Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
CNET Rating: 7 out of 10
The good: Runs on the full Photoshop's powerful imaging engine; includes all of the essential retouching, selection, and output tools for digital photographers; now supports OS X.
The bad: Help system is annoying for experienced users and isn't integrated or thorough enough for newbies; lacks Photoshop's most useful tool, the Healing Brush. The bottom line: Photoshop Elements delivers the core image-editing tools needed by most nonprofessional photographers. But it's still too complex for most hobbyists. For a more kitchen-sink feature set, try Jasc Paint Shop Pro or Ulead PhotoImpact.
 
For S$151 (US$86), this stripped-down version of Photoshop delivers all of the digital image-editing tools that most graphics enthusiasts need. In fact, Adobe's Elements 2.0 even tosses in a few interesting new features and enhancements. But as a next step up from newbie image editors such as Microsoft Picture It, Photoshop Elements 2.0 misses the mark; it's still too complicated. Based on our experience with a beta copy, only Elements' native support of Mac OS X justifies the upgrade from version 1.0 or from a competing product. |
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