Adobe Photoshop Elements 10

Organize, edit, create, and share


Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 lets you celebrate your unforgettable moments with high-quality consumer photo-editing software.  Powerful editing options make great photos a snap - and you can quickly share in unique ways in print, on the web, and on mobile devices.  Get even more editing power and greater ease of use to make all of your photos look amazing, from extraordinary photos to smart organization along with convenient sharing.  Turn everyday memories into sensational photos you'll cherish forever with Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.

• Paint Effects onto Specific Photo Areas - Simply paint on any of 100 effects and patterns, including 30 new options, to enhance areas of your photos.  New effects include Snow, Pencil Sketch, and Oil Pastel.
• Easily Create Stunning Photo Effects - Use new Guided Edits for step-by-step assistance when you want to highlight your subject by simulating depth of field, add a diffuse glow to create a dreamlike Orton Effect, or break a photo up into a fun collage of snapshots.
• Add Curving Flowing Text - Give photos or creations added flair with text that curves or flows any way you wish.  Easily use text to outline shapes or objects, or have text follow any path you choose.
• Tag Faster Using Your Facebook Friends List - Use your Facebook Friends list to quickly tag faces in your photos and easily share them on Facebook.
• Find Photos that Contain Specific Objects - Want to find shots that include your surfboard, grandma's house, or the Eiffel Tower?  Let Object Search automatically find your photos based on what's in them.
• Get Better Composition with Crop Guides - Make any photo more interesting or energetic using new crop guides. Choose either the Rule of Thirds or Golden Ratio option to create the best composition for your photo.
• Easily Manage Even the Biggest Photo Library - Let Photoshop Elements automatically detect duplicate or near-duplicate photos so you can group them or delete the ones you don't need.  And count on improved search to find photos that have common content and color characteristics.
• Get Fresh Looks with New Templates - Impress friends and family by sharing photos in eye-catching new templates for printed photo creations and Online Albums.
• Save Photo Creations with Greater Flexibility - Enjoy the flexibility to print, upload, and share your photo creations just about anywhere thanks to the ability to save to JPEG and PDF formats.

• Do it All with One Powerful Yet Simple Product - Use Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for all your photo needs.  Edit, enhance, and find photos; make custom creations; and share via print, the web, and social networks.
• Share with Your Social Network - Easily share your photos with friends and family via Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube.
• Easily Find All Your Photos and Video Clips - Easily find all your media in the convenient Organizer.  Use automated options to find your best photos and clips - or photos of specific things and people.  Then dive into a range of creative activities and start enjoying your memories.
• Go From Flawed to Phenomenal in Seconds - Use one-step shortcuts to whiten teeth, make skies bluer, and fix color, contrast, and lighting - and then choose the best result from a group of adjustment previews.  Instantly unclutter photos, and use crop guides to improve composition.
• Dramatically Transform Your Photos with Easy-to-Use Options - Enhance specific areas of your photos with brush-on effects, including 30 all-new options.  Or convert your color originals to elegant black-and-white, use color curves adjustments to get the perfect exposure, and more.
• Count on Step-by-Step Assistance - Want to easily fix a scratch, simulate depth of field, or design a scrapbook page?  Use Guided Edits to get help with key steps to get the results you want fast.
• Easily Create the Perfect Photo - Take advantage of amazing Photomerge technology to easily bring the best of a series of shots together in one perfect photo.
• Easily Match Photo Styles and Create Fuller Panoramas - Simply click to match the style of one favorite photo to another photo.  And create your best-looking panoramas yet - Photomerge Panorama fills in jagged edges as it automatically stitches together multiple horizontal or vertical photos.
• Get Creative Inspiration - Bring your ideas to life with how-tos that help you explore creative possibilities.
• Share Experiences in Fresh, Exciting Ways on the Web - Show off your photos and videos in one-of-a-kind, interactive Online Albums with your choice of animated templates.
• Show Off Your Creativity with Flexible Layouts - Make scrapbook pages, cards, and more in minutes using professionally designed templates, or customize every aspect of your creations.  Get fun, fresh looks with new artwork and templates.
• Recompose to Any Size without Distorting - Ever want to change the size or orientation of a photo to fit a certain frame?  Now you can quickly resize - even go from landscape to portrait or vice versa - without distorting key elements like people or buildings.
• Create the Perfect Group Shot - Never let a frown or a closed pair of eyes ruin a group photo again.  With Photomerge Group Shot, easily combine the best facial expression and body language from a series of group shots to crate a single perfect composite.

