Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Expert Reviews

Adobe's Creative Suite is a collection of content creation and manipulation software and is now in its fourth iteration

64-bit support, optimised for multi-core CPUs, intuitive interface, Photoshop's Content-Aware Scaling works a treat

Package is a tad expensive

Although CS4 Design Premium commands a mighty outlay, the improvements to the interface, coupled with improved hardware support and a long list of features make it worth its price.

The Adobe Elements product development teams must stay awake nights figuring out ways to aggravate and scare their competitors. Each new release of the Elements products bring new features, better integration and smoother operation of previous ...

Adobe has made many improvements to its venerable image editor, but some seem more incremental than dramatic.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 has a less cluttered interface and new features including Fluid Canvas and an improved Clone Tool

It's been several months since the CS4 Master Collection became available, and the focus of this follow-up review is to highlight the new features that have remained on my radar since first installing the programs. While every Adobe release features a ...

The decade-old InDesign, which is the de facto standard for print page design, has pushed the envelope of page-layout software by introducing many new features-transparency effects, hanging punctuation, parent/child master pages, and onscreen display ...

A solid set of new features and improvements. Add conditional text, rotated spreads, and automatic page insertion when entering text to the aforementioned new features

Many of the new features (e.g., cross references and SWF export) will appeal only to a relatively small subset of users. No killer new features.

InDesign CS4 is a solid but not spectacular upgrade. If you own InDesign as part of one of the Adobe Create Suite collections, the overall strength of the suite may convince you to upgrade. If you own only InDesign, you'll have to decide whether the ...

I've spent more than a month working with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. I'm impressed. It pushes the envelope again with new tools and enhancements that will save a lot of time.

I thought that CS3 was pretty much unbeatable for most of the bread-and-butter stuff that I or any other illustrator or photographer can do. As it turns out, CS4 adds enough feature punch to make the upgrade worth it

For individual users of the standalone product, Contribute CS4 is not a worthy upgrade, due to the lack of compelling new features. Larger companies may benefit from the improved workflow options. But if you are pleased with Contribute CS3, you will ...

New toolbar lets you use Contribute's editing tools within Firefox ; enhanced workflow for larger organizations ; features match Windows version

New interface is a poor fit for Contribute ; few new features ; no speed improvement ; poor upgrade value

Unlike previous versions, Contribute CS4 does achieve feature parity between the Mac and Windows versions. But Contribute's performance does not seem to have improved in this version, which is a shame, since it has always been a bit slow to connect to ...

InCopy CS4 is a tempting upgrade. It addresses a major omission in previous versions by adding the ability to edit and track changes in tables. Add to that the conditional-text and cross-reference features, a more powerful Links panel, and a variety ...

Ability to edit, track changes, and add notes in Story and Galley views ; lets you create hyperlinks and dynamic cross-references ; can create multiple versions of a document via conditional text ; can create single-page spreads ; can share screen ...

Notes feature still limited in Layout view ; no way to globally accept/reject changes in documents

This new version of InCopy is part of Adobe's Creative Suite 4 release, although you must buy this program separately. While InCopy integrates closely with InDesign to create a collaborative publishing workflow, writers and editors can also use InCopy ...

Support for multiple-page documents (at last) and lots of improvements make this a worthy upgrade.

New support for multiple-page documents ; Works well with other Adobe apps

Pricey ; Lacks tools for creating business graphics

Speaking of CorelDraw, it still has a simpler interface and more tools for creating business graphics, and it's $170 cheaper. But Illustrator is the superior tool for creative pros--particularly those who also use Adobe's Photoshop--and this new ...