Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Good product suite - OK upgrade if you already have 2.0
Summary: 4 Stars
After reading the reviews on here, I was undecided on whether to upgrade from Elements 2.0 or not. I was swayed by two rebates offerred by Adobe and Amazon, and now that I've used 3.0 for a while I would say it is worth my (discounted) upgrade price.
Big Plus - the Healing Brush is great, and has make working with damaged photo scans much easier for me.
Big Plus - the Red Eye removal tool is much improved from earlier versions. Since I'm not an "image professional" I really don't want to spend 10 or 20 steps to remove red-eye, and this version of PE does a good job almost every time with a single click.
Don't Care (for me) - not interested in the Organizer tool.
Minus - PE 3.0 forces install of Organizer whether you want it or not. Once installed, the Organizer assumes that any file you edit is to be added to it. This tool simply gets in my way, and there is no way to disable the Organizer tool or prevent it from being installed.
Overall, I am happy with PE 3.0. But the high upgrade price and forced Organizer tool prevent me from giving this product the best rating.
Customer Review: This is an upgrade of 2.0, but not by much
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is written mostly for those who have been using Photoshop Elements 2.0 and are considering moving up to 3.0
I have been a long time Photoshop user (starting with something like 3.0) and have been using Photoshop Elements 2.0 since it came out a year and half ago. 2.0 was an efficient "lean machine". It can't do everything the full Photoshop can do, but for the average user, it is more than sufficient.
After I read some magazine reviews of 3.0, I decided to purchase it. But I am very disappointed with 3.0. It is a MUCH bigger program. It feels "clunky"--the organizer and the editor are two separate programs (and the calender/card creator is yet another program).
In 2.0, the photobrowser takes up most of the screen. In 3.0, it takes up about 1/4 of the screen--one can narrow the other windows, but can't really close them off to make room for the browser. For people who use the photobrowser frequently in 2.0, this can be very annoying.
3.0's new "tag" and "collection" features, which is supposed to make keeping track of photos easier, are part of the organizer program, not the editor. One cannot use the "tag" feature in the editor to find a tagged file.
Also, because the editor and organizer are not integrated at all, in order for files to be tagged and put into collections, one has to "import" one's image files into photoshop. Although this simply means that Photoshop needs to know where one's image files are (and no files are duplicated), it seems rather cumbersome that one has to go through all of one's files and import them all before tagging any of them. It would be vastly more convenient if one can do it all in the photobrowser.
Just my 2c.
Customer Review: Powerful, easy to use, but watch out if you turn pro
Summary: 4 Stars
We use a number of Adobe products, elements, photoshop, illustrator, and acrobat. I love elements, it is intuitive and has most of what you really use in photoshop.
However, the upgrade path with Adobe is pretty tricky. If you think you might want to turn professional consider going with the suite.
Customer Review: Mail-in Rebate: Read the "Fine Print"!
Summary: 4 Stars
It appears by the "Special Offer" for a $20.00 rebate that this is available with the purchase of the software. However, you must read below at the bottom of the page where it says a $20 rebate is for "upgraders". Very misleading to the buyer of new software! Customer Review: Great Product for Organizing and Fixing Pics
Summary: 5 Stars
I have only recently purchased PE3, and so far I am very impressed. To anyone thinking about purchasing this product, I recommend taking the FREE 30 day download from Adobe. For me, this helped confirm my decision to purchase PE3. My favorite part is the ability to keep my photos nicely organized. I have started working with some editing features, and have found I can get very creative with my pictures. For example, I made a picture look aged by adding sepia tones, and "noise" with some of the filters. Don't forget, test drive the program for 30 days free of charge at adobe.com before buying it. By the way, I found mine at Sam's club for just under $80.00