Adobe unveils Photoshop and Premiere Elements 8

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 21:35 IST
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Adobe unveils Photoshop and Premiere Elements 8
Bangalore: Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the launch of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Adobe Premiere Elements 8 for Windows. With this release, Adobe equips users with a completely enhanced organizer, which serves as a feature-rich media hub for both photos and videos. "We want our customers to feel confident that they can achieve professional results with their photos and videos, without having to do any of the heavy lifting," said Doug Mack, Vice President and General Manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "With this new release of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements we've incorporated smart tools with built-in intelligence that automatically analyze photos and recognize people, track motion in video for the easy addition of special effects and perform editing magic in just a few simple clicks." Adobe Premiere Elements 8 offers new automatic options that make it easy to transform video clips into professional-looking movies. It can also fix shaky footage and color and lighting problems, identify and trim away all unwanted footage and intelligently balance audio elements. It also has motion-tracking capabilities which allow consumers to add graphics, text and effects that follow subjects in scenes. Users who take Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 bundle will get 20 GB of storage for automatic online backup and sharing (up to 15,000 photos or four hours of DVD-quality video). These users will also have access to tutorials, tips and tricks, seasonal artwork, movie themes, video effects and interactive online templates directly to the desktop software. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Adobe Premiere Elements 8 software for Windows is available now at Adobe website and will soon be available at retail outlets such as Amazon.com, Costco.com, Best Buy, Office Depot and Office Max. The bundle is available for $149.99. Both Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 software for Windows are available separately for $99.99. Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac will be available for $99.99 by October 2009.