Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (Adobe-49230201)

Reviewed by: let98007

Strengths: Good product for non-professional artists with moderate computer experience. Products does everything I need to do to touch up, crop and print digital photos.

Weaknesses: Like most powerful software, takes some experimentation and practice to learn to use all of the capabilities. Patience does pay off.

Overall: I'm an experienced computer user and found Elements 2.0 relatively easy to use. It installed easily and I was able to be "up and running" doing simple editing of photos within a few minutes. Some of the more sophisticated features require more practice but the online documentation is helpful. In my opinion, the product is slightly easier to use with Windows XP than with Windows 2000 (I have both installed on my network), largely becuase of XP's native support for image formats and manipulation. I'm very happy with this product.

Reviewed by: cortq

Overall: Product is excellent in its price category. Considering this product accommodates "plug ins" and the third party providers of "plug ins" are abundant, it would have been a service to users if Adobe provided a more convienient and informative means to connect us users to those plug in providers.

Reviewed by: jackstarke

Strengths: Wide range of editing capability. Can do both picture enhancement and special effects.

Weaknesses: The browser portion of program is very slow.

Overall: Photoshop Element 2.0 has the ability to improve photo that have defects in composition, proper exposure, modify color saturation. It can correct these defects over portions of the picture, not just the entire picture. Given the tremendous capability its use is relatively easy and it adheres to Windows conventions. The HELP menu is also very usefull as is the hints and recipes. For those pictures that don't need much correction or relatively simple corrections such a crop, and simple exposure correction, the browser portion is very slow and using a program such as ACDSEE or Compupic is more appropriate.

Reviewed by: caeemn

Strengths: The save for web feature changes the photo for faster downloading time online.

Weaknesses: Still trying to understand all the functions.

Overall: I use the program to edit photos before uploading them on the web for ebay. The photos load more quickly than the originals to make my auctions more user friendly.

Reviewed by: jpmcgrath729

Strengths: Basically Photoshop on the cheap

Weaknesses: 2.0 is an older version of Elements, 3.0 has some added features.

Overall: Photoshop Elements 2.0 has much of what Photoshop offers and does the trick for most casual users. It has now been updated to version 3.0 which adds a couple of nifty features like a healing brush, a cloning tool, etc. But for the price, you really can't beat Photoshop Elements 2.0.