Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Reviews

Adobe's low-cost image editor features some interesting new tools and lots of small changes that add up to top-notch program.

New Recompose tool adds intelligent cropping; Smart Brush is a nice addition to selection tools; lots of minor productivity and interface enhancements

Lack of Organizer means no direct photo sharing or synchronization services; Photomerge Exposure feature not entirely successful; can only print centered images

There are a few Organizer features that Bridge lacks, most notably online backup of photos to Adobe's Photoshop.com service, and the ability to upload photos from the Organizer to photo-sharing sites like Flickr, Photoshop.com, and SmugMug. Mac users ...

It can't be easy for major software companies to keep releases of their flagship products fresh year after year. Case in point: Photoshop Elements 8 ($99.99 direct). Adobe's super-powerful consumer version of its industry-leading Photoshop has just ...

Powerful, well-balanced consumer-level photo editing and organizing tools. Photo recomposition feature as amazing as its CS4 counterpart. Tight integration with online services and Premiere Elements 8. Extensive selection of help and tutorials

Few major changes from previous version. Some tutorials require paid Plus membership

If you're new to the worlds of digital photography and image manipulation, Photoshop Elements 8 offers everything you need, and much, much more. But users of previous versions are unlikely to find much in it a reason to upgrade.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 delivers Photoshop's imaging power to consumers and hobbyist photographers in an easy, accessible tabbed interface.

Keywording is much easier and comprehensive; Organizer can now import, sort and keyword video

PhotoMerge manual exposure tool requires finesse

In the Create tab, Photoshop Elements 8 offers additional and more creative templates and content in an intuitive interface, for making photo books, photo calendars, greeting cards, photo stamps, photo prints, photo collages, and sharable slide shows. ...