Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 review
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Verdict
Still the most powerful low-cost consumer photo-editing package - but attempts to make it easier to use have backfired
Review Date: 24 Sep 2009
Reviewed By: Tom Arah
Price when reviewed: £65 (£75 inc VAT)
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How to get organised in CS4?
I am attracted by the organising ability of Elements, but it seems ridiculously wasteful to buy it when I already have CS4. What is the best way to add the file benefits of Elements without buying a largely un-needed programme?
Peter McIntyre
By PeterMcIntyre1 on 2 Oct 2009 ![]()
Rip-off Prices
How is it that Adobe charge around £5 more for the downloadable version of the upgrade than the boxed one? Surely no packaging, DVD or postage should be cheaper? I don't understand their pricing model.
By Calmaria on 6 Oct 2009 ![]()
ADOBE PE 8 PRINT COCKUP
The loss of the ability to rotate and move a print on the page in the print dialogue box prior to printing (instead of being locked in a blue rectangle)is a REAL cockup, Adobe advise they are `working on an update`, until then, PE8 has lost its flexibility and useability,and,in my view,is now not the `leading photo editing package`!! What a cockup!
By driver on 4 Dec 2009 ![]()
NO GO
What a disappointment! One simple but in my opinion purely basic and necessary function is not found in PSE8. The ability to print a photo in any size on any position on a sheet of paper. This has been confirmed by Adobe. The recommendation was buying the full PS!
TRY the Incredible Freeware and far better GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
You'll hate yourself for buying PSE!
By fooUser on 22 May 2010 ![]()
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