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146 of 153 humans found the following review helpful.
Functiionality is nice, but Adobe makes it annoying to upgrade
By John P. Sheppard
I use Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Premiere/Photoshop Elements and have applied them for a heap of years. I upgrade each couple of releases depending upon feature enhancements and budget.
It seems like each time I move to a new version, Adobe does it best to inhibit you from just using the product. Besides the migration of catalogs, projects, etc., you end up having to reconfigure the software to get it back to how you want it to work (facial acknowledgement was off in version 8 and I want it off in version 10). And, you have to put up with a heap of re-registrations, "would you like to participate in..." and sales pitches.
Then, to make matters worse, you have these weird bugs that crop up in new versions...right now with APE 10, software is crashing for no reason, the quick selection tool is only permitting "negative selections"
Oh, and did I mention the features they take away that they then try to resell to you in either a "premium" service or another product (Lightroom).
My scheme is running windows 7 64 bit, 8 gigs of ram and no other issues.
These types of issues bothered me less when upgrades were cheaper. Now, it makes me reconsider my dedication to Adobe. I'll probably stick with it because I don't feel like going through the whole learning curve again, but I would not call myself an enthusiastic endorser of these products. (and each once in a while, they hit a home run... Premiere Pro 5.5 for example).
Makes me a little sad, because I in truth want to love these products.
159 of 172 people found the following review helpful.
Two Decent Types of Software for Under $100
By Miguel Mas
First off, I'd like to remind persons that they are buying the Elements version of Adobe software. These are not the Pro versions. There's a reason why those versions are much more expensive. They are going to have some more features. There's a reason this bundle is less than $100. These versions are made for humans that don't want to, or need to, take the time to learn everything that the pro versions Photoshop and Premiere may do.
Secondly, a great deal of people are complaining that they are difficult to use? These are a heap of finelooking cut and arid software applications. My 8 year old may use this software (and has). All software has a learning curve. The learning curve for this software is not very high. Yes, there are galore things that take time to learn, but if you want to be capable to do things that will in truth make your projects look good, you're going to have to take the time to learn how to decently use all, or at least most, of the features.
Is Photoshop Elements amazing? No, it's not. Can it do what 99 percent of humans out there need? It in all probability can. If you're a professional photographer or graphics designer, or even a severe enthusiast, there is no way you're looking at Photoshop Elements to do what you need it to do.
If you're someone looking at doing a great deal of severe video editing, Premiere Elements may or may not be what you're looking for (probably not).
This bundle is for humans that want to do casual photo and video editing.
I have Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements (both Version 10) and do I love them? Nope. So why give it a 4-star rating? Because I grasp what they are. I'm not giving this software bundle a rating for what I'd like for them to be (I'd love for it to do everything CS5 and CS5.5 may do), I'm giving it the higher rating for what I recognise it is.
If you're looking for something that is going to concede you to do a good deal of aweinspiring and mind-blowing photo editing, then you're a lot better off getting Adobe Photoshop CS5 (although, you may do numerous finelooking cool stuff with this version too). If you want to do a great deal of awful and mind-blowing video editing, then get Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (again, this version is not that bad either). For those two professional pieces of software, you're going to spend over $1000. For Elements, you're spending less than $100. That will have to be numerous indication.
Hopefully I'm not making Elements seem terrible. It actually is good for what it is. There are limitations, but there is likewise some genuinely neat features that are available. I would commend it to anybody that has a great deal of experience with photo and video editing. If they had no experience with either, I could also see myself recommending them, but they're going to need to read numerous manuals and watch a lot of tutorials.
So why not 5 out of 5? I do have to agree that this software is finelooking slow when loading. Most Adobe software is beauteous slow, but I taking into account how lite it is, I don't think it will have to be.
Understand what you're buying so you don't have buyers' remorse later. This bundle is finelooking good for what it is. If you want professional software, buy the professional software. If you want something that you may use to heighten photos and videos (with some learning curve) then this must be fine. I'll in all likelihood be going back to the pro versions later, but for now, this will do.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Learning Curve an adequate for the purpose price to pay
By Wesley Triplett
I have long averted moving up to Adobe's Photoshop because of a fear of the steep learning curve for mastering the software. I ultimately decisive that Elements looked like it might be Photoshop with training wheels and I bit the bullet last month.
No repents here! Indeed, the program is so robust that it will undoubtedly take some more weeks and months before I master it all. Meanwhile I'm up and running and have been creating finelooking images from the day of installation. And even if I'm not using 90% of it yet, what the heck; I'm productive. (And I'm told we don't use when it comes to 90% of our brain either.)
Online tutorials and tons of aid buttons and tools are always available. In the end, learning Elements is almost effortless and if you're into photography and editing images, mastering this program is fun.
Happy camper here. I'd commend the product to any severe novice or semi-professional photographer who wants access to many--if not most--of the Photoshop tools he/she will ever need. At this price, it's well worth the effort.
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