Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7 Bundle

[valleyman]

Is Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7 Bundle, suitable as software for photo processing after stacking with Registax?

I know there are newer versions, but cost has to be a factor

[daz]

What features are in 7 Pat?

Levels, Curves, unsharp mask, layers, high pass filter, shadows/highlights ?

The last one may not be, but if the others are there, then yep!

[valleyman]

Having probs finding the features

[martin_h]

From a PC World review - "

Full Edit provides essential controls similar to those in the full-fledged Photoshop, with advanced editing tools, filters, and layers. Quick Fix offers sliders for common tasks such as brightness, saturation, sharpening, color balance, and red-eye reduction. A "touch-up" panel makes Smart Brushes available, including a toothbrush for whitening teeth, a brush for saturating dull skies, and a high-contrast black-and-white tool for applying effects to selected areas in your photo. As in Photoshop, you can customize the brush's size, hardness, and spacing. The program's selections were impressively accurate at whitening teeth; and you can also use the "add" or "subtract" tool or adjust feathering to refine your selection."

[Freddie]

You only need the elements part, premier is not required. You may be able to get elements by itself cheaper?

[valleyman]

OK it seems 7 has everything that is needed, looked in Amazon at one of the books they have as teaching aids witha (Look inside) and it had everything listed.

[jgs001]

I believe that Elements is 8 bit only, you can add curves as a plugin filter that does operate in 16 bit mode, but you might also want to consider GIMP GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program... it's currently 8 bit, and in theory is going to be going 16 bit at some point, and supports all the filters etc. It's very much cheaper too (free).

[Dave Smith]

I don't think it has curves but you can download a free add-on from

Curves (and Other Goodies) for Photoshop Elements - Photo Tips @ Earthbound Light

Dave

[Dave Smith]

I have Elements 8 and it does work in 16 bit mode. I'm not sure about Elements 7 - you would need to check.

Dave

[valleyman]

Thanks Dave have looked at that.

[valleyman]

Downloaded the curves plugin and it works a treat.

Thanks Dave