Product of The Week: Adobe Photoshop Element 4

Well here it is: Photoshop Elements 4.0 - Adobe's lighter version of Photoshop for the rest of us. And let's face it; This is more than enough to satisfied the most demanding non professional photo enthusiast. The price is also "light" , even if this package as most of the important features that made Photoshop a killer app.and then some. What's new in this version are the capacity to correct "red eyes" in one clik and various extract tools.
Even if the interface has'nt changed much, we can spot a few differences; new items in the tool bar and the ability to opt out of (forever) the registration process. New improuved desriptive icons are a true life savers for newcomers. That is the smartest way to ramp-up to digital photo editing. The learning curve here is a gentle one. Basicaly the addition we love the most is that Adobe Bridge (propably a lighter version when compare to the one that comes with CS2)will enable the user to harness the power of organiszing and searching, while viewing your entire image collection in various ways. It can display file properties such as name, dimension, resolution, creation date to name only a few. Tha my friend is worth the up-grade price alone. We should also mention that this version bring the ability to view files shot in the camera raw format. Wow! Also new and worth mentioning are 2 relatively new tools; The magic extractor like it's name implied is usefull to extract objects from background and we must say performed well beyound our wildess dreams, and the magic selection brush tool also comes in handy. Skin tone adjustment is also new but not entirely reliable.

In our opinion Adobe Photoshop Element 4.0 give you more tools more quality and more options than any other similar package on the market. This truely is the best verion of this mature photo enhancing application. More Bang for your buck. A true Must for digital photo lovers. We give it a 4 stars out of 5 making Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac OSX our product of the week.