Adobe has rolled out updates for both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, the company's consumer versions of Photoshop and Premiere respectively. The new versions feature considerable re-writes from previous offerings and have a host of new features aimed at the amateur photo/video enthusiast.
Michael recently reviewed both Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4 for Wired News and came away impressed. The revamped Photoshop Elements looks to have pulled in some features from Adobe Lightroom in addition to the slightly scaled back options of Photoshop. The new organizational tools and batch editing options should be welcome additions for the average user.
There's even some features not available in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop like the new geo-tagging export features that let you lay your photos out on a map provided by Yahoo and generate some code to embed the map on your site.
Adobe Premiere Elements also looks nice, though it's Windows-only. Adobe decided to skip Premiere Elements for the Mac platform since Apple ships iMovie with all its new computers. But if you're craving an iMovie-like editor on Windows, Premiere Elements is a worthy option.
One missing features in Premiere Elements is support for AVCHD, the new high-def video format favored by the latest high-end consumer camcorders. Adobe reps says AVCHD support is planned for a later release.
Both new Elements programs retail for $100 each, though for a limited time you can grab the two together for $150.
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