Make photo books, cards, calendars, and other creations
Quickly share photos with Online Albums and on mobile devices
Automatically organize all your photos and video clips
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Go from flawed to phenomenal in secondsGet just the photo fixes you're looking for with one-step shortcuts that whiten teeth and make skies a vibrant blue. When you perform one-step photo adjustments — including color, contrast, and lighting — you can quickly choose the best result from a group of adjustment previews. Also simultaneously select a photo area and apply enhancements and effects with a single brush stroke, and instantly unclutter a photo and beautifully blend in the background.
Create stunning photo effectsEasily create stunning effects that enhance your photos with professional style. New Guided Edits help you create pop art masterpieces, reflection effects, LOMO camera style photography effects, and more.
Get creative inspiration enhancedBring your ideas to life with relevant how-tos that appear just when you need them. New tutorials help you explore creative possibilities.
Show off your creativity with flexible layoutsMake amazing printed photo creations like scrapbook pages, photo books, calendars, and cards. Choose your level of control: Create in minutes using professionally designed templates, or let your creativity run wild and access every photo editing option from directly within your layout. Get fun, fresh looks with new artwork and templates.
Quickly share photos and videos on FacebookConveniently share photos and videos on Facebook directly from the Organizer, which automatically optimizes your media so it looks its best.
Enjoy support for Mac multitouchTake advantage of the hands-on capabilities of Mac multitouch technology.
Learn more about the Photoshop Elements 9
Model
Brand
Adobe
Model
65089532
Details
Name
Photoshop Elements 9
Type
Graphics & Publishing
Operating Systems Supported
Windows & Mac OS
System Requirements
Windows 1.6GHz or faster processor Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or 3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 1GB of RAM (2GB for HD video functions) 3GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation) Color monitor with 16-bit color video card 1024x576 display resolution at 96dpi or less Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7 software (required if importing QuickTime formats) Internet connection required for Internet-based services
Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.8 through v10.6 1GB of RAM (2GB for HD video functions) 3.4GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation) 1024x768 display resolution DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7 software (required if importing QuickTime formats) Internet connection required for Internet-based services
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Retail
Features
Feature
Combine the best of multiple photos with Photomerge technology enhanced Use Photomerge options to match photo styles, create fuller panoramas and great group shots, clean up scenes, and more.
Easily match a favorite photo style new Want to imitate a favorite photography style, like a dramatic high contrast or a beautiful color tone? Photomerge Style Match analyzes the stylistic qualities of any photo you choose and then automatically applies those qualities to another photo.
Instantly unclutter or repair photos enhanced Is your photo cluttered with telephone wires, tourists, or passing cars? Make unwanted elements vanish with one stroke of the enhanced Spot Healing Brush, which beautifully blends even the most complex background. Also, instantly fix old or torn photos so you can make new prints.
Quickly share photos and videos on Facebook new Conveniently share photos and videos on Facebook* directly from the Organizer, which automatically optimizes your media so it looks its best.
Get just the right look new Access every photo-editing option from within your creation layouts so you can customize any detail you wish.
Conveniently print photo creations at home new Admire and share your photos in custom wall calendars, greeting cards, and photo books that you can print with your home printer.
Create fuller panoramas enhanced Easily create your best-looking panoramas yet. With its enhanced blending capabilities, Photomerge Panorama fills in jagged edges as it automatically stitches together multiple horizontal or vertical photos.
Create stunning photo effects new Easily create stunning effects that enhance your photos with professional style. New Guided Edits help you create pop art masterpieces, reflection effects, LOMO camera style photography effects†, and more.
Mac GIF animation doesn't work2/24/2011 7:33:01 AM
Pros: Long list of features, some of these actually work.
Cons: I purchased this product primarily to produce Animated GIFs on my iMac. I read the product description completely, visited the Adobe site and examined the features in detail, then I purchased the product.
Upon installation, I discovered a flaw in the Mac version of the animated GIF software. Note: the PC version does not have this flaw. Animated GIFs should allow for animated speeds of 0.1, 0.2. 0.5, 1, 2, 5, and 10 seconds per frame. Only 0.1 and 0.2 work on the Mac. I removed 1 egg from my rating due to faulty software.
I called Adobe tech support and had a lovely 2 hour conversation with broken enlish chinese woman. My trouble call was upped in priority three times while I held on the line. At the end, tech support did reproduce the problem on their computers and confirmed to me that there was indeed a flaw in the software (their words, not mine).
