Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 & Adobe Premiere Elements 7 software combines two powerful
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Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements Bundle v7.0 MINI BOX
 Easily make movies and get incredible results with Adobe Premiere Elements 7. Click to enlarge. |
Get the most complete solution so you can do more with your photos and videos
Enjoy all the functionality of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe
Premiere Elements software, and take advantage of integration that
delivers even more ways for you to creatively use photos and videos
together–all for a great value.
Introducing new Photoshop.com membership*
Works with Adobe Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements to
help you protect your photos and videos from computer loss and hard
drive crashes with automatic online backup and enough storage (2 GB)
for up to 1,500 photos or a 25 minutes of DVD-quality video, or
combination of both; access your photos and videos anywhere you are;
and share your photos in fun, interactive ways with invitation-only
Online Albums. Upgrade to Plus membership at any time and get 15 GB
more storage, and a variety of inspiring ideas, tutorials, seasonal
artwork, and movie themes, delivered regularly to your software.
*Available only in the U.S.
Save time with centralized access to your photos and video clips
Access all your photos and video clips from one convenient place, no matter which application you’re using.
Instantly add cinematic flair to your photo slide shows
Create a traditional photo slide show, and then let new InstantMovie
automatically add video-style effects, transitions, motion graphics,
and more. Preview the slide show in full screen and then burn it to
disc or upload it to the web to share with family and friends.
Do more with individual video frames
Capture a single video frame; add text, graphics, and other
enhancements; and then put the frame back in your movie for a fun or
dramatic freeze-frame effect. Or use it to create a personalized disc
cover for your movie.
Include treasured memories in your movies
Add visual depth and variety to your movies by including digital stills and scanned film photos.
Create extraordinary photos and tell amazing stories
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all your photos in one convenient place where you can scroll through
them, apply visual keyword tags, and view and retrieve them fast–even
if your library includes thousands of photos. Click to enlarge. |
- Make all your photos extraordinary
Easily get the results you want with your photos. Simultaneously select an area and apply incredible effects with a single brush stroke; get whiter teeth and bluer skies in seconds; count on step-by-step editing assistance; and quickly create the perfect photo by cleaning your scene of unwanted elements or making great group shots, seamless panoramas, and more. - Make unique photo creations
Use flexible themed layouts to create everything from photo books and postcards to scrapbook pages and disc covers. Entertain family and friends by sharing photos in visually stunning interactive web galleries with one-of-a-kind templates. Take advantage of online offerings to upload photos directly to the web to order prints and more, and easily share on your TV and iPhone. - Easily find and view all your photos
Keep your photos and video clips at your fingertips with custom tagging, new text searching and other powerful search capabilities, and viewing choices that allow you to sort and find your photos the way that works best for you. Scroll through your photos, apply tags, and view and retrieve photos quickly–even when your library grows to include thousands of photos.
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visual appeal with hundreds of effects and transitions, interactive
disc menus, animated titles, and professional credits. Click to enlarge. |
Easily make movies and get incredible results
- Create your first movie in minutes
Get started quickly with all your video clips and photos at your fingertips and easy options for making incredible movies. Count on new automated options to find your best clips or instantly edit them into a polished movie using Hollywood directors’ creative techniques. Or simply drag and drop thumbnails of clips, transitions, and effects to the Sceneline to create your story. - Add knockout visuals and sound
Give your movies professional style with dazzling visual and audio effects. Easily combine elements of different videos for entertaining results, or impress your audience by adding animated titles, rich audio, amazing special effects, TV-style transitions, and custom, professionally designed interactive disc menus. - Share your movies everywhere
Easily share your movies on DVD or Blu-ray Disc, broadcast far and wide by uploading your movies directly to YouTube or your personal sharing site, or play movies on mobile phones and other devices.
Customer Reviews
Great Software From Adobe!!
‘Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7′ is another great
product from one of the greatest software companies in the world. If
you need both Elements packages you should look no further than this
great deal! My only qualm would be if you already have version 6 then
upgrading will not get you much more by going to version 7. Some users
have complained about the bloated size of these applications but I have
a hard time giving the thumbs down for the great Adobe brand!
Good stuff!!
