I thought I received a great product for a great product. Everything about the transaction went well. I received it earlier than expected and am more than satisfied with Photoshop Elements 6. It is a great program for simple and advanced photo editing. I’ve fixed up a number of my favorite shots without ruining them like some editor programs do.

This is a beautiful product, but you have to buy the manuals and Self-help guides seperately to be able to understand and use the product effectively. So, when pricing this into your budget, build in those little gotchas!

I used to be an avid picture taker of friends and family before the digital age and always kept my photos organized well in albums. It took a long time for me to get a digital camera and then once I did, I found that I rarely took it anywhere with me and when I did use it I would just put the pictures on the computer and never do anything with them again. I also found that I was so inexperienced with photo software that I would have several pictures in several different places. Photoshop has changed all of that. I’ve been able to get all my pictures together in one place, organized and am having a blast doing fun things with them and making them look better than ever. I am now using my camera more often and I have even purchased Photoshop Essentials 2 to go along with this.

Had good luck instaling the program – no problems. Easy to transition from PSE 3. Has an undo button contrary to some reviews that I read. Highly recommend.

After reading reviews of various photo editing software, I decided on Adobe Elements 6. I have found it to be an excellent program.

Excellent product, marred by extremely poor directions. Fortunately I have a good friend who has used Photoshop for uears. He was my teacher. Spent hours with me, and is still available.

This program is a great help in making the best out of photos and slides. What I apprecaite most is the fact that it is written for those of us who are not computer experts. Too many times instructions appear to believe that you already know the problems and answers.

I do not like this product at all, it is without a doubt the most unuser friendly photo editing program made. In the past I used Microsoft Digital Image and absolutely loved it, it did everything I wanted and was very easy to use. Then my husband was so kind as to buy me a new computer but unfortunately is was a Vista (did I mention I don’t like Vista either), ans was also kind enough to have them download Abode Photoshop Elements. I was happy about the new computer but after several tries with the new photoshop, I can honestly say I would rather have my XP back with all my old photoediting programs. I don’t care if it is the best rated all I know is that this product is the more money than it is worth.

I bought this used software and have had problems with my computer ever since I installed it. Also there is no manual. I need more instruction in order to use this. This is not the sellers fault, but is a word of caution of purchasers of used software.

Installation For this review of Photoshop Elements 6 I headed to http://www.adobe.com, which offers download links. The site requires an account to download software. After signing-in, I downloaded the executable and the install occurred. I let it use the C drive after making sure there was enough space. A quick reboot and I was on my way! First Impression The first thing that you will see is the welcome screen which you can change so that you open in either the Editor or the Organizer. There are links to “create” and “share” as well. Once you are inside PSE6, you will notice that the interface is different from previous versions. With its gray-on-black color scheme, PSE6 has a sleek, no-nonsense look, and is easy to get around once you are familiar with it. The features are designed to help anyone to step through any project, while offering enhancements to existing components. Upgraders will enjoy these enhancements, while newcomers will benefit from the straightforward, friendly interface. Organizer Since the Organizer is the first link, let’s start there. This is a powerful, useful and feature-packed media organizer, which can stand on its own as an application. Photos can be divided into one or several catalogs. Either way, the Organizer is quite efficient and keeps everything tidy. A Backup Reminder will help you to back up your media, if you wish to use PSE6 for that purpose. Advice – do backups regularly using something! A new feature is Smart-albums, which make it easy to automatically search for certain criteria such as date and folders. Another way to manage your photos is to use albums or keywords, which let you keep related photos together for special projects. Since these work on filenames and other criteria, the photos must be identified as you add them to your computer. Use the Organizer, to see versions of a photo, change thumbnail size, view photos full-screen, and compare photos side by side. The Organizer allows you to also Fix, Create and Share your photos. However, you must move, copy, delete from this screen, or you will “lose” the photo. If that happens, PSE6 and previous versions allow you to reconnect photos, thereby “cleaning up” the catalog. The Organizer is a powerful, easy way to manage and edit your photos library. Editor A new feature is the Guided Edit, designed to walk the user through an editing function. For instance, if I wanted to crop a picture, I would answer the offered question, i.e., choose crop from the list, and the program will begin to interact. This feature takes the mystery out of trying to figure out the various tools and menus, and is a great incentive for the novice in PSE6. I like the way it lets you see the before and after results of your editing; don’t worry – your original is not lost; a Stack is created, saving the original photo. Or, you can simply do a Save As and rename the photo after you are done. In my workflow, I use the Guided Edit, then go into the Full Edit to fine-tune my results, utilizing the best of both worlds. Lastly, there is the PhotoMerge, which will allow you to pick and choose faces and parts of one picture, and paste them into another, creating an effortless picture of groups. Create This is my favorite part – with a few clicks, you can create a Photo Book, Photo Calendar, Photo Collage, Online Gallery or Slide Show, and many other items by clicking on More Options. Here is where I began to understand the monumental amount of available features. Everything is centralized; you can use PSE6 exclusively to create any type of available media for sharing or uploading to the Internet. I found this to be easy and fun. Share Ultimately, one would probably want to use this program to easily share photos once they are edited and completed. Again, for starters, there are the Online Gallery, E-mail Attachments, Photo Mail, Print Ordering, or CD/DVD options, or…I did a Photo Mail, which connected directly to my Outlook client, and looked good with the addition of the provided template. My Project I wanted to enhance a shot I’d taken in Las Vegas. First, I opened the picture in pSE6. Then I duplicated the Background Layer. I chose “guide for editing a photo” and just went with it. First, I was able to straighten my picture using Basic Photo Edits. Then I cropped my picture. Any edits made in the Guided Edit are done by sliders, and they can be reset. Also, you can view the Before & After results. I really like that; rather than a Preview, the results are easier to see. At any point, you can switch to Full Edit, and I did when I was ready to apply some excitement to my scene. Next, I went to Full Edit, where I could adjust some color and apply interesting filters. First, I created my Background copy as a new layer, and selected the sky with the Magic Wand. I then used more layers to create a background blend. With the addition of filters and additional cropping, a final product was achieved. Now, this would probably not get an award at a photo competition, but PSE6 lets you be creative and experiment with different effects on your photos. As a long-time user, I prefer to use the full edit, which allows me to choose my tools and work in layers. I also enhance my photos, and to experiment with different filter effects. PSE6 creates layers by just dragging or clicking inside the layers palette. IMHO As a beginner, you can use the Guided Edit. If you are more adventurous or want to use all the features of pse6, you can use the Full Edit. There is also a Quick Edit as well, for automatic corrections on pictures. I also like the flexibility of pse6, where you’re not limited to a full knowledge of the program to begin using it. Sharing is easy and fun, and flexible. My overall impression is that, as a seasoned user of this program, it is fun and productive. If you haven’t upgraded in a while, this is worth taking a look. If you are looking for a photo editing program to work with your new digital camera, this is a perfect choice. No matter what your needs, be sure to try this out first, as I did. I strongly believe that current users should know what the new features are. There will be plenty of time in 30 days to decide if it is what you want. My guess is it will be.

