

In each update of Elements Adobe swipe something from its big sister and in 14 Elements now includes Camera Shake and Dehaze. New users should not be intimidated by this, get stuck in! Big Boy Toys Why Adobe still insist on keeping the Expert tab in favour of the previous Normal is beyond me. As before, switching to the Expert mode reveals all the layers and masks that have been added behind the scenes to allow tweaking.

Guided Edits are a great way to work through an image and now theres 34 of them to choose from including a new Motion Blur filter The UI has been updated and the work though feels more intuitive and user friendly. Elements will, as the name suggests, analyse the image and calculate what a good fix might be, but it doesn’t end there, it then gives various options based on the analysis too.Įlements will change the suggestions on an image by image basis and will determine skin tones, the greens of a landscapes and a whole host of other jiggery-pokery.

Included in this is a new Auto Analyze Fix. Auto FixĮlements has had a great one click system for a while and this gets a facelift too. The demo I saw recognised the faces very quickly and accurately but Ive not had a chance to try this myself, Ill keep an eye on this one I think. Face Recognitionįace recognition is updated with favourites added to the organiser for finding certain people more quickly. Of course this does depend on whether you geo tag your images, but in this edition of Elements theres a real lean toward Mobile Image capture. If youre used to photos on iOS and Google Photo then you’ll appreciate then you may be familiar with this already. The OrganizerĮlements Organizer has been updated to show where your images were taken, plotting images on a map that scales out when you zoom in. Theres always a few surprise additions to Photoshop Elements and this incarnation is no difference, plus theres enhancements to popular features that the home user and enthusiast will appreciate.
