Photoshop Elements 11 Release Date

[Nikita Desjardins]

AdobePhotoshop Elements is a consumer-oriented version of Adobe Photoshop, targeted towards businesses, casual users, and families on budgets. It superseded Photoshop LE and PhotoDeluxe. Photoshop Elements is often bundled together with Adobe Premiere Elements and/or Elements Organizer.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 was the first version to be offered in a bundle with Premiere Elements in 2004.[1] Version numbers were replaced with dates for marketing since Photoshop Elements 2018, released on October 4, 2017.[2] The latest version is Photoshop Elements 2023, announced on September 29, 2022.[3]

Photoshop Elements has undergone many changes since its first introduction 2001. Originally meant to be an alternative to the programs PhotoImpact and PhotoSuite established in those times, it has developed itself to a fully adequate and strong picture processing program. Even the comparison with its big brother Photoshop CS the program does not have to shun, whereby Photoshop Elements is far more cheaper and so is affordable for beginners and semiprofessional users.

But Photoshop Elements by no means is not to be seen as reduced version of Photoshop CS, because Elements provides many wizards, which make the processing of photos notably easier. Additionally the program contains the well-integrated organizer, with its help you can sort and manage your pictures. By the aid of it you can quickly finish corrections directly in the organizer, without having to start the main program. Nevertheless there are numerous functions, which make the forwarding of your pictures comfortable, be it as CD/DVD, as online album, photo book or as photo print.

In compliance with the current marketing policy of the software-manufacturer Adobe every year at the beginning of winter a new version of Photoshop Elements is released. So yet after one has bought a version, this one will be outdated after a short time, at least if one concerns the version number. While initially there were big jumps from version to version according to the scope of functionality and usability, the differences of the newest versions among each other are just marginally. Often for a new release only a few wizards or hidden commands are added. But the fundamental basis of the picture processing functions is set up since many years and practically isn't changed any more.

Because we will again and again be asked how every version differs to each other, we have created this site, to determine the most important changes from version to version. We want to give you an understanding of which new functions were added in the course of years and how Photoshop Elements has developed itself in the following article. For this we introduce for every version - started from version 6 - the most important newly added features and will describe them shortly. Then everyone gets an idea of it by himself, if he absolutely needs the newest version or if an older version is fully sufficient for his intended use.

The version 6 from Photoshop Elements was released in October 2007. Besides several new functions, right after the start of the program the most obvious change strikes the eye: The surface was overhauled completely. Beyond that among others the introduction of the new wizard, the expansion of Photomerge as well as the new quick selection shine out.

We begin our version overview with version 6, because this version seems to be very good and mature for the first time through its new user interface. The most important picture processing functions were all on site and the usage was neat and intuitive. In the starting versions 1 to 5 one markedly recognized the working process on it for making it proper picture processing software.

Therefore I have highlighted this fact in a grey box because to me it appears to be a very useful feature from Photoshop Elements 6. After the start of the program it only takes 2-3 seconds before one can edit pictures. At the higher versions after some seconds first the choice window for editing or organizing appears and after further seconds who seem to be quite long finally the editor arrives. Admittedly for higher versions one can set up that the editor starts automatically but the program choice window unfortunately can't be disabled like in Photoshop Elements 6.

The surface of Photoshop Elements in version 6 was completely rolled up. The most obvious feature is the darker background, which is intended to direct the focus more on the pictures. Initially the user needs to get used to this but in former times more and more computer programs rebel against the preferences made by windows in the matter of window color respectively they ignore it.

Not to get confused by the number of open pictures, now these can be comfortably grouped together in register cards in the working space. Additionally the processing modes full and quick were put to the right side and were also grouped together in neat register cards. The newly added wizard also adjusts itself to this new classification.

One of the newly introduced features is the wizard, which complements the processing modes full and quick. With his help ongoing, repeated tasks like color or brightness corrections, extractions of picture elements or the straightening of pictures can be done in the easiest way.

The biggest difference compared to the other processing modes: The wizard comes up with a step-by-step description for every action, which tells the user exactly what he has to do, to get a determined result. The explanation is supplemented through buttons with its help one can directly edit the picture out of the text.

Already in the previous version the new Photo merge-function was introduced, with its help one can assemble several pictures to a panorama. In version 6 Photo merge got some improvements: On one side the panorama function was improved, on the other side two new opportunities were added with whom several pictures can be blended together with each other.

The first of them is Photo merge group picture. No matter if one person has closed eyes on one picture or on the next one a person looks to the side - for group photos in most cases always one person has failed to get properly on the photo. Here the new Photomerge group picture-function comes to rescue: Because with this one can distinctly select poses and face expressions from different pictures and combine them on one picture.

Also added was the wizard Photo merge faces. Compared to the other Photo merge-wizards seems nevertheless merely like a function for fun. With its help facial attributes like eyes, ears, nose or mouth can be transferred from one motive to another.

The selection toos were expanded by a new method. By the help of the quick selection a selection can be drawn like using a brush. The therefore applied brush remembers the color areas, which one "painted over" and creates a selection from it. Additionally he supplements the selection by all equal colors automatically, which are adjacent to the selection area.

The quick selection tool is supplemented by the tool option improve border, with its help one can improve the selection afterwards. With simple slide controls a prior created selection can be rounded up, shrunk, enlarged or made smoother.

Also new is the possibility to transform a photo into a black and white picture through a wizard. Thereby several preferences are available to the user like "infrared effect", "portrait" or "newspaper", from which one can choose. All these preferences basically differ to each other only how the single color channels red, green and blue are implemented and which contrast is set. The names give you raw indications for this.

Also the organizer has experienced some expansions. On one side the correction area has got new functions, which make quick changes on pictures possible for the user without having to start the editor itself. To these the automatically correction of color, tone value, contrast, sharpness or red eyes but also an extraction option can be counted.

On the other side in the area creation the slide show was equipped with new functions. Even if one today hasn't special video software available like for example "Premiere Elements", one now can create picture presentations with over blending's, movement- and zoom effects, sounds or text.

For the organization and management of someone's pictures the area organizing serves, which is located behind the tabulator with the same name. Here the new Smart-Albums were added. With its help one can search for existing pictures in the organizer by reference to diverse criteria like file name, size, alteration date or file format and can summarize them in logical groups.

The seventh version of Photoshop Elements was released in October 2008 and so appeared nearly exactly one year after the sixth version. In the matter of contents there are merely few really new functions. Furthermore these are expansions of the picture processing functions so far. To be highlighted in the first place is the Action Player, which makes predefined actions possible, which contain several single steps, to apply them on one picture. Moreover with the Smart brush-tool a completely new function has been added, with whom filter effects can be applied to a picture quick and easily.

One of the most promoted features of the new version surely is the integration of the Online-abilities of Photoshop Elements 7: With a Basic-Packet, which is completely free, one can store his pictures on an Adobe-Server, share it with others, edit and manage them. 2GB data memory for it are available to the user. Prerequisite is just a registration on the Photoshop-Website photoshop.com.

Furthermore there are also commercial offerings, with which one e.g. can expand his data storage. Additionally the user gets access to so called "Premium-Content", which among others contains new templates or tutorials. This Premium-Service however demands a annual membership against charge. The different opportunities as well as the prices one can get to know on the manufacturer's website.

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