Adobe Photoshop Elements
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Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras.
Originally introduced alongside Photoshop version 7, Photoshop Elements targets photography enthusiasts and thus lacks many features that make it useful in a proper print production environment. For example, Photoshop Elements cannot export files in the CMYK color mode, supports a simplified color management system, and excludes detailed soft-proofing. It also either eliminates completely or offers simplified versions of some of the more powerful plug-ins, along with a number of features aimed at non-experts (such as removing the red-eye effect or changing the skin tone in a picture). An example of a redesigned feature would be the Variations correction dialog.
Photoshop LE (Limited Edition) was Adobe's consumer raster image editing product prior to the introduction of Elements. Photoshop LE had similar limitations to Elements. Recently, Adobe has launched Photoshop Elements Version 5 which is optionally bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements 3, Adobe's video-editing software designed for home users. Both applications can also be bought separately.
[edit] Further reading
- Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions, by Mikkel Aaland
- Photoshop Elements 4.0: The Missing Manual, by Barbara Brundage.
