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There is plenty of competition in the graphic design market, but Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 holds its own thanks to its friendly interface and seamless mix of automated and manual tools.

The software offers everything for consumer photo editing whether you are a pro or beginner. There are some new exciting additions to the software including the 'Recompose tool' which offers a way to tighten up the composition of your images and lets you eliminate the background bits you don't want. Plus, the biggest change to Photoshop Elements 8 comes in the area of organizing, with an improved facility for keywording and managing your database of media.

The new 'Auto-Analyzer' automatically analyzes and tags media so users can quickly find the most interesting and highest quality content and 'People Recognition' identifies people in photos, becoming more intelligent over time, as it learns to associate names and faces.

The effects of all these features are that you can recompose your photos to any size without distorting key subjects, create perfectly lit shots with Photomerge technology, whiten teeth and make skies bluer, quickly retouch skin and soften other surfaces, fix red eye and improve skin tones, and use flexible layouts to create scrapbook pages, CD/DVD labels, and more.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 makes it quick and easy to organize, edit, create and share amazing photos with others. You can make your photos look extraordinary with easy-to-use editing options, share your stories in beautiful, personalized print creations and web galleries and easily manage all your photos and video clips from one convenient place.

All in all, Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is one of the best out there simply because of its ease-of-use and range of features, however if you already have Elements 7, the upgrade to Elements 8 does not offer a big overhaul of features.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: What We Liked

• It's very easy to use especially for a beginner user who just wants to edit some photos quickly and conveniently.
• It has a range of features, including a new recomposition features, to make your graphic design or simple editing work look stunning.
• As with many Adobe downloads, the now expanded help section of Photoshop Elements 8 is excellent, incorporating a raft of tutorials (some with video) that help you learn how to use specific tools and perform simple tasks.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: What We Didn't Like

• The software is too similar to its predecessor, Elements 7, with little change to interface, design or features.
• Unfortunately, unless you have a one-year Plus membership (purchased for extra money) some features of the help section are unavailable to you and you miss out on extra art, themes and storage space.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 - $20.00 Rebate For a Limited Time Only. See Terms.
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As the market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation software, Adobe Photoshop is continually improving its flagship product to ensure that its features, efficiency and results maintain industry-leading standards. Since 1987, Photoshop has made enacting the images of your imagination a possibility with its powerful, sophisticated innovations, and the Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 software puts this power once again at your fingertips.
Photoshop Elements 8 is designed specifically with the photo-enthusiast in mind, fusing ease-of-use and affordability with dense, professional results.

Adobe Photoshop has long been recognized as providing a professional standard of image-editing, but Photoshop Elements 8 has innovated its workshop interface so that it is streamlined and user-friendly, whilst providing step-by-step editing assistance help get you started on organizing, editing, creating and finally sharing your photos.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Features:

Simplicity

• Photomerge Exposure - creates a perfectly lit photo that shows every detail by combining multiple shots of the same scene - with or without a flash - in just a few simple clicks
• Recompose tool - automatically resize photos without distorting important features.
• Quick Fix preview - choose the best color, contrast and lighting from a series of automatically generated previews.
• Enhanced Organizer - makes finding photos and video clips easier with new folder options.

Intuitiveness

• New Auto-Analyzer - automatically analyzes and tags the most interesting and highest quality areas to assist editing.
• People Recognition - an independently intelligent tool that identifies people in photos, and learns to associate names with faces over time.

Sharing

• Interactive Online Album - templates showcase photos and videos together for simple, sophisticated sharing with family and friends.
• Automatically synch all their media across multiple computers

Results

• Image quality after editing is professionally endorsed, whilst the process remains accessible for even the newest home user.