Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software combines power and simplicity so you can easily tell great stories with your photos. Make your photos look their best whatever your level of editing experience-a friendly new design and step-by-step editing assistance help get you started. Easily perform more advanced retouching and enhancing thanks to easy image-selection tools, amazing compositing capabilities, and more. Share your stories in imaginative photo books, scrapbook pages, slide shows, interactive web galleries, and more. And always find and view all your photos and video clips with ease.

Make your photos look their best
Experiment with easy-to-use compositing tools that let you create perfect group photos, seamless panoramas, and more. Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. And now when using the Healing Brush, you can preview your changes prior to committing them to get the best results possible. Make image selections in seconds so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo. Simply brush your selection, and then use sliders to make the adjustment blend perfectly with the background. Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.

Do more with your photos
Get step-by-step assistance for making photo creations like scrapbook pages, cards, and CD/DVD labels. Simply choose the type of creation you'd like to make, and the appropriate tools and instructions appear at your fingertips. Find inspiration in professionally designed, color-coordinated layouts that make it easy to make great photo creations in minutes. Or spend a little more time and customize all the elements of your chosen layout. Quickly create professional-looking photo books with flexible new options that allow you to view spreads, flip through your book, and rearrange pages-all with fewer clicks than ever before. When your book is finished, just click the Order button to have it professionally printed, hardbound, and delivered to your door. Create an eye-catching slide show complete with captions, documentary-style pan and zoom effects, amazing transitions, voice narration, and music. Or take things a step further and share photos in your choice of interactive web galleries.

Easily find and view all your photos and video clips
With a single click, transfer photos from your memory card to your computer according to your preset preferences, so you can get back to taking photos sooner. Easily tag photos with keywords that represent people, places, or events. You can instantly view every photo you've ever taken of your dog, for example, by simply clicking on its tag. Place your family, work, or vacation photos into Albums to keep them together for special projects. And see just the photos you want to see with new Smart Albums, which automatically bring together photos based on criteria you choose.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6

Create the perfect group shot-Never let a frown or a closed pair of eyes ruin a group photo again. New photo-blending technology lets you easily combine the best facial expressions and body language from a series of group shots to create a single, perfect composite.

Count on step-by-step assistance-Need to touch up a scratch or a blemish or create a scrapbook page but not sure how to begin? Photoshop Elements 6 walks you through each step to make improving your photos and making creations easier than ever.

Create photo books with greater ease and flexibility-Quickly create professional-looking photo books with flexible new options that allow you to view spreads, flip through your book, and rearrange pages-all with fewer clicks than ever before. When your book is finished, justclick the Order button to have it professionally printed, hardbound, and delivered to your door.

Make selections in a snap-Take advantage of new technology that lets you make image selections in just seconds so you can easily adjust specific areas of a photo. Simply brush your selection, and then use sliders to make the adjustment blend perfectly with the background.

Create seamless panoramas-Easily create horizontal or vertical panoramas using enhanced Photomerge® technology. Advanced blending capabilities let you automatically stitch together multiple photos for unprecedented results.

Enjoy improved performance-Launch Photoshop Elements 6 and view and organize your photos faster than ever before. And now you can scroll through your photos, apply tags, and view and retrieve your photos faster, even when your library grows to include thousands of photos.

Find just what you need-faster-Quickly find the photos you need with new features including Smart Albums, which automatically bring together photos based on the criteria most important

to you, and a dedicated bin that lets you keep project-related photos and art close at hand.

Make finer adjustments with enhanced editing tools-Enjoy a range of enhancements that make it easier to get your desired results with key editing tools, including the Brightness/Contrast control, the Clone tool, and the black-and-white conversion tool.

Have fun with blended faces-Take advantage of smooth image-blending technology to combine the eyes, noses, and other features from different faces for entertaining results. Try on the facial features of a favorite celebrity; combine yourself with your spouse to see what your offspring might look like; and more!