Complete features list
Organize
- Easily download and organize your photos
Get going faster (New)
Launch Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 software, and view and organize your photos faster than ever before.
Download photos instantly
With a single click, transfer photos from your memory card to your computer according to your preset preferences, so you can get back to taking photos sooner.
Organize by date and time for faster searching
Photoshop Elements automatically organizes your downloaded photos by date. The software can also tag groups of related photos according to a time or the name of the event where they were taken.
Save time scanning photos
Scan several photos at once, and Photoshop Elements automatically divides, straightens, and saves each photo separately.
Forget about renaming
You'll never have to rename another file or folder, and you can organize your library the way you want so your photos are always at your fingertips.
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Categorize by tagging
Easily tag photos with keywords that represent people, places, or events. You can instantly view every photo you've ever taken of your dog, for example, by simply clicking on its tag.
Find every face
Let Photoshop Elements instantly find all of your photos that contain faces, so you can quickly tag photos of friends and family for easy sorting.
Group photos into Albums
Place your family, work, or vacation photos into Albums to keep them together for special projects.
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See just the photos you want to see (New)
Focus on just the photos you want to see with new Smart Albums, which automatically bring together photos based on the criteria most important to you. Choose up to 10 search criteria — such as all photos taken with a certain camera, taken since the beginning of the year, and of a particular file size — and then click on your Smart Album to instantly see the matching set of photos.
See every version
Quickly find and view all of your previously saved versions of a photo. Photoshop Elements conveniently stacks all versions with the most recent one on top, so you can simply click once to see your choices.
- View photos the way you want
See all your photos and video clips in one place
View your photos and video clips in one convenient location — whether they're stored on your hard drive or on CD — automatically organized by date.
Don’t let a large library slow you down (Enhanced)
Scroll through your photos, apply tags, and view and retrieve your photos faster, even when your library grows to include thousands of photos.
Pick your best shot
Zero in on the best of many similar photos while viewing them side by side using Photo Compare.
View photos full screen
Flip through photos in full-screen mode, making it easy to rate your favorites, rotate them, and mark them for printing.
Put your favorites on top
Cut down on clutter by having Photoshop Elements automatically stack similar photos on top of one another.
Know where your photos are
Already created folders on your hard drive? Easily access your photos and add, delete, or move folders using the Folder View.
- Quickly find any photo
Develop creations more quickly (New)
Save time by gathering the photos you need for a specific project in one place. A dedicated Project Bin provides easy access to all your open photos, photo book pages, and saved Albums.
Find photos from a special day
Flip through photos taken on a special day using the convenient Date View. Browse by day, week, month, or year.
View photos by time period
View photos taken over a specific time period by clicking the intuitive Timeline.
Search by metadata
Quickly find and preview any photo, no matter where it's stored, with expanded metadata search parameters, including f-stop, digital camera model, and exposure values.
Pinpoint your search
Complex searches are quick and easy with the power of keyword tags. Instantly find photos that show only Jack, but not Jack and Jill, for instance.
Search for similar photos
Automatically find photos that share common characteristics, such as color, shape, pattern, or composition.
Back up and restore with ease
Easily back up your entire photo library with no additional software required. Save time and disc space with multiple-session CD and DVD burning, which burns only the most recently added photos each time you back up. Built-in reminders notify you so you won't forget.
Edit
- Instantly fix common flaws
Make one-click fixes
Perform a full range of common photo adjustments — including color, contrast, and lighting — with just one click.
Get realistic skin tones
Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.
Say goodbye to red eye
Photoshop Elements eliminates red eye automatically as you download photos from your camera. Or you can remove red eye from individual shots without even clicking on the photo.
Correct lens distortion
Easily correct camera lens distortion at photo edges and keystone effects that exaggerate perspective.
Compare changes in before and after views
Instantly see the effects of adjustments you make with before and after views in the Quick Fix screen.
- Perform advanced editing
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Count on step-by-step assistance (Enhanced)
Need to touch up a scratch or blemish but not sure how to begin? Photoshop Elements 6 walks you through each editing step to make improving your photos easier than ever.
