Customer Reviews

Essentials 2 For Adobe Photoshop Elements

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I bought Essentials 2 for Adobe Photoshop mainly for the Cut-It-Out feature and, for the price, the program is worth it for this feature alone. There is a slight learning curve to use the Cut-It-Out feature but, once you learn how to use it, it's great. One of the hardest things to do in graphic software, like Photoshop, is decently cutting out figures (like people). The Cut-It-Out feature of Essentials 2 does a very good job, especially with hard-to-cut objects like hair. Essentials also has two other built-in programs: Make It Better, an easy way for a novice to improve images, and Frame It, for people who like to play around with making unique and custom photo frames.

I have been very impressed with this product. It has 4 trimmed down versions of OnOne Professional Photoshop Plug-ins.

The frames plug in is by far my favorite. If you are familiar with layers the frame plug in adds endless creativity. The "make it better" plug in is nice for enhancing photos for users new to Photoshop Elements. Cut it out adds functionality to Photoshop Elements 6. For Photoshop Elements 7 users it adds another method for cutting subjects out from the background. Enlarge it is a great tool for getting great prints.

I am using this on a Vista 64-bit system and have used it with both Photoshop Elements 6 & 7.

While all of the plug-ins add to and enhance the Photoshop Elements experience to me, Frame It alone is worth the price of this suite of plug-ins. The rest is just icing on the cake so to speak.

I purchased this product mainly for the selection portion, which I find cumbersome and hard to use. But I love the "make it better" portion, it does a great job quickly and I love the Frames. I like a finishing touch on my photos and this has a lot to choose from. I liked this so much, that when I upgraded to CS3, I also upgraded to the Photo Frames Pro.

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My Essentials 2 won't install. Although I have installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, it says choose a plug-in ffolder in which to install onOne Essentials, but no matter what choice I click on, it says Photoshop.exe does not exist. A search on my computer also does not locate Photoshop.exe. So how to you install Essentals2? Anyone know, please write to joanwrites@aol.com

This plug in for photoshop elements is great and the frames add a special touch to photos. The interface is very good and the correction interface helps in correcting photos quick and easily.

Essentials 2 for Adobe Photoshop Elements is a great supplement to an already fine program for photo enthusiasts who still own Apple's Power PC (Motorola) computers, although it also lists Intel processors as being served. The 4 additions offered really help fine tune an image for presentation purposes. Essentials 3 however is for Intel based only computers, but Essentials 2 is still a welcome supplement that makes a difference.

Product arrived promptly. I purchased it primarily to enlarge scanned photos, but I have also been impressed with the photo enhancement capabilities, which offer a nice addition to Elements.

Bought this to use with Adobe Elements 6.0 primarily for the ability to enlarge photos while maintaining sharpness. Haven't used the other tools much. I prefer to adjust my color/contrast manually; but the tool is useful for "quick and dirty" fixes. Haven't used the frames capability enough to comment on it. Order was delivered on time and as described by Amazon.

So far, it is a very good product. Have not yet had the opportunity to use it extensively.

Best published price anywhere from any legal source. New in Box. Prompt delivery. Error msgs are just that, error msgs. They don't give upfront hint of what to do or what topic to search to get answers. OnONe could get some help from Adobe user documentation writers. Otherwise, highly recommended. Especially for easy photo restoration IF photo is not too far gone.