Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4

This year Adobe celebrates 25 years as the leading graphics software company. During 2007 Adobe has upgraded almost all of its products. The latest upgrade announcement is Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4. The software will be shipping in two to three weeks time.

Photoshop Elements is a favourite image editing package for photographers who just want to get on with editing pictures without having to wade through thick volumes of reference books. We will bring you a full review of this exciting new software just as soon as we get the full production version - the screen shots show the Beta version.

In addition to the product launches, Adobe is announcing a new, year long photographic competition.  Clare Rees, CSBU Group Marketing Manager in the UK comments, "With these new products we have focussed on enabling individuals and families to tell their stories quickly and more easily then ever before. To celebrate this Adobe is launching a year long photographic competition called 'capture2day'. There will be monthly prizes and an on-line gallery that is regularly updated. The competition will culminate this time next year when we will announce the grand winner. Log on to www.capture2day.co.uk to register your interest in entering the competition.'

Photoshop Elements 6 in Organise mode

Photoshop Elements 6 in Quick fix mode

Photoshop Elements 6 in Full Edit mode

ps. the birthday cake was good too.

Press release

Best-Selling Photo and Video Software Feature New Levels of Integration and Creativity
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sept. 24, 2007 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced two major upgrades to its digital photo and video software for consumers: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 for Windows® & Adobe Premiere® Elements 4 for Windows. Tight integration and a shared Organiser, with a common database accessible from either application, allow users to do more with their photos and videos.   Available separately or together in a single retail package, Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements software give photo and video enthusiasts more creative ways to organise, edit, create and share digital photos and home movies.

 "With video and digital cameras now part of our everyday lives and social networking sites on the rise, people are demanding sophisticated tools to show off their photos and videos," said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions at Adobe. "Sophistication doesn't mean complication.  The combination of Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements offers a whole new user experience for consumers, which makes sharing impressive photo and video creations much easier and more fun. With access to all photos and video clips from one convenient place and options to export to YouTube and interactive galleries created with Adobe Flash technology, we expect our new products to be high on holiday wish lists."

Bringing out the Best in Photos
Photoshop Elements software helps enthusiasts achieve desired results quickly and easily. New Photomerge® technology helps solve the challenge of taking the perfect group photo by combining the best facial expressions and body language from a series of shots to create a single new cohesive group shot. The new Quick Selection Tool reduces a once time-consuming select-and-adjust task to a single click. Addressing all levels - beginner to expert - there is an opportunity to select one of three edit modes, each geared toward a different experience level.  A new Guided Edit mode helps walk users through the steps of improving a photo.

Photoshop Elements 6 streamlines editing with clean, uncluttered screens that bring focus to the photo. New tabs provide simple access to the many capabilities of the program. Additional enhancements include an improved conversion tool that dramatically converts colour images into elegant, nuanced black-and-whites. The streamlined Organiser speeds performance and eases importing, tagging and retrieving.

Amazing Movies with Style and Effects
Adobe Premiere Elements 4 makes it possible to create entertaining movies in just minutes. The new Organizer, the same found in Photoshop Elements, helps sort video clips and still photos with visual tagging options for people, places, or events. Video enthusiasts can apply comprehensive movie themes to a sequence of scenes in just a few clicks, creating a movie complete with transitions, effects and DVD menu. Background music and sound effects help underscore emotions, add emphasis, or create a mood. The new Audio Mixer works like a mixing board in a recording studio, adjusting the relative volumes of different audio with sliders. The new Sharing Centre centralizes available ways to show off videos. Users can upload and share videos in multiple ways, including Blu-ray disc, the Web, and mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone. Videos also can be exported in a video format based on Adobe Flash® to Web sites like YouTube, without requiring any special encoding.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe's digital imaging and digital video products are available immediately at www.adobe.com and online retailers including, Amazon.com. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 & Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows is available as a bundle at an estimated street price of £99.99. Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows are available separately for an estimated street price of £69.99 each. Photoshop Elements for the Macintosh platform is expected in early 2008.  Information about other language versions, as well as pricing, upgrade and support policies for other countries, is available on www.adobe.com/go/pse6pre4

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