be a problem. (Microsoft Vista, for instance, takes over 4000MB).
I enjoy the added features listed in the quick-fix pulldowns: sky editing, erase features and other useful enhancements. I am more of a photojournalist rather than an artist and don't need some of the features. However, I do enjoy the quicker availabilty of these options. The skin tones come out looking more natural than on my older Photoshop version and I don't have to do as many steps to achieve that natural look.
One thing about Photoshop, though, that may irritate some people is that the owners manual that comes with the product requires thorough familiarity. The icons alone may not explain well enough how the step-by-step options work. For new owners of this system I highly recommend you read this manual from cover to cover and then practice some of the features. Those with older programs this is easier done as the layouts haven't changed much from older versions. Users of Elements 7 may find an additional purchase of an "Idiot's Guide" book to be more helpful than the enclosed manual.
I would recommend this program for beginners and those looking for a good, basic, affordable photo editing program.
Photoshop 7 December 1, 2008
R. M. Glasscock Jr. (Athens, GA)
The Photoshop 7 was recommended to me. I like the Photoshop, especially when it doesn't open each time I open pictures. It willo take some time for me to learn most of the options but for organizing and correcting it has worked very well.
Useful...Good Value...But Not The One To Count On November 30, 2008
John P. Sullivan (Roseville, CA)
When you start up PSE7, you're at the photo sharing login screen that takes plenty of time to load. Then choose what you want to do, and it takes another forever to load another window. I find the photo sharing part exceedingly distracting. The rest of PSE7 is fairly decent.
I've got to give Adobe some credit for the "organize" part of the software, which I find quite versatile and very simple to use. It's easy on the eyes too. You can organize by category, by rating, by date or you can search text that may appear either in image titles or information natively embedded within or attached to the file. It's well done.
The editor is fairly impressive, yet lacking at the same time. The responsiveness and optimization of the underlying routines of the tools are great but there seems to be just enough left out of the program to leave you wanting more (Photoshop). There are text type masks, but I've found no mask layers, for example.
PSE7 is ideal for the person who makes wreaths and sews and stuff in the craft room. One who takes crafting seriously would love PSE7 and its many project templates, its impressive, perhaps even unmatched number of included effects and plug-in filters, and its feature set.
If you're the serious pixel mover and you don't care about all the frilly craft things, and consistent workflow is important to you, you might not be as impressed as you might expect. I find loading multiple programs to act as windows [organize and edit], and being reminded to sign up for photo sharing services very counterproductive.
My aging [Fujitsu N3010] laptop runs much hotter after having installed this program.
I do recommend PSE7 as an additional tool in your digital arsenal if you don't mind plunking down the cash, but don't get your hopes up too high if you're considering it as your primary tool unless you make use of all of the specific creative conveniences that this program provides.
Adobe quality with clunky user interface November 30, 2008
Charlie (USA)
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
OS Environments evaluated: XP Pro / Home SP-2 and Vista Home Premium SP-1
This was my first time using Adobe Photoshop Elements and I was intrigued because I have heard so much about Adobe Photoshop in the past. I was not entirely sure what Elements was comprised of other than the tidbits I picked up off Wikipedia and other web resources. My previous experience with raster image software (basically simple programs to edit/crop/adjust images) had been with MS Paint, Office Image Editor, Paint Shop Pro, and even the open-source program GIMP. They are all generally the same because they offer layers, different selection tools, color and brightness/gamma adjustments, and resize algorithms. The biggest differences are in load times, application size, resource usage, interface usability, and overall speed.
The system requirements include Windows XP SP-2 or SP-3, or Vista with at least 1GB of RAM, 2GHz or faster processor, and at least 1.5GB of hard drive space. Of course, if you are going to be working many photos, then you will want a much larger hard drive especially with 1 TB (terabyte) drives dropping in price!
Some of the new features advertised on the box are a scene cleaner where you can use multiple shots of the same scene to create a composite image, eliminating crowds or other elements that you want to remove. The same theory applies to the group shot feature and panorama. The problem with this is you must take multiple images and there is no easy way to determine if you took enough photos from the right angle to get the images to lineup. It is an interesting tool, but unless you are using a tripod in a relatively controlled environment, the final product is not going to be as clean.
The more interesting features were the teeth whitener and bluer sky touchup filters. In the past, I simply created a selection on teeth and adjusted the brightness, contrast, or gamma to create the right shade of white appropriate for the photo. I wanted to give Adobe's built-in functions a try, but I found Photoshop Element 7's teeth whitener to be extremely clunky as it kept creating a larger selection rather than increase the whiteness. The user must select "New Selection" to increase the whiteness each time. Locating this tool was already a pain, as I had to consult the help, except F1 just activates your web browser and takes you to Adobe's website. After I quizzed the query box about whitening teeth and wasting 15 minutes trying to find a dodge tool, I discovered that the help site also links regular Photoshop content with Photoshop elements. I also found out there is no dodge tool in Photoshop Elements. Eventually I did find the teeth whitener, blue sky, and some other touch up tools located under Quick Fixes -> Touch Up.
