Introduction

With the release of Photoshop Elements, Adobe’s consumer-level image-editing program, hobbyists as well as professional photographers and artists were provided many of the same powerful tools and features found in Adobe Photoshop (long the industry standard), but packaged in an easier-to-use and more accessible, intuitive workspace. Photoshop Elements’ friendly user interface, combined with its bargain-basement price, has made an instant hit with the new wave of amateur digital photographers and home users lured by the recent proliferation of sophisticated, low-cost digital cameras and scanners.

Never content to rest on its laurels, Adobe recently introduced Photoshop Elements 2.0. While retaining the power and ease of use of its predecessor, ...

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