Mac App Store Special Editions Of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor And Premiere Elements 10 Editor Available

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Adobe has announced immediate availability of lower-priced, Editor module only versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (link) and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 (link) in the Mac App Store. Photoshop Elements 10 Editor brings industry-standard Photoshop technology to consumer users, while Premiere Elements 10 Editor does the same with Adobe Premiere Pro technology to turn video clips into polished movie presentations. Be aware however that these Mac App Store special versions of the software don’t include the Elements Organizer or support case-sensitive HFS volumes in PSE 10 Editor, or Smartsound capability in Premiere Elements 10 Editor.

This special edition of Photoshop Elements 10 makes available the intelligent technology of in the full version of what is the No. 1 selling (10 years running) consumer photo-editing software, with PSE 10’s new features like Guided Edits make achieving advanced photo effects approachable — projects like helping create a shallow depth of field or designing a layout of snapshots with Picture Stack, or adding a dream-like diffused glow with the Orton effect through easy to follow steps, and providing a step up from iPhoto when you’re ready to go beyond the basics.

New text functionality, which will appeal especially to scrapbookers, allows PSE 10 users to add curving, flowing text to a photo that automatically follows the outline of a subject, custom path or shape.

Special crop guides help users at any level easily achieve interesting, visually appealing compositions. The new Smart Brush lets users paint unique effects onto specific areas of photos powered by the content-aware fill technology from Adobe Photoshop, and now features 30 new effects like Pencil Sketch and Oil Pastel.

Smooth Techniques for Creating Movies

Featuring the editing capabilities available in the likewise No. 1 selling consumer video-editing software, Premiere Elements, this special edition of the software offers an inexpensive and easy-to-use solution that enables users to turn collections of video clips into organized and lasting movie memories with coordinated music, titles, and effects from your choice of movie theme. Enhancing visual clarity for video is now easier with Photoshop’s color correction technology applied to video, including new one-click tools and pro-style corrections for perfect color throughout each movie. New InstantMovie themes automatically create professional-looking videos in seconds by intelligently editing together video clips with coordinated music, titles and effects.

Premiere Elements users can turn individual photos into entertaining videos by taking advantage of pan and zoom motions to add drama and interest. Automated options do the work of finding faces using content-intelligent face detection to pan and zoom to the most important elements of a photo – the people. Once movies are complete, users can share them with friends and family via Facebook and YouTube.

Make unwanted photo elements vanish with one stroke of the enhanced Spot Healing Brush that fills in backgrounds beautifully, create the perfect photo by easily combining the best from multiple photos, plus Create great group shots, expanded panoramas, perfectly lit shots, and more. There are also flexible templates to create photo books, cards, calendars, and the like. Layers-based image editing provides enhanced support for layer masks and layer styles. PSE 10 includes more than 50 tools for selecting cropping, painting, typing, retouching and adjusting images, powerful compositing and image extraction tools, automated color correction tools with precise control over different image parameters, hundreds of filters with unlimited options, and extensive 3rd party plug-in support.

This special edition of Premiere Elements includes storyboard or timeline view with 99 audio and video tracks for unlimited creative possibilities, hundreds of effects and transitions, professional quality audio effects and controls, HD or SD format support for importing, editing and sharing, automatic trimming of poor footage (SmartTrim), full keyframing for effects and motions, powerful compositing options including blue/green screen and multiple picture-in-picture effects, effects masking & motion tracking, a customizable, flexible workspace, easy title creation with dozens of templates and full creative control of backgrounds, text formatting, animations and more, custom disc menus, export to AVCHD and burn to DVD or Blu-ray, all within a single program.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Editor can be downloaded from the Mac App Store immediately worldwide for US$79.99 each.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id465291110?mt=12

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Editor
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id463401023?mt=12

For my recent ‘Book Mystique review of the full version of Photoshop Elements 10, see:
http://bit.ly/rsZjF5

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