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{{Infobox Software
| name = Adobe Photoshop Elements
| logo = [[Image:Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Icon.png|64px|Adobe Photoshop Elements Icon]]
| screenshot = [[Image:Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.png|250px|Adobe Photoshop Elements Screenshot]]
| caption = Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 running under Microsoft Windows XP
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| developer = [[Adobe Systems]]
| released =
| latest release version = 6.0 (Windows and Mac OS X)
| latest release date = [[September 2007]]
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]
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| genre = [[Raster image]] editor
| license = [[Proprietary]]
| website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html Windows] / [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/main.html Macintosh]
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[[Image:Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Welcome Screen Screenshot.png|thumb|''Photoshop Elements 6.0'' Welcome Screen on Windows]]
'''Adobe Photoshop Elements''' is the consumer version of the [[Adobe Photoshop]] [[raster image]] editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as [[scanners]] and [[digital camera]]s. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. The program allows users to create, edit, organize and share images, all from the same product.
Originally introduced alongside [[Adobe Photoshop | Photoshop]] version 7, Photoshop Elements targets photography enthusiasts and thus lacks many features that make it useful in a proper print production environment. For example, Photoshop Elements cannot export files in the [[CMYK]] color mode, supports a simplified color management system, and excludes detailed soft-proofing. It also either eliminates completely or offers simplified versions of some of the more powerful plug-ins, along with a number of features aimed at non-experts (such as removing the [[red-eye effect]] or changing the [[skin]] tone in a picture). An example of a redesigned feature would be the Variations correction dialog. Some versions can, however, open, edit, and save [[PDF]]s.
Photoshop LE (Limited Edition) was Adobe's consumer raster image editing product prior to the introduction of Elements. Photoshop LE had similar limitations to ''Elements''.
==Macintosh version==
The [[Macintosh]] version of Photoshop Elements had not been updated since the release of version 4.0 in the first quarter of 2006, leaving [[Intel Mac]] users with no native solution. It was cited that [[iPhoto]] brought many features to the table and was included free on every [[Mac]], which could hinder a third party product's success. However, on [[March 24]], [[2008]] Adobe reaffirmed their commitment to the [[Macintosh]] platform shipping Elements 6.0 for the Mac.<ref>[http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/ Adobe - Adobe Press Room: For immediate release<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===Mac release history===
*Version 2: 2002
*Version 3: 2004
*Version 4: 2006
*Version 6: 2008
==Further reading==
*''Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions'', by Mikkel Aaland
*''Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual'', by Barbara Brundage
*''The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 4'', by Richard Lynch
==References==
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==See also==
*[[Adobe Premiere Elements]]
== External links ==
* Official site: [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html Windows] | [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/main.html Macintosh]
* [http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/f/elementscompare.htm Comparison of features between Photoshop Elements and Photoshop]
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Image:Adobe photoshopelements2.jpg|A screen shot of the earlier ''Photoshop Elements 3.0''
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Image:PhotoshopGirl.jpg| A picture showing the "Filter" examples of ''Photoshop Elements 5.0''
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