![]() You can eliminate unwanted elements like tourists that inadvertently wandered into the scenery. Photomerge Scene Cleaner creates the perfect scenic photo from multiple photos. Photomerge Faces combines multiple facial features to create one composite face. The Photomerge family offers a lot more functions than the already described ones. Till now I have not tested this function. If you took exposure bracketings the Photomerge function “Exposure” create a HDR image almost automatically. Many photo scenes have a higher dynamic range as the sensors of digital cameras – even of DSLRs – are able to handle. This is useful if you would like to process photos of a panorama session similarly before stiching.Ĭorrect lens distortion (after) – German versionĪ really nice filter. In comparison to ACR of Photoshop CS Adobe crops some features in ACR for PSE 8.īut ACR is able to load and process multiple files at the same time. PSE 8 contains ACR 5.5 (Adobe Camera Raw). To edit a RAW file non-destructively you have to load it into a RAW converter. Visit the webpages of Elements+ and SmartCurve for details. However PSE8’s Editor is based on CS 4 and contains most of its functions but many are deactivated internally. The experienced user has to decide if he or she can live with this limitations. Customizable tool presets, keyboard shortcuts, menus and workspace.Advanced web features such as rollovers and slicing.Text on a path, advanced text formatting.Recording custom Actions (for batch processing).Combine multiple exposures to create high dynamic range (HDR) images.Some adjustment layers (curves, color balance, selective color, channel mixer).Layer Masks, Layer Comps, and Quick Mask mode.Adjustments: Color Balance, Match Color.There are a lot of functions missing in PSE 8 if you know CS 4: Limitations of Photoshop Elements 8 in comparison to Photoshop CS 4 The tabs “Create” and “Share” of the sidebar are exactly the same as on the Organizer and have been described in the first part of this field report. Guided Edit: Wizards for the most common edits.Quick Edit: Sliders for a quick and easy fix.Full Edit: Maximum control over the editing process.On the yellow tab you can change the editor mode: Now I would like to direct the attention to the sidebar on the right. This function is very handy and I use it a lot. Than it is easy to undo filter actions when the dialog is still opened. Tip: On almost all filter dialogs you can change the CANCEL to a BACK button by pressing the ALT key. If you have more than one file opened it is easy to arrange them with the arrange button (right to the blueish PSE icon at the top). The sidebar on the right is shrinkable to offer more space for the photos. If you get used to it you may work well with this special behavior. As the consequence the photo window is maximized inside the Editor window only (see screenshot above). A blue frame will appear and then release the window. However to maximize the photo window inside the Editor window, move the photo window to the top of the working area (orange line below the option tool bar). But in my opinion it is less useful on one screen computers. This could be handy if you use two screens, where you have the photo on one and the UI on the other screen. If you click on the maximize button of a photo window the whole screen and all UI components will be covered by it. At the bottom you find a project bar where all your opened files are displayed as thumbnails. It contains different palettes, as histogram, layer, etc. At the right side there is a multi function sidebar located. It has a menu bar at the top, a toolbar at the left and a tool dependent option bar below the menu. The color of the UI is dark grey as many other applications in this field. The Editor’s user interface (UI) looks a little bit different to normal Windows programs. Photoshop Elements 8 – Editor (Full Edit) – German version Moreover Organizer’s features can not handle RAW photo files non-destructively. In fact PSE’s Organizer is able to do some basic photo processing tasks but they can not be controlled well. The organizer fulfills the biggest part of my workflow, that I described in the first part. Whether these crops constrains my work flow or not shows the following report. It is based on Photoshop CS4.Īdobe cropped some functions and tools of CS 4 in PSE’s Editor but added some new ones which were designed for beginners. In this part I review the Editor of PSE 8. In the first part of this field report I reviewed the Organizer of Photoshop Elements 8. Correcting lens distortions and aberrant lines.Limitations of Photoshop Elements 8 in comparison to Photoshop CS 4.
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