Stay connected with family, friends, and memories
- Extend the capabilities of your digital photo-editing software with Photoshop.com Plus1 membership
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Get fresh inspiration, just when you need it New
Give your creations a whimsical or dramatic new look with the latest assortment of inspiring ideas, seasonal artwork, and templates. They're delivered regularly to your software, along with tutorials that offer lots of help bringing your ideas to life.
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Backup your memories automatically, no scheduling required New
You don't have to worry about losing your photos if you lose your computer — keep them safe with automatic online backup. No scheduling is required, and you can store up to 20GB — enough for up to 15,000 photos. And it's easy to add more storage if you need it.
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View your photos virtually anywhere New
Didn't bring your laptop to the party? You can still show off your favorite photos from any web-enabled computer. Use the online Organizer, which looks and works just like your desktop Organizer, to find the photos you want, and let the show begin. You can also view photos from your mobile devices using Photoshop.com Mobile. Learn more
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Share photo memories with your favorite people New
Create public or private online galleries for family and friends to enjoy. Photoshop.com sends the invites, and viewers won't have to register to look. And get regular delivery of fun new sharing templates that turn your photos into an adventure: Give your viewers a virtual trick-or-treat with your kids' Halloween pictures, or set the scene for your holiday photos in a winter wonderland.
Organize
- Easily download and organize your photos
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.
Keep precious memories safe New
- Get peace of mind with automatic online backup and 2GB of free storage2—enough to protect up to 1500 photos.3
Organize by date and time for faster searching
- Automatically organize 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
- Never rename another file or folder — 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.
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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
Focus on just the photos you want to see with Smart Albums, which automatically bring together photos based on the criteria most important to you. Choose up to ten 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 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 in one place
- View your photos in one convenient location — whether they're stored on your hard drive or on CD — automatically organized by date.
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Don't let a large library slow you down
- Scroll through your photos, apply tags, and view and retrieve your photos fast, 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
Find photos faster than ever New
- Find photos in a flash by typing keywords for tags, dates, and other file information into a new search box.
Develop creations quickly
- 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.
Edit
- Instantly fix common flaws with easy digital photo editing
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Go from flawed to phenomenal in seconds New
Get just the photo fixes you're looking for with new one-step shortcuts that whiten teeth and make skies a vibrant blue. Or select and apply incredible effects with a single stroke of the Adobe Smart Brush.
View photo-editing feature in action 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 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
Quickly retouch skin and soften other surfaces New
- Soften surfaces while keeping edges and details crisp with a new Surface Blur filter that works great on portrait shots.
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Count on step-by-step photo-editing assistance Enhanced
Need to touch up a scratch or blemish but not sure how to begin? Photoshop Elements 7 walks you through each editing step to make it easy to get the results you want, and new Guided Edit options help you achieve both basic and artistic effects.
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Fine-tune exposure
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.
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Make selections in a snap
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.
View photo-editing feature in action Remove unwanted details with ease
- 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 by previewing changes to the original photo before you commit them.
Brush away flaws
- Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. With 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. Enjoy fine 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. And now, edit raw files from a greater selection of camera models.
See the full color range
- Adjust the color range of any photo and see real-time changes in the Histogram palette.
- Artistically enhance photos
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Select and apply with a single stroke New
Simultaneously select a specific photo area and apply incredible effects with a single stroke of new Adobe Smart Brush. Improve lighting, add rich textures, and more with eight libraries of over 50 sophisticated effects.
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Create dramatic black-and-whites with ease
Dramatically transform your color originals by converting them to elegant, nuanced black-and-whites. Large preview images make it quick and easy to get desired results.
View photo-editing feature in action 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 liquefying your photos by easily twisting, warping, stretching, and pulling different areas.
- Create amazing composites
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Quickly clean your scene of unwanted elements New
You took five shots of your subject, but pedestrians and cars distract from the scene in every one. Now, use Adobe Photomerge® Scene Cleaner to simply brush away any elements that changed positions between photos and create a composite with just the look you want.
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Create the perfect group shot
Never let a frown or a closed pair of eyes ruin a group photo again. Photomerge Group Shot lets you easily combine the best facial expressions and body language from a series of group shots to create a single perfect composite.
View photo-editing feature in action 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 celebrity, combine yourself with your current squeeze to see what your offspring might look like, and more.
Create seamless panoramas
- Easily create horizontal or vertical panoramas using 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
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.
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Create photo books with ease and flexibility
Quickly create professional-looking photo books with flexible 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. (Services vary worldwide.)
View it in action
View example 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
- Quickly browse hundreds of frames, themes, backgrounds, clip art, and effects in the Artwork palette.
Liven up your photo creations Enhanced
- Use great-looking new themes and artwork to give your creations a professional look.
Easily use high-quality raw images in your photo creations Enhanced
- 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.
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
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
- Quickly and easily share your photos in a variety of ways — including e-mail, online galleries, and burning to CD — from the convenient 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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Share experiences in fresh, exciting ways on the web Enhanced
Showcase your photos in one-of-a-kind Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates — including new visually stunning options. Adobe Flash® technology lets viewers interact with your photos for an entertaining experience.
View it in action Share just with favorite folks New
- Make your Online Albums invitation-only. Invites are sent for you, and viewers won't have to register to look.2
Show off your photos virtually anywhere New
- Left your laptop behind? You can still show off your photos from any web-enabled computer with Photoshop.com, or on mobile devices using Photoshop.com Mobile.2
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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
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. (Services vary worldwide.)
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-mail
- Send photos within a themed e-mail with captions and backgrounds that help you better tell your story. Photoshop Elements offers fun 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.
Next steps
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 &
Adobe Premiere Elements 7
with Photoshop.com Plus membership
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
with Photoshop.com Plus membership
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 &
Adobe Premiere Elements 7
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