It may be a fine product, or it may not be. It was sent to my old address by Amazon – my error, they said. It was supposed to be forwarded by someone to my new address in Utah. I haven’t received it yet. BE CAREFUL with the 1-step ordering – it’s so easy because they keep your credit card # on file. I didn’t even realize I had finished ordering it without changing the address, but I wanted to finish the order the next morning. I found out that next morning via email that I had ordered it, but it was on its way to my old address. Amazon representatives haven’t helped. BE CAREFUL – I will buy Elements 7 since I have waited so long anyway, but not from Amazon.

I purchased Photoshop Elements Ver.6 as a divorce gift for my ex-wife and she seems to really like it. She told me that it was very user friendly and easy to learn even though it has a lot of capabilities.

I always thought Photoshop Elements was a Bowdlerized version of the great Photoshop program, but in version 6 Adobe has everything any photographer would need. They have removed some printing tools, but only the ones a Graphic Arts professional would notice. The only tricky thing is that the user interface is different, but once you learn to navigate it, all the tools work the same.

Adobe Photoshop Elements is a great product for touching up your photos. You can load it and navigate through some basic procedures (loading pictures, quick edits, etc.) but after that what do your do? Although there is an online manual, the one sent with the program is closer to a pamphlet. Your next step is investing $25-$40 on a good textbook. I bought “Teach Yourself Visually Elements 6″. The upcoming “The Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers” by Scott Kelby will be great judging by his version for Elements 5. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop 6 The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

I bought this product shortly after Christmas 2007. I love Photoshop Elements and had version 2 and 4 before. I was keeping my fingers crossed that none of problems that occurred with other people would happen when I installed it. It wasn’t to go the easy way I found out. Right after installing it it worked fine, but next time I opened the organizer, it froze. This went on for a couple of weeks while I researched an tried to find out why this was happening. The Editor worked fine from the beginning. There are a few helpful hints in the “readme” file on the installation disk. One day after a couple of weeks the program did not freeze but prompted me if I would like to update my catalog. Needless to say I said yes and it worked! Only, every time I wanted to view one of my albums, the program closed itself. Also, for the new photos that I uploaded, the thumbnails did not appear, just an hourglass. A couple of days ago I looked in the Organizer under “Help” > “Online Support” – there I found some troubleshooting tips and I found some way to “repair” the catalog. This I did and – miraculously – it did the trick. Now the program seems to run fine. The organizer works, I have updated my catalog along with all the tags and albums from the previous version. The program looks great and I am looking forward to working with it – finally! (I am running it on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 Laptop)

This is an excelent software wich let you organize and fix your photos with incredible freedom for the price.