Bring All Your Photos Together

• Import Photos with Ease - With a single click move photos form your memory card to your computer according to your preset preferences.  Or scan several photos as once, and Adobe Photoshop Elements automatically divides, straightens, and saves each photo separately.
• See Everything in One Place - View your photos in one convenient location.  Photos are instantly organized by date, and related photos can be automatically grouped based on the time or the event where they were taken.
• Organize Visually - Categorize and find your photos the easy way with visual tags that represent the people, places, pets, events, and objects. Instantly see every photo you've ever taken of your dog, for example, by simply clicking its visual tag.
• Enjoy the Latest Windows and Mac Technologies - Take advantage of the hands-on capabilities of Windows and Mac multitouch technology.  And use Photoshop Elements 10 on the Winodws 7 operating system.

Easily Find and View Your Photos

• Tag Faster Using Your Facebook Friends List - Use your Facebook Friends list to quickly tag faces in your photos and easily share them on Facebook.
• Quickly Find Specific People - No more hunting for photos that feature specific friends or family members.  People Recognition automatically identifies the people in your photos so you can find the ones you need fast.
• Get the Big Picture - Get the full effect of your photos from within the Organizer with full-screen previews that let you make quick edits to photos while viewing them.
• Easily Find Similar Photos - Count on improved search to find photos that have common content and color characteristics.
• Quickly Find Your Best Photos - No need to click through dozens or hundreds of shots to find the good ones.  The Auto-Analyzer automatically tags your media so you can easily find your most interesting, highest quality photos.
• Bring Together the Photos that Meet Your Needs - Need certain types of photos?  Just set your criteria and they're brought together automatically in a Smart Album.
• Search Just About Any Way You Wish - Find just the media you're looking for by typing tag names, dates, and other file information into a search box. Flip through photos taken on a particular day; view photos on an intuitive Timeline; or browse by day, week, month, or year.
• Create Quickly - Speed up the process of making creations by having all your open photos, photo book pages, and saved albums right at your fingertips in a dedicated Project Bin.
• Pinpoint Your Search - Make quick work of complex searches with the power of visual tags.  Instantly find photos that show only Jack, but not Jack and Jill, for instance.

Instantly Fix Common Flaws

• Instantly Unclutter or Repair Photos - Make unwanted photo elements vanish with one stroke of the Spot Healing Brush, which beautifully blends even the most complex background.  Also, instantly fix old or torn photos so you can make new prints.
• Correct Lens Distortion - Easily correct camera lens distortion at photo edges and keystone effects that exaggerate perspective.
• Choose the Best Result - Perform a full range of common photo adjustments - including color, contrast, and lighting corrections - with just one click.  Then choose the best result from a group of adjustment previews.
• Get Realistic Skin Tones - Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.
• Say Goodbye to Red Eye - Let Photoshop Elements eliminate red eye automatically as you download photos from your camera.  Or you can remove red eye from individual shots without touching the photo.

Use Automated Options for Great Results

• Fine-Tune Exposure - Easily adjust color, brightness, and contrast in a photo, or use color curves adjustments to get the perfect exposure.
• Quickly Select an Area for Adjustment - Make image selections in just seconds so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo. Simply brush your selection, and then use sliders to make the adjustment blend perfectly with the background.
• Create Richly Layered Photos - Bring new sophistication to your photos.  Reveal one portion of a photo through another photo by using layer masks to control the transparency of specific areas.
• Retouch Skin and Soften Other Surfaces - Soften surfaces while keeping edges and details crisp with a Surface Blur filter that works great on portrait shots.
• Easily Replicate Photo Elements - Want more birds in your sky or flowers in your field?  Quickly replicate photo elements using the Clone tool to copy one portion of a photo and add it to another area.

Create Perfect Shots with Ease

• Easily Match a Favorite Photo Style - Want to imitate a favorite photography style, like a dramatic high contrast or a beautiful color tone?  Photomerge Style Match analyzes a photo's stylistic qualities and then automatically applies those qualities to another photo.
• Have Fun with Blended Faces - Take advantage of smooth image-blending technology to combine the eyes, noses, and other features from different faces for entertaining results.  Try on the facial features of a favorite friend or celebrity and more.
• Get the Best Exposure - Want to capture all the details in a scene that includes light and dark areas? Snap one photo with flash on and one with flash off, and Photomerge Exposure will combine the shots into a single, perfectly lit photo.
• Clean Your Scene of Unwanted  Elements - You took five shots of your subject, but pedestrians and cars distract from the scene in every one.  Use Photomerge Scene Cleaner to brush away any elements that changed positions between photos.
• Combine Elements from Different Photos - Create new scenes by combining elements from different shots. Quickly separate an object from its background or erase a background, and then add relatives to the family portrait, put a friend onstage with her favorite singer, and more.

