Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (Mac) [Old Version]

by Adobe

Product Features

• Photo enhancing tools with industry-leading technology
• Make quick fixes or use advanced editing options
• Get high-quality with camera raw and 16-bit support
• Enjoy flexible print options; process batches of photos at once
• Easily adjust shadows and highlights; view before and after

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002UDQAO
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,974 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Macintosh puts the power in your hands to perfect and transform your digital photos like a pro. Make quick fixes when you need to or use advanced editing options for more control. Experiment with special effects and compositing tools to enhance your photos, and show off your creativity with great-looking prints and more.

Perform advanced editing Perfect your photos with advanced editing options that give you more control, and learn in-depth techniques with How-To guides. Brush away flaws Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control.

The Healing Brush tool allows for finer control when removing unwanted elements from your images.

Automatic Correction fixes common flaws in photography such as red-eye and sharpens colors.

Instantly fix common flaws Fix flaws quickly using automatic correction, and enjoy easy control with sliders, zooming, and before and after views. Get high quality with camera raw and 16-bit support Work with your digital camera raw data files and use 16-bit image support for smoother, more accurate color and overall great results. Use industry-leading technology Create top-quality images with software based on industry-leading Adobe Photoshop. Professionals have relied on it for more than a decade.

Artistically enhance photos Add flair and personality to your photos with artistic special effects, and create fun composites from multiple originals. Convert to black-and-white or sepia Give your photos a classic look by instantly converting them to black-and-white or sepia tone.

Added features to Photoshop Elements 3.0 allow you to work with your digital camera's raw data files for better results.

Add depth with drop shadows, bevels, glows, and other effects, which are automatically applied to any element placed on a layer.

Apply colored filters Create real-world photographic effects by applying tint filters that simulate colored lenses on a camera. Enjoy flexible print options Make the most of your valuable photo paper by printing high-quality pages in any layout you want—individual or multiple photos, different sizes, contact sheets, and labels.

Create a PDF slide show in minutes Tell your story by creating a compelling slide show in minutes, complete with transitions, captions, and graphics. Send fast and friendly e-mail Don’t overload your friends’ mailboxes. Send photos via e-mail that are automatically optimized to download quickly and look great. Post photos on the Web Show your photos to anyone in the world by creating a Web gallery using customizable templates.

Transform your photos with realistic paintbrush effects to simulate oils, watercolors, charcoal, pastels, and different canvas textures.

Product Description

Adobe Elements 3.0 Image Edit Software for Windows is the third version of this amazingly popular Digital image and photo Editing application. It's no wonder really. Adobe's Photoshop Elements series is geared to you, the casual user, seeking access to image enhancement tools that are simple and easy. While ease-of-use is the key, PE3 adds more power. Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 software now provides powerful photo editing functionality plus intuitive organizing and sharing capabilities. Make quick fixes when you need to or use advanced editing options when you want more control. Organize the way you want and show off your creativity with new dynamic slide shows, themed photo e-mail, and more. Zero in on the best of many similar photos while viewing them side by side using Photo Compare Make compelling slide shows with transitions, captions, music, and narration Send your photos displayed within your e-mail instead of as attachments, and include decorative backgrounds and frames in a variety of themes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

229 of 235 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A waste of upgrade dollars for Mac users, November 9, 2004

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A reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

If you already have version 2 of Photoshop Elements, don't waste your money upgrading to version 3 unless you want to pay the full amount to use a healing brush insted of the cloning stamp.

Most of the new functionality is geared towards Windows users with the new Organizer and its cataloging, scrapbooking, cards, and calendars features. The Organizer is NOT available to Mac users. Photoshop Elements remains great software for digital darkroom work, but Adobe has elected to leave Mac users out in the cold with respect to providing tools to easily do something creative with the pictures once they have been digitally processed.

144 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OS X users: an update - now down to 2 stars, November 30, 2004

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Eye Forget - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I trashed Elements 3 in an earlier review and went back to Elements 2. Apparently I can't change the 3 star rating above. So at this point, its 2 stars and a waste of money.

The following is the update:

I bought Elements 3 to try to obtain better browser performance than Elements 2. The program had so many idiosyncrasies that I ignored it until I had sufficient time to attempt to learn it.

This program has too many issues:

The window size cannot be changed if the pallet bin is open. It takes up the entire screen. When closed it leaves a border right down the right side of the screen where my task bar is and constantly gets in the way. If its accidently clicked, the pallet bin opens covering everything I intended to get to.

I assume it cannot work with OS X permissions. Any file created or modified in Graphic Converter cannot be saved in Elements. The files come up as locked, even though they are not.

Working with files that originated on different computers (web downloads) are an exercise in frustration.

These issues appear on both our 10.3.9 and 10.4.3 Mac's.

Elements 2 is fine. Does as good a job on editing as 3 without the problems. For browsing, just about any OS X compliant photo browser will run circles around Elements.



The following is my original review:

I'm on a Mac and have used Adobe Elements 2.0 for years to edit photos. I just upgraded to 3.0.

For editing both are very similar and good.

My major reason for upgrading was to improve the performance of the image browser. I had been using Graphic Converter to browse and Elements to edit (at the same time and a pain). Unfortunately 3.0 is no improvement in browsing. Its slooooow, it can't deal with large folders (500 pix+) and it dies/crashes on anything but a perfect file (no end of file will crash it). For those with images downloaded off the web, its a pain to use.

Back to Graphic Converter.

A good package for editing but the browser is still pretty useless.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Than iPhoto, Better Than Elements 2.0, March 6, 2005

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B. Mullins "Digital Rebel" (Venice, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I had 2.0 and was quite happy with it. When 3.0 came out, I went for it although not knowing much about half the things they said they were improving.

What I can tell you is that the auto features have visibly improved: auto color, levels, contrast etc., and the addition of "auto smart fix," "adjust smart fix" [with a slider] and "shadows & highlights." These improved/added features make it worth it to me, and I think to most advanced [non-pro] digital photo users. So if you're using iPhoto and aren't satisfied with the results, I would strongly recommend it. I don't even use iPhoto, because I find that if I'm going to send out a picture, I want it to be properly edited, and that means PE3 for me.

It's true what some other reviews have said--documentation is sparse, and help online can be confusing. But I haven't seen anything out there for near the price [for Mac] that is capable of making such dramatic improvements to your photos. It's simple enough to start with right away and teach yourself as you go, and complex enough to handle 95% of what you'd want to do with your pictures regardless.

There are all kinds of books out there to help you get the most out of it--and I'm sure I'd benefit by reading them. But my style is more self-taught, and you can definitely teach yourself on PE3.

To be more specific on the difference the upgrade makes from PE2, it is most noticeable when you go to "Save For Web:" when I did that with 2, I'd have to overcompensate with saturation/contrast etc. as it would noticeably degrade those elements by about 15-20% in the process. Now the Save For Web feature produces a result that is uncannily close to the original, even when at "50%" quality compression.

Purists, pedestrians, and professionals will have numerous things to point to as failings. I think the vast majority not in those categories have much to appreciate about the program, and its' improvements over 2.0.