From the Adobe description of this product “Get better quality with 16-bit support Get truer, more vibrant results with support for 16-bit color.” This is the reason I upgraded from version 4. Since I have been scanning negatives using 16 bit color, I was unable to use the old Elements 4 and when I saw that there was support for 16 bit color I bought this. The first thing I did was to open a tiff to remove some dust with the spot healing tool and then the message pops up that this is unsupported. It offers to degrade the image to an 8 bit image but that is what Elements 4 did also so what is the point of upgrading? Essentially I wasted $100 dollars again on something unusable. It is slow to load but I can’t use it anyway. What I was using for dust removal was Photofiltre but that had a bug after several years of use that made me take another look at Elements. Now I’ll file a bug report with Photofiltre and try to work with that again. This product is probably useful if you only use jpegs and are interested in the head swapping feature in those jpegs.

This is a fantastic program. Wish I had purchased a Photoshop Elements program sooner. I had Photoshop 5 for a while before version 6 came out. My digital camera makes great pictures, but Photoshop makes it easy to make them much better especially when the camera operator messes up (which happens occasionally!). I also purchased a manual which I did not do with version 5 and has been well worth the price. I would never have known how much this program can do without the manual.

Good product; somewhat complex. It was not clear that $[...] rebate required the ownership of a previous Adobe product.

I initially gave this program 1 star, because I could not get it to work on a Vista upgraded machine, nor on a different machine with a fresh install of Vista. Graphic Editing is extremely important to me, so I took the plunge and bought an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM and 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 fast fresh Vista Machine and now it works great. The work flow between Quick Fix and Full Edit is smooth, and saves quite a bit of time. Integration with the Organizer is quick and usefull. I wish the Organizer had an explorer type of interface, but I am getting used to it. My old photoshop plugins work with the program, but some of the layer filtering features of the super Photoshop CS3 are missing, oh well. Recently the program stopped working properly, so I did a clone of the computer to an earlier time when it worked, and now it works again. It is so important to me that this program works; I make a copy (clone) using Acronis 10 once or twice a day, in case PSE6 becomes unstable again. I had asked Adobe about the program not running and they were confused and not helpful, asking lots of easy questions to me that were meaningless. I don’t think they recognize the stability problems of the program working on slightly older upgraded Vista machines. But when it is working it is superb, so I have to give it 5 stars, it saves so much time. I have used it for hundreds of photos already, and the work flow is far superior to my previous methods, some which used Ulead products which now don’t work on Vista. For 99% of my needs PSE6 is much faster than PE CS3, so I only use PE CS3 for more technical work. There are dozens of user friendly features that make editing a more natural and enjoyable experience. The slate interface takes some getting used to after decades on white versions of photoshop, but now I prefer it, less tiring on the eyes. The handy sliders on Quik Edit are fabulous. The graphics are clearer and more vibrant than any earlier program provided. This is a program of the Future, and not the past. Don’t try to use it on older machines. It can give you a reason to get that new Duo or Quad processor machine where installation is a breeze and it works almost all of the time.

What you get for the money here is excellent! Most of the features you’ll need from Photoshop are included in Elements. The only feature I was used to in Photoshop that I isn’t in Elements is CMYK color mode. So if you’re doing professional printing, this wouldn’t be the right program for you. The major problem with this program is that it crashes constantly! I’ve had to redo so much work because it would crash before I could save. I don’t want to be forced to save after every couple changes. If I’m spending one hour working in this program it will probably crash about 8-12 times.

The 1st Photoshop 6.0 I received from you caused my computer to freeze everytime I tried to open it. The 2nd one could not be opened at all. I’ve returned both, and am waiting for a ‘credit’. The item was defective, but ‘Amazon’ stands behind their merchandise and is to be commended on their handling of what could have been a very frustrating situation.

Couldn’t be happier with this program, a bit of a problem finding a manual in December because of how new this Version was (no manual included). I’m a first time user of any Photoshop program and must say with a little reading I’m now able to ‘clean’ up my pictures, clone items, insert text, create images using the Layers portion (easy once you do it a couple times). It also handles ‘RAW’ images with ease; I would definitely recommend this program to a friend.

This was a very good purchase. I have even purchased a second copy for my daughter. I also purchased the instruction textbook. I have been very satisfied purchasing a used copy from this seller.

I couldn’t be happier with Photoshop Elements 6. It is turning out to be exactly what I needed. If you are looking for a program that can do just about everything Photoshop can do but don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on it, then this is the software for you. I haven’t found anything that I can’t do in Elements that you can do in Photoshop. I recommend this software to anyone wanting to design using photographs. The program is so user friendly and there are so many forums online that help you when you need it! A great buy at Amazon.com’s price!!!