Tech support promised that they would contact me with a follow up. It never happened. I removed 2 eggs for them lying to me.
Overall Review: My grief is very specific to Animated GIFs and running Photoshop Elements on a Mac. If you do not care about Animated GIFs and/or run on a PC, you may have a different experience.
For me, I am very disappointed with Adobe for selling a product with a known defect. I am very disappointed with Adobe technical support for not honoring their promise to get back to me. This is not a proper way to conduct business.
Pros: Very powerful tools at a low price - 90% of full photoshop for 10% of the cost.
Cons: Non-standard, inconsistent, frustrating user interface.
Overall Review: On a Macintosh, if you use multiple monitors and/or Spaces... expect to be frustrated to the point of baldness.
The screen monopolizing interface looks slick, but is annoying to work with. Sometimes I *need* to be able to see background information.
Trying to work with other Apps at the same time (eg iPhoto) routinely results in PSE going into a state where it can't be switched to: Cmd-tab doesn't work, and the UI disappears so you can't click on it, and clicking on the dock icon switches to another application.
Ocasionally the menus, including the quit item, are all grayed out - requiring a Force Quit. (at least you can Cmd-S to save your work)
While I respect the cross-platform standardized interface, I wish it would work a lot better than it does.
Having said all of that, it's hard to beat the power for the price. So at least for now, I will use it because I have to.
Cons: Seems every process that I attempt to use requires an update/download/expensive piece of additional Adobe software or an online connection and account, even the help function. The useful album feature formerly included in the freebie Photoshop Album is not included. It lacks the detailed photo editing capabilities of Photoshop Business Edition 1.0. Organization capability is no better than the software that came with my camera or my printer or one of the online print services. Disappointing.
Overall Review: Newegg is a great online retailer. My bad for this purchase.
Pros: Amazing! Plenty of features that compare to the full version with real-time filters, layer effects control, masks and more. New wand selection tools, new custom shape tools, background removal tool
Cons: No slice tool, still not CMYK compatible
Overall Review: I have been using Photshop Elements 2.0 for about 7 years now and always wondered what Adobe was adding to the newer versions. Everything I needed and more.... The interface is a bit different but some of the controls from the Full version have been added, so its worth getting used to. For example: Ctrl+' turns the grid on and off, Ctrl+mouse can select multiple layers and group/merge, Ctrl+Alt+Z to undo...
Pros: This is a very good photo editor for the price. I use it in conjunction with Lightroom 3 mainly when I have to make complex selections. I have been using it with absolutely no problems on a Windows 7 64 bit system.
Overall Review: There is a learning curve to touching up photos. My wife uses this for cleaning and cropping photos on her MAC for scrapbooking and art journal type stuff. Loves it.
Pros: Works as designed on my 32 bit system. Elements has always been a great program
Cons: It refuses to install on my Win 7 64 bit system. Gives error. Lots of suggestions one the internet to get it to work, none seem to work. Including the ones from Adobe. I am sure it is an OS problem but it is extremely frustrating to pay money for a program and not be able to use it. There should be a disclaimer somewhere.
Pros: Long list of features, some of these actually work.
Cons: I purchased this product primarily to produce Animated GIFs on my iMac. I read the product description completely, visited the Adobe site and examined the features in detail, then I purchased the product. Upon installation, I discovered a flaw in the Mac version of the animated GIF software. Note: the PC version does not have this flaw. Animated GIFs should allow for animated speeds of 0.1, 0.2. 0.5, 1, 2, 5, and 10 seconds per frame. Only 0.1 and 0.2 work on the Mac. I removed 1 egg from my rating due to faulty software. I called Adobe tech support and had a lovely 2 hour conversation with broken enlish chinese woman. My trouble call was upped in priority three times while I held on the line. At the end, tech support did reproduce the problem on their computers and confirmed to me that there was indeed a flaw in the software (their words, not mine). Tech support promised that they would contact me with a follow up. It never happened. I removed 2 eggs for them lying to me.
Overall Review: My grief is very specific to Animated GIFs and running Photoshop Elements on a Mac. If you do not care about Animated GIFs and/or run on a PC, you may have a different experience. For me, I am very disappointed with Adobe for selling a product with a known defect. I am very disappointed with Adobe technical support for not honoring their promise to get back to me. This is not a proper way to conduct business.