Fine-tune exposure (Enhanced)
Easily adjust color, brightness, and contrast in a photo with the enhanced Brightness/Contrast control, which creates vibrance while preserving much of the original photo information, or use color curves adjustments to get the perfect exposure.
Make selections in a snap (New)
Take advantage of new technology that lets you 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.
Remove unwanted details more easily (Enhanced)
Cover up unwanted elements or minor imperfections by using the Clone tool to copy one portion of an image and apply it over another portion. And easily get exactly the results you want with a new option that lets you preview changes to the original photo before you commit them.
Brush away flaws (Enhanced)
Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. And now when using the Healing Brush, you can preview your changes prior to committing them to get the best results possible.
Get the best overall color possible
Control color temperature and tint with easy slider controls.
Rescue poorly lit photos
Easily lighten shadows and reduce the glare of highlights in photos taken in poor lighting conditions.
Adjust specific areas
Adjust the exposure of specific areas in your photos using professional darkroom tools like dodge, burn, and sponge.
Get better quality with 16-bit support
Get truer, more vibrant results with support for 16-bit color.
Enjoy enhanced support for working with raw files (Enhanced)
Get the highest quality results by performing nondestructive editing on the raw image files from your digital camera. Now you can edit raw files from a greater selection of camera models; enjoy finer control over lighting and color adjustments; and save time by applying the same set of adjustments across multiple raw images simultaneously — you can even see batch-applied changes as they're made!
See the full color range
Adjust the color range of any photo and see real-time changes in the Histogram palette.
- Artistically enhance photos
Create dramatic black-and-whites with ease (Enhanced)
Dramatically transform your color originals by converting them to elegant, nuanced black-and-whites. Larger preview images make it faster and easier 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
Stylize your photos with hundreds of cool special effects. Easily mix multiple effects, change their order, and preview them in the Filter Gallery.
Create real-world photographic effects
Apply tint filters that simulate colored filter lenses on a camera.
Simulate painting
Transform your photos with realistic paintbrush effects to simulate oils, watercolors, charcoals, pastels, and different canvas textures.
Add surreal effects
Have fun liquifying your photos by easily twisting, warping, stretching, and pulling different areas.
- Create amazing composites
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Create the perfect group shot (New)
Never let a frown or a closed pair of eyes ruin a group photo again. New photo-blending technology lets you easily combine the best facial expressions and body language from a series of group shots to create a single, perfect composite.
Have fun with blended faces (New)
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 celebrity; combine yourself with your current squeeze to see what your offspring might look like; and more!
Create seamless panoramas (Enhanced)
Easily create horizontal or vertical panoramas using enhanced Photomerge® technology. Advanced blending capabilities let you automatically stitch together multiple photos for unprecedented results.
Easily combine elements from different photos
Take elements from different photos and combine them into new scenes. Quickly separate an object from its background or magically erase a background, and then combine elements to add relatives to a family portrait, put a friend onstage with her favorite singer, and more!
Try anything
Experiment without worry, knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps in one click.
- Add text and graphics
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.
- From the creators of Adobe Photoshop
Use industry-leading technology
Create top-quality images with software based on industry-leading Adobe Photoshop technology. Professionals have relied on it for more than a decade.
Process batches of photos at once
Save hours of effort by automatically processing batches of photos. Remove red eye, rename, resize, convert formats, adjust levels, add text, and more.
Create
- Get started quickly with flexible layout options
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Start creating quickly — no experience necessary (Enhanced)
Get step-by-step assistance for 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 photo books with greater ease and flexibility (Enhanced)
Quickly create professional-looking photo books with flexible new options that allow you to view spreads, flip through your book, and rearrange pages — all with fewer clicks than ever before. When your book is finished, just click the Order button to have it professionally printed, hardbound, and delivered to your door.
Express your ideas with themed layouts
Find inspiration in professionally designed, color-coordinated layouts that make it easy to create a finished piece in minutes.
