Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
This is Adobe Photoshop photo editing for the home user at a fraction of the cost. Photoshop Elements 8 (both PC and Mac) will be available on Oct. 23, 2009 and can be pre-ordered now. Rebates are often available - click the amazon links to the left for details.
Photoshop Elements 8 contains the following new and enhanced features (including Windows 7 support):
- New Photomerge Exposure will merge identical photos, one taken with flash on and one with flash off, and combine the shots into a single, perfectly lit photo.
- New full-screen previews lets you get the full effect of your photos and lets you make quick edits to photos while viewing them.
- New ability to recompose photos to any size - even going from landscape to portrait or vice versa - without distorting key subjects like people or buildings.
- New People Recognition allows you to quickly find photos that feature specific friends or family members by automatically identifying the people in your photos and video clips.
- New Auto-Analyzer which automatically tags your media so you can easily find your most interesting, highest quality photos quickly.
- Enhanced Organizer - now a more powerful hub making it easier than ever to find, view, manage, and protect your photos and videos.
- Enahnced one-step photo adjustments - including color, contrast, and lighting - allowing you to quickly choose the best result from a group of adjustment previews.
This item currently ships for free at amazon.com.
Adobe Premiere Elements 8
This is Adobe Photoshop video editing for the home user. Some of its new and enhanced features include:
- New motion tracking capabilities to add graphics, text, and effects that automatically move with the subjects in your scenes.
- New ability to automatically fix shaky footage and color and lighting problems, trim away all but your best footage, and balance audio elements to give you professional-quality sound throughout your movie.
- New library of artwork, including fun frames, objects, and animations to enliven the action in your scenes.
- Enhanced Organizer - now a more powerful hub making it easier than ever to find, view, manage, and protect your photos and videos.
- New ability to showcase your videos in one-of-a-kind Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates. Adobe Flash technology lets viewers interact with your videos for an entertaining experience. And share via public or private galleries.
- New full-screen previews lets you get the full effect of your videos and lets you make quick edits to videos while viewing them.
- Enhanced InstantMovie automatically edits together your best clips with coordinated music, titles, effects, and transitions from the movie theme of your choice.
- New ability to apply any 2D video effect to a specific area of a scene and keep it locked on the action with motion tracking.
This item currently ships for free at amazon.com.
