Adobe Elements 2.0 [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Adobe Elements 2.0 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: A Lot To Learn
Summary: 4 Stars
Wow. After using the software that came with my Canon A70 this is a quantum leap in sophisticationI'm not a computer geek but pretty familiar with various pieces of software. To say that this is going to take me a while to learn is an understatement.
On the other hand, once mastered, this is going to make me very productive.
I do have one major gripe....why isn't this program compatable with AOL? (Hey, Adobe, you have heard of AOL?) For crying out loud, there's no way to register the software online or access the tutorials if you're an AOL user!!! Pretty lousy support from Adobe.
As mentioned, I'm pretty new to this particular software but it seems that everything is there if you're willing to invest your time and effort to extract it.
I hope to post a follow up review in a few months.
Meanwhile, if Adobe is listening....what were you people thinking (or not thinking) by making online registration impossible for a large number of your customers? Dolts!
Customer Review: photoshop elements
Summary: 5 Stars
When I bought this I was under the impression(from the tiny price) that this would be a weak program compared to photoshop 7. However having used photoshop elements 2.0 for a few weeks now I havnt once wished I had photoshop 7 because elements has all the tools I would ever need, and about 700 pound cheaper than its bigger brother. If your a student, or just an amatuer photographer, dont pay big money for photoshop 7/CS, elements has all you will need.Customer Review: What a nightmare!
Summary: 2 Stars
I have an idea. Let's take a very powerful, professional level software, yank some expensive features and shove it down the throats of average users. As a user, I am very familiar with Photoshop and use it with some regularity. I find many of the concepts and interface parts of elemtns familiar. But this is being pushed on non-pros which is my problem. I have had to become an Adobe customer support person fro my family because this darn thing is too hard to learn and get used to. Support from Adobe is almost non existent so I continually answer questions and teach usage to my family members. I should have tried something easier!Customer Review: Absolutely Indispensable!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a teacher, and have used Elements at home and school for a couple of years now. I have used it on PCs at school, and on my Mac system 9 and system 10.2 at home. It is wonderful on all of the platforms! I taught a class of middle school students who speak little English to use this program to "play" with photos... changing colors, adding a background or a frame, giving photos effects, such as a painted look. They have used it also to modify artwork that they uploaded, then afterwards, they copied and pasted their art and photos into a school newspaper we created. They have done amazing things that makes them look like computer experts!
I use Elements for my personal photos. Besides correcting and editing single photos, I have created a collage of photos, by copying and pasting several photos onto a single background, and added text and other artwork to the collage. I use it to fix colors that don't come out well from my digital camera, especially to tone down reds and blues that come out too bright. I use it to resize photos so that I can print them as small or as large as I want. And I've softened the edges to give photos an old-fashioned look. There is so much you can do with it!
I also use Elements for an online business which requires photos of the products I sell. My camera is good, but to make the photos look really good for selling stuff, they need a little extra work. Yes, with Elements you can make your product look even better than it does in reality, but I don't do that. I make the product look AS GOOD as it looks in person!
My general procedure is
1. Crop (to reduce extra background)
2. Resize (to make it fit into the space allowed on the website, and to make it an appropriate resolution that won't slow down the loading of the web page.)
3. Adjust lighting and contrast to make details easy to see.
4. Sharpen, to bring the photo into better focus.
All of this is not something you do immediately upon loading the software. There is some study to do of helpful books or by taking a class. I have done both of those things, as well as play around with the software to discover what can be done with it. There are quite a few books that give all kinds of ideas for uses and wonderful projects, and I still have a lot to learn. However, what I have learned has been indispensable for my photo work, both at home and school! I have used other photo editing software, some of it simpler to figure out, but much more limited in their capabilities. Elements can do so much, I will never need to buy the full, expensive version of Photoshop. Elements can do almost as much at a fraction of the cost. I highly recommend it!
Customer Review: A star is much too much, Need a Flat Tire rating.
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, the rebate requires evidence of having previously purchased other Adobe or similar products. If you have the materials to satisfy all of Adobe's stipulations, and are left handed and born on February 29th, you may qualify for the rebate.Now, try and run the blasted thing. On my Windows XP it can't find AOL even when it is lurking there in the background. To register the product or run the tutorial you must go online, but it can't. Adobe's website indicates that internet explorer 4.0 must be present, and that the proper path must be written in the whatever file, but immediately warns that this path should only be attempted by a someone qualified to do so and that ordinary mortals like me should take up kite flying.
Well, I now learn that my system has Internet Explorer 6.0 and Adobe's klunker is still as befuddled as I am.
If you wish make a charitable donation to Adobe you may do so by buying this product. Otherwise I strongly suggest avoiding it at any cost.