Create with drag-and-drop simplicity
Drop photos into flexible layouts, drag to resize images, and move photos anywhere on the page with ease.
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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.
Frame your photo
Set off your photos with your choice of frames, from traditional to elegant to avant-garde.
Finish off your page with the perfect embellishment (Enhanced)
Quickly browse hundreds of frames, themes, backgrounds, clip art, and effects in the Artwork palette, which now offers larger thumbnails and an expanded viewing area.
Liven up your photo creations (Enhanced)
Use great-looking new themes and artwork to give your creations a professional look.
Create and save multipage documents
Find, open, and edit your albums and scrapbooks with ease. The contents of each book are saved together in one complete document.
- Create your own calendars, cards, and albums
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Create a year's worth of memories
Admire your photos throughout the year or create the perfect year-end gift with a custom wall calendar that you can order online.
Send a greeting card
Celebrate any event with a personalized greeting card that features your own photo and message. Use themed templates or create your own.
Assemble an album
Create great-looking albums, ready to print. Just choose from a variety of themes and add your own captions.
- Enjoy flexible print options
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.
Instantly add captions
Add captions, dates, or other text to your print layouts with just a few clicks.
Print contact sheets and labels
Instantly print a contact sheet of your photos for future reference, or print sheets of labels using standard layouts.
Share
- Share your photos in exciting ways
Share in many ways from one convenient place (Enhanced)
Quickly and easily share your photos in a variety of ways — including e-mail, online galleries, and burning to CD — from the convenient new Sharing Center. Save favorite e-mail sharing options as presets so you can send photos to your family or slide shows to the soccer team in just a couple of clicks!
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Provide an interactive sharing experience (Enhanced)
Go beyond traditional slide shows by sharing photos in your choice of animated web galleries. Adobe Flash® technology lets family and friends interact with your photos for an entertaining experience.
Map your memories
Create a personal web travelogue for friends and family, or just relive memories of your journey by viewing and sharing your photos on an interactive map based on the locations where they were taken. (Available in English-language versions and works with U.S. addresses only.)
Create fun mini-movies
Easily turn a series of still photos into an eye-catching mini-movie. For example, take a sequence of action shots using the burst mode on your digital camera, and then let Photoshop Elements string them together to create a sense of motion.
Tell a better story with a custom slide show
Create an entertaining slide show complete with captions, documentary-style pan and zoom effects, amazing transitions, voice narration, and music.
- Easily create and share online
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Share with family and friends using integrated online offerings
Easily order prints, share photos and photo creations on the web, share on CEIVA Digital Photo Frames™, and more from within Photoshop Elements. With all your photos at your fingertips, you can quickly select the ones you want and upload them to a variety of online offerings.
Share in interactive photo galleries
Quickly share your photo galleries and other photo creations on the web via direct upload from Photoshop Elements.
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.
Share photos in your personal web album
Easily upload your photos to a personal online album that can be updated with new photos at any time. Family and friends can view your photos and instantly order prints.
Order high-quality prints with one click
Turn your digital pictures into professional-quality prints with one-click printing, or create a memorable hardbound photo book. Both are delivered directly to your door.
Send photos directly to CEIVA Digital Photo Frames
Easily update your family's and friends' CEIVA Digital Photo Frames with your latest shots, directly from within Photoshop Elements.
- Show virtually everywhere
View photos on your TV
Take advantage of compatibility with Intel® Viiv™ technology to show photos and slide shows on your TV (requires a Media Center PC).
Share photos on mobile phones and handheld devices
Easily download and edit photos from your mobile phone and then send them to friends.
Send personalized photo e-mails (Enhanced)
Send photos within a themed e-mail with captions and backgrounds that help you better tell your story. Photoshop Elements 6 offers fun new e-mail templates and automatically optimizes your photos so they download quickly, look great, and won't overload your friends' mailboxes.
Animate photos for the web
Liven up your website by turning photos into GIF animations that you can preview within Photoshop Elements.
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