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Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 software combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look their best; show them off in creative, entertaining ways; and easily find and view all your photos and video clips.

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Make your photos look their best

Instantly fix common flaws

Fix photos in a snap with intelligent features that automatically correct skin tone, lighting, color, and contrast. Even see red eye removed automatically as you download photos.

Instantly fix common flaws


Get greater control over color and lighting

Make adjustments to color, lighting, and exposure. Convert color originals to rich black-and-whites; fine-tune color, brightness, and contrast; and get the highest quality results by editing the raw image files from your digital camera.


Perform advanced editing

Perfect your photos with advanced options like the Healing Brush for removing wrinkles and unwanted objects, the Spot Healing Brush for getting rid of dust and scratches in old photos, and Shadow/Highlight for lightening shadows and reducing the glare of highlights.

Perform advanced editing


Create composites

Combine elements from different photos to create fun composites. Quickly separate an object from its background — even in complex, textured areas — instantly remove rough edges, and then combine it with another photo to create a new scene.

Create composites


Artistically enhance photos

Stylize your photos by adding filters, effects, text, and shapes.

Show photos in creative, entertaining ways

Get started quickly with flexible layout options

Use flexible layout options as a starting point for your creations: Choose a blank slate, basic frameworks, or professionally designed themes — it’s your choice!

Flexible layout options


Share in new ways on the web

Take advantage of Flash® technology to share your photos in interactive web galleries; animate your photos with a choice of themes, such as a spinning carousel, to provide an interactive viewing experience; or share your photos on an online map that shows the locations where they were taken.

Share


Map your memories

Relive memories by viewing and sharing your photos displayed on an interactive map in the exact locations where they were taken (works with United States addresses only). Even upload your map to the web for easy sharing.

Mapping


Share with family and friends using built-in photo services

Take advantage of built-in photo services that let you upload photos and photo creations to the web, order prints, and more from within Photoshop Elements.

Photo services


Make a variety of customized photo creations

Entertain friends and family and create memorable keepsakes in so many ways: Create custom slide shows, cards, album pages, photo books, prints, Flipbooks, and much more.


Share on a range of devices

View and share photos wherever you go! Take advantage of Intel® Viiv™ technology to show photos and slide shows on your TV (requires a Media Center PC), edit photos from your mobile phone, and take photos with you on handheld devices.

Devices

Easily find and view your photos and video clips

Categorize with ease, view the way you want

Easily organize your photos and video clips with visual tagging options that let you categorize by people, places, or events. Then view in a variety of ways, including by tag, on a timeline, and in a calendar view.

Categorize


See every version

Quickly find and view all the previously saved versions of a photo by simply clicking to expand its Version Set in the Organizer.


Safeguard your memories

Back up your precious photo collection online, on CD, or both ways. Photoshop Elements offers direct access to an online backup service from one of the nation's leading document security specialists, and you can take advantage of multiple-session CD burning with no additional software required.

Safeguard


Group photos into collections

Place your family, work, or vacation photos into collections to keep them together for special projects.

 

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