Artistically Enhance Photos

• Easily Create Dramatic Black-and-White Photos - Dramatically transform your color originals by converting them to elegant, nuanced black-and-white images.  Large preview images make it quick and easy to get desired results.
• Give Photos Extra Dimension - Add depth with drop shadows, bevels, glows, and other effects, which can be automatically applied to any element placed on a layer.
• Go for Classic Sepia - Give your photos a classic look by instantly converting them to sepia tone.
• Instantly Apply Multiple Effects - Add hundreds of cool filters that help you create real-world photographic effects, simulate painting, liquify your subjects, and much more.  Easily mix multiple effects, change their order, and preview them in the filter gallery.
• Tell Your Story in Stylized Text - Type titles and labels right onto your photos and edit them at any time.  Easily choose typefaces from the Font menu, which displays characters for each typeface.
• Instantly Add Shapes - Decorate your photos with geometric shapes, symbols, stamps, and thought bubbles from the built-in library.
• Add Decorative Edges - Crop your photos into fun shapes with a single click of the Cookie Cutter, or frame them with hundreds of decorative edge designs.
• Use Advanced Digital Photography Tools - Adjust the exposure of specific photo areas using professional darkroom tools like dodge, burn, and sponge. See real-time changes when you adjust a photo's color range using the Histogram palette.

Create the Way You Want with Flexible Layout Options

• Create Professional-Looking Photo Books - Quickly create photo books with flexible options that allow you to view spreads, rearrange pages, and more.  Click the Order button to have your book professionally printer, hardbound, and delivered to your door (Services vary).
• Create with Drag-and-Drop Simplicity - Drop photos into flexible layouts, drag to resize images, and move photos anywhere on the page with ease.
• Start Creating Quickly - Get step-by-step assistance with making photo creations like scrapbook pages, cards, and CD/DVD labels.  Simply choose the type of creation you'd like to make, and the appropriate tools and instructions appear at your fingertips.
• Create the Way You Want - Make photo creations the way that works best for you thanks to Basic and Advanced design modes that let you choose your level of control.
• Get Just the Right Look - Access every photo editing options from within your creation layouts so you can customize any detail you wish.
• Create Exactly the Look You Envision - Customize all the elements of your chosen layout.  Adjust layout colors to better complement your photos, add new graphical elements to enhance or personalize the theme, and add text or effects such as drop shadows and glows.
• Add Perfect Page Embellishments - Quickly browse hundreds of frames, themes, backgrounds, clip art, and effects in the Artwork palette, which includes all-new options.
• Use Quality Raw Images in Your Creations - Take advantage of a smoother workflow when using raw images in your photo creations.  Photoshop Elements automatically optimizes your raw files for use in photo book layouts, scrapbook pages, and more.
• Conveniently Print Creations at Home - Admire and share your photos in custom wall calendars, greeting cards, and photo books that you can print with your home printer.
• Make the Most of Your Photo Paper - Quickly drop your photos into Picture Packages that let you print photos from your desktop printer in a variety of flexible layouts.
• Save Photo Creations with Greater Flexibility - Enjoy the flexibility to print, upload, and share your photo creations just about anywhere thanks to the ability to save to JPEG and PDF formats.

Share in Many Ways from One Convenient Place

• Share Photos and Videos on Facebook - Conveniently share photos and videos on Facebook directly from the Organizer, which automatically optimizes your media so it looks its best.
• Share Using Integrated Online Offerings - Easily order prints, cards, and photo books and share photos and photo creations online.  With all your photos at your fingertips, you can quickly upload the ones you want to a variety of online offerings (Services vary).
• Create Fun Mini-Movies - Turn a series of photos into an eye-catching mini-movie.  For example, use your camera's burst mode to take a sequence of action shots, and then let Photoshop Elements string them together to create a sense of motion (Windows only).
• Tell Great Stories with Slide Shows - Create an entertaining slide show complete with captions, documentary-style pan and zoom effects, amazing transitions, voice narration, and music (Windows only).
• View Photos on Your TV - Take advantage of compatibility with Windows Media Center to show photos and slide shows on your TV (Windows only).
• Send Personalized Photo Email - Send photos within a themed email with captions and backgrounds.  Photoshop Elements offers fun templates and optimizes your photos so they download quickly, look great, and won't overload your friends' mailboxes (Windows only).
• Create Personalized Postage Stamps - Make your special mail unforgettable by turning your favorite photos into real, customized U.S. postage stamps.  They're perfect for baby announcements, wedding invitations, and more.

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• Windows  XP with SP3, Vista, Windows 7
• 1.6 GHz or faster processor (including single-core support)
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB for HD video functions)
• 4 GB of available hard disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• DVD-ROM drive
• Color monitor with 16-bit color video card
• 1024 x 768 display resolution
• Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver
• Internet connection required for Internet-based services

• Macintosh OS X 10.5.8 through 10.7
• Multicore Intel processor
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB for HD video functions)
• 4 GB of available hard disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024 x 768 display resolution
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
• Internet connection required for Internet-based services

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