Customer Reviews

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Plus Photo [Old Version]

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This software is very well done -- exactly as software should be. The basic features that get you 75% of the way there are completely intuitive, really without using the manual. You can quickly adjust brightness levels of photos, crop, etc.

But behind these simple but powerful starter features are an incredible range of really powerful photo editing tools. I just created an photo party invitation with a picture of our 4 year old and used layers to make it look like the cover of a popular magazine. The help files for the more complex features (texturing, text additions, rotations, etc.) are very clear and easily searched.

This is a "killer app" for photo manipulation, at a great price. I highly recommend it for anyone with a digital camera.

I disagree with the previous reviewer that said Photoshop Album included in the Photoshop Elements bundle was bad. I am a new digital camera user, and I have been very impressed by both packages in the bundle. Album uses "Tags" which you can attach to your pictures, making it possible to easily sort your pictures by topic, person, date, event, etc. For example, we recently went to the circus, and I imported my pictures to Photoshop Album, and assigned the tags. So, now I can sort out all of the circus pictures from my other pictures, or can sort by date, or by animals, or by family members who went to the circus. With this kind of power, you don't need to worry about where the files are in your directory! Photoshop Album will do some basic editing, and Elements will do advanced editing, and is very helpful in sizing your pictures for printing. I highly recommend both Photoshop Album and Elements. Well worth the money!

I love the photoshop elements for the features it offers to a casual photo enthusiast like myself. As for Photoshop album that it came bundled with, I can't say the same. I have been a long time ACDsee user and I found Album's file organization structure really awkward to use. ACDsee allows you to see photos as well as other files in their folders and directory trees. If you know how to use Windows, you know how to use ACDsee. Photoshop allows you to see only image files and arranges them in a calendar chronicle order. This is a problem when you need to delete or transfer photographs in between different directory locations. In short, Album might be a good image viewer, but it fails pretty bad when you need to use it for photographs organization. Actually, Album is not as good as ACDsee as a image viewer either because it takes longer to cache and display images. Still loving Photoshop Elements though, just don't pay extra for the album.

This software bundle is ... easy to use??? HAH!!! Give me a break!!! Compared to my previous program, using Photoshop Elements 2.0 is EXTREMELY hard. And does Adobe say that it's nothing more than a dumbed down version of the hard to use & expensive Adobe Photoshop? Or that crucial features from that never made it into its cheaper brethren? Of course not!!! If you did, you'd never touch it with a 10 ft. poll!!! And what about how Photoshop Album 2.0 isn't compatible with all imaging formats? I found it REALLY odd that was the case. Especially since Photoshop Elements 2.0 is (Somebody was definitely asleep at the switch.)

The way I see it, you can either give me the best, or don't bother giving it to me at all. Don't take a great product like Adobe Photoshop, dumb it down, then offer it to me, because I'll never buy substandard products. In short, don't waste your money. Go for a program like Ulead PhotoImpact XL. It costs about $25 - $30 cheaper, and it does what it advertises. It's also something that was built, from the ground up, to give you the best value for your money. You just don't get that with this software bundle. What a rip-off!!!

I TRIED BUYING FROM OTHER SOURCES AND HAD BAD EXPERIENCES , I JUST WAIT FOR SELLERS ON AMAZON TO HAVE WHAT I NEED. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE EXPEDIENCY WITH WHICH EVERYTHING WAS HANDLED. I WISH ALL ON LINE PURCHASING TURNED OUT THAT WELL.
THANKS TO ALL,BOB

I've used this Photoshop 2.0 since January 2007, since it was originally loaded on my Sony Vaio desktop tower when the PC was new in 2004. I went from film to digital at the beginning of '07 and have been using 2.0 nearly 4 years now. I've used Elements 6, CS and Lightroom also, but find Elements 2.0 to be also highly dependable, and not as difficult as the newer (and more expensive) programs might lead you to believe. Even though I have the later versions still available, I really prefer the 2.0! My Vaio went down in July due to a bad capacitor on the mother board, and happily the 2.0 version is still out there at a few locations.

I do a lot of amature photography. I run older operating systems I had to restore my computer do to a virus. I had lost my old adobe disc. I was thrilled to get the one from you in excellant condition at a very good price. It arrived at my home a few days after I ordered it! Thanks again.

Good product on Windows, but did not work for me on Mac OS-X Leopard. Hence the 4 stars. Finally had to uninstall, even after getting "help" from tech support. Got Gimp instead (for free, and just about as good as Elements).

This program is just too time consuming and difficult. Why spend hours and hours trying to do something. The help is not helpful, no support, poor documentation. Big disappointment

This may be a sophificated program, but give me a break! I've spent 2 days trying to just enlarge a snap shot to an 8x10 size ( which I was able to do with my eyes closed with the Adobe photo shop home edition 3.0). But when I got a new printer and Windows XP, I couldn't use the old program. I hate this thing!! Shame on you for making it so user unfriendly. I'll try to get my money back,