Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
" Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 "Time again for Adobe's annual update of its consumer photo - and video-editing applications, Photoshop Elements(Windows/Mac) and Premiere Elements (Windows only). We're up to version 8 now, and while there's no killer must-have new capability--unless you consider automatic sync across multiple computers-- the two products still provide solid mass appeal for their respective markets.
After allowing the product to languish for a while, with 8 Adobe brings the Mac version of Photoshop Elements up to parity with the windows version and with the buzzy new features in iPhoto, including face recongnition and geotagging/mapping. Unlike iPhoto, however, there's no direct upload to Facebook, though it supprots a broader number of services, including Kodak EasyShare Gallery and Smugmug. Annovyingly, those choices are buried as more options on the share pane (likely because the interface decision was based on the technology used--implemented via an API rather than core program code-- rather than where the user will look for them.)
Like most current facial recognition implementations, Adobe's is only moderately accurate. For instance, in many photos it correctly identifies one person, but didin't detect others and thought inanimate objects were faces. The batch detection and labeling where you confirm different faces in groups of selected images is better, but still a little clunky.
The latter becomes key if you plan to take advantage of one of the nicer new geatures, the ability to sync your videos, photos, mustic, projects, and PDF files across multiple systems using photoshop. com as the hub. (In case you missed it, photoshop.com rolled out video support las month in preparation for this release of pre.)While adobe doesn't make a plus membership a requirement for doing so, you'll very quickly max out your free 2GB without it.
After allowing the product to languish for a while, with 8 Adobe brings the Mac version of Photoshop Elements up to parity with the windows version and with the buzzy new features in iPhoto, including face recongnition and geotagging/mapping. Unlike iPhoto, however, there's no direct upload to Facebook, though it supprots a broader number of services, including Kodak EasyShare Gallery and Smugmug. Annovyingly, those choices are buried as more options on the share pane (likely because the interface decision was based on the technology used--implemented via an API rather than core program code-- rather than where the user will look for them.)
Like most current facial recognition implementations, Adobe's is only moderately accurate. For instance, in many photos it correctly identifies one person, but didin't detect others and thought inanimate objects were faces. The batch detection and labeling where you confirm different faces in groups of selected images is better, but still a little clunky.
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