**** RECOMMENDED
Sometimes, good things do come in pairs
I’m no creative audio-visual guru, so this review is purely from the
perspective of a whole-hearted amateur. The only real video and
pictures I have to work with are your basic digital images, some video
of my dog and stuff, and some webcam video. Ergo, if you want a truly
professional appraisal of Adobe Elements and Premier, you’re not really
going to find that in this review. I’m a 100% amateur at all of this.
I’m also new to this particular software, so I can’t compare this to
any earlier versions. I did finally get PhotoShop at work a year ago,
but I’m so used to working with Fireworks that I’ve barely done more
than peek under the hood of Adobe’s flagship photo-editing software.
Unless I’m wrong, though, most of those interested enough in this
product to actually peruse a few reviews are probably a lot like me, as
those with a professional interest in this type of software are
probably going to be looking at the full-fledged packages of these and
similar programs. And, as far as I’m concerned, this is a great
software duo for us amateurs. Sure, the high-dollar programs are
obviously much more powerful, but who has time to figure out all of
those advanced features - which we don’t really need - anyway?
The most obvious downside to both of these programs is Adobe’s less than subtle pushing of Adobe Photoshop.com down users’ throats. Open either program, and a screen asking you to log in or sign up for this online service is going to be the first thing you see. Photoshop.com membership has its advantages and is definitely worth taking a look at, but it’s annoying to have to click past this thing every time you want to do something.
I probably won’t make Photoshop Elements 7 my new photo editor of choice, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t more than up to the task. Not only does it have everything an amateur could ever need, it provides three editing avenues: those comfortable with the program can use the Full editor and choose whatever tools you need to use. Those wanting to make a few quick adjustments can use the Quick menu to do just that, while the clueless can choose the Guided option to have the program walk you through whatever changes you want to make. The project creation options are even more impressive. Just choose the type of project you want (slideshow, photo calendar, greeting card, etc.), and the program walks you through it. It’s especially easy to add music to any of your projects; with some programs, you’re relegated to using a lame WMV or MIDI file for your audio, but with Photoshop Elements 7, you can easily import any song from your iTunes or other music libraries. Are your digital photos scattered all over the place on your hard drive? Photoshop Elements 7 makes it easy to finally organize all of them with custom tagging and other search capabilities.
Premier Elements 7 is also a great video editor for the average home user. In some ways, it really is like a really souped-up version of Windows Movie Maker. The InstantMovie option lets any doofus with a digital video recording of any kind make a quasi-professional-looking video out of it (well, unless you filmed everything in the dark or forgot to take your lens cap off - the software can’t do everything freaking thing for you). You’ve got your choice of themes, effects, transitions, you name it. Adding narration or your own personal soundtrack to the video couldn’t be easier. All those options and more are just as accessible when you decide to leave the comfortable environs of InstantMovie to go jump in the pool of actual video project creation. Smart tagging means someone like me can actually get all of his videos in some kind of identifiable order despite my serious organizational failings at the time of each actual video upload or creation.
I think this is a great software duo. If you consider yourself a complete amateur with no aspirations of greatness, there’s no reason to go out and spend more money for any bigger and better alternatives.
Version 7..different than 6?
Some major and not-so-major changes to Photoshop Elements here in
Version 7. Photoshop Elements is the almost-grownup version of
Photoshop. I’m going to review Premier, the video software, in a
separate, and very detailed review. SO don’t look for that here.
There are some new features in version 7. The main one that stands out is the new “guided edit.” If you are impatient to try out all the ways to modify a photo, you can learn then quickly using a guided edit. The try-it buttons lead you through a sequence of filters and adjustments (not always explaining them in detail, however) and you can get a relatively good result. For tweaking “your way”, you’ll have to learn the underlying techniques but for an on-the-fly method, this is a handy tool and a great way to dip into the huge array of tools. But some of the new guided edits won’t help you learn how to do it on your own as they are script-based and some of these newfangled tricks only show up in guided edit, nowhere else.
If you are a new user to Photoshop Elements, there are many enhancements for communication and sharing as well as better help. If you are a current user, you might want to think if you need the latest bells and whistles. For me, I can stay with Version 6. If you share a lot of pictures and want a faster way to do some of the photo manipulation, PSE7 could be great for you.