The opening screen for Photoshop Elements reeks of a simple idiot-proof program as it allows you to Share, Create, Edit, or Organize. The option to create an account at [...] and signing-in is very annoying. It is very simple and cumbersome at the same time, since if you choose one option and decide to do something else, it requires more menu navigation. Bottom line is that it overcomplicates something simple by making it appear simple, sort of like Windows Vista and its Aero interface. What Adobe should have done is use a simple screen asking if the user wants to use a wizard or the base program and to remember this selection in the future.
My biggest gripe with Photoshop Elements is how clunky the user interface is and how it does not allow the use of the scroll wheel for zooming. In almost any web app (Google Maps) or application, the scroll wheel defaults as a zoom tool for convenience. It is either that, or the user can hold Ctrl and use the wheel as zoom. Neither of these commonly used options works in Photoshop Elements. The user must use the magnifying glass tool to "Zoom In" or "Zoom Out." It is extremely awkward, clunky, and inefficient.
Not all is lost as I found that Photoshop Elements offers an extremely flexible print interface. The options are extremely flexible (choosing scaling, centering, etc...) with real-time feedback and direct scaling of the photo with the mouse. Every application should allow this, including Acrobat and Microsoft Applications. I find it disheartening that many modern applications, such as IE7, FireFox, and even Acrobat 9 do not allow direct scaling of documents ready for print. Many web pages use obscure coding or framing to make them feel "unique" but produce the worst printouts (empty pages or frames that cut into half the document). Paint Shop applications often allow some degree of tweaking during a print-preview session but do not offer the same flexibility and real-time feedback as Photoshop Elements.
Pros: Decent load times on modern laptops and PCs, flexible print-preview and direct scaling of photographs prior to print outs, has all of the basic features an average photo enthusiast needs without the full cost of Photoshop.
Cons: The zoom feature should have been linked to the scroll wheel for easier zooming while performing other tasks. Many of the touchup tools are "hidden" away and requires some time to locate them. The usability of Photoshop Elements 7 needs improvement.
Overall: There are many options in the basic to intermediate level raster/vector photoshop app market, even some that are very robust and free like GIMP. I do like the Adobe interface but it is often difficult to do the simplest tasks because the user has to find the right button or find the right menu that has the button. Power users would not like Photoshop Elements since it lacks many of the professional level tools from the regular Photoshop CS3-CS4. However, Photoshop Elements costs 1/10 that of CS3 or CS4, which is astounding since I feel it is still quite expensive for the simple features it offers. I would recommend looking at open-source alternatives such as GIMP or less expensive but more popular options like Paintshop Pro (before Corel bought out Jasc in 2004).
A very powerful photo editing and management tool, but it is not for everyone November 29, 2008
John D. Hillmer (Waukesha, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 (PSE7) - so this review should not be applied to other versions or other bundles.
If you are new to photography, and are looking for a first time editing tool, to manage, edit, and enhance photographs, this might be too much for you, unless you are willing to learn it. There are products with less features, some online versions are actually free, that might be just what you need to get started as they do all the basic things that most people will use. In time however, you will need this product or something like it. I caution you to just start with this one, as it's complicated, and powerful, and sometimes not as intuitive as one would like.
If you are upgrading from a prior version of Photoshop Elements, then I'm not sure that this version is worth it for you. Yes, there are some new capabilities, but a lot of the changes are just changes... some for the better, some for worse, and some are just different - and if you really got good with a prior version, this version will bring with it a learning curve that you will not be real happy with. I was pretty good with Photoshop Elements 4, and the jump to 7 was a shock. I like the new capabilities, but I do NOT like the learning curve, and it is a big change. The good news is that you don't have to un-install the prior version(s) to run PSE7. You can't run PSE7 and the older version at the same time, but keeping both versions on my PC has been helpful for some things I was just really good at using the old version (PSE4 in my case).
If you have been using one of the free photograph editing tools, or a really old product, or a scaled down version that came with your PC, then I recommend this product to you! You don't need to spend hundreds for the full blown professional tools from Adobe (such as Adobe Photoshop CS3 or Adobe Photoshop CS4). PSE7 will do all and more than you will probably need. The marketing materials on Amazon describe this product in general - but believe me, it can do many many more things and with numerous embedded tools, filters, techniques, that no single review could ever hope to document. There are college level classes that teach Photoshop (sure, many are geared at the professional version, but most of the techniques apply to this version too).
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