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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 [OLD VERSION] | ![Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N813K2T5L._SL500_.jpg)
| From: Adobe
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy Used: $44.59
You Save: $55.40 (55%)
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 1725
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5 x 0.1 x 5
MPN: 29230115
Model: 29230115
UPC: 718659403768
EAN: 0718659398767
ASIN: B0002UDM2Q
Release Date: October 18, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Photo enhancing tools plus intuitive organizing and sharing capabilities | | • | Make quick fixes or use advanced editing; quickly find any photo | | • | Correct color and lighting; remove imperfections; compare images | | • | Create compelling slide shows; send themed photo e-mail | | • | Use industry-leading technology; archive photos for safekeeping |
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Product Description
Adobe Elements 3.0 Image Edit Software for Windows is the third version of this amazingly popular digital image and photo editing application. It's no wonder really. Adobe's Photoshop Elements series is geared to you, the casual user, seeking access to image enhancement tools that are simple and easy. While ease-of-use is the key, PE3 adds more power. Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 software now provides powerful photo editing functionality plus intuitive organizing and sharing capabilities. Make quick fixes when you need to or use advanced editing options when you want more control. Organize the way you want and show off your creativity with new dynamic slide shows, themed photo e-mail, and more. Make compelling slide shows with transitions, captions, music, and narration Send your photos displayed within your e-mail instead of as attachments, and include decorative backgrounds and frames in a variety of themes Make the most of your valuable photo paper by printing high-quality pages in any layout you wantÂ?individual or multiple photos
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| Customer Reviews: Read 76 more reviews...
 Great Product - better than 5.0 version? September 30, 2007
marcotech (Austin, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've used Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, 3.0 and now 5.0. I found that the 3.0 version was generally easy to learn to use and could handle most of the problems and modifications that were needed with many of my digital photos.
Be aware that obviously none of the Elements series is meant to replace a full version of Photoshop. I use the full Photoshop on more difficult photo problems or those in which I need to be considerably more professional. But for me, the learning curve on Photoshop is often quite steep.
A couple of months ago, I bought the 5.0 version of Elements thinking it might give easier and faster access to some of the full Photoshop features. I found that it did not seem to give me all that much more utility than the 3.0 and it felt slower and a little less agile in moving from photo to photo. I must admit this may be due to my computer or my inability to appropriately adjust the 5.0 program based on the rather skimpy 5.0 user manual.
For the money and ease of use I think that the average amateur photographer would find the 3.0 most helpful.
 Decent product, but overrated April 17, 2006
C. Hall (Houston, TX United States)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is a decent product, but there are cheaper and easier-to-use products out there that are a better fit for the average person who simply wants to organize, share, and print/produce digital pictures. Below are my pros and cons:
Pros:
1. Easy import of photos directly from camera.
2. Pretty good interface for viewing/organizing photos in a central location (a little busy at first but fairly intuitive once you get the hang of it)
3. Easy sharing options (again, once you figure out where the right buttons are).
4. A dizzying array of photo editing tools.
Cons:
1. A dizzying array of photo editing tools. If you are planning projects which require a lot of layout, editing, layering, etc then you might need some of these, but if you are like 95% of the rest of us digital camera owners and just want to do some basic editing (redeye removal, etc.) before sharing then you will find that most of this stuff is overkill.
2. Very slow program startup time. It is baffling as to why, but this seems to be the norm for all Adobe products.
3. Mediocre product integration. If you have a picture in the viewer and want to do some quick editing, then it opens a different editing module. This editing module is "integrated" in that there are buttons for easily switching between the viewer and the editor, but on my brand-spanking-new computer it still takes 3-5 seconds each time I want to launch the editing module.
4. Not as intuitive as all the professional reviews say it is. Don't get me wrong, it is fairly well layed out once you get the hang of it, but if you are new to photo organization/management then don't expect to just jump in; it will take some ramp-up time. There are some very good, free third party tutorials available online to help you with this (which nicely fill in the gaps left by the virtually worthless Adobe documentation).
In summary, the best word I have to describe this product is... annoying. Bottom-line: It is a decent product but fails to live up to the hype. For $100 I expect something much more intuitive out of the box, with much tighter integration.
If you have projects in mind where you'll be working with photo layouts, etc then I would recommend you check this product out, as it does have a deep feature list. But if you're just trying to get those photos off of your digital camera, get rid of that redeye, and then e-mail them to friends/family or upload them to one of the online services, then I would check out Picasa 2.0 (free from Google) before investing $100 in this product.
I'm satisfied January 13, 2006
Canfran (Colorado)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've had this program for a year. I give it a four because it's not perfect, but it's very good. I edited a professional portrait for my first project. It turned out very well. I have a 16x20 of it hanging on my wall, so even blown up, the detail is very good. From there I've cut people out of one picture, and put them on an edited background, along with other possibilities.
I don't like the cutout with anchor tool; touch the edge of the picture, and it's all over the place. Instead, I use the eraser. I can erase away all unwanted details. I also like the stamp tool. It gives all the inuendos of shades and ripples so it looks like the original picture.
This is an extensive program. The possibilities are endless. I can use it as a beginner, and continually learn - - I don't have to understand it all at once.
I bought the bundle. I've made about a hundred movies with Premiere Elements 1.0. It likes over 40gb free hard drive and 1.5gb ram to run smoothly. Anything less is frustrating because it crashes constantly. Nonetheless, the two programs are compatible. I love having an image in Premiere Elements, and being able to edit it in Photoshop without removing the picture from either program.
AND I forgot to mention that Photoshop can import video clips to allow you to separate one frame, and you can edit that photo. It's all powerful software with the equipment we have to operate it. It's all very, very good.
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