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| Photoshop Elements 6 (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Adobe Systems Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: £78.02
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5
Language: English (Original Language)
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 2.1
MPN: 29230709
EAN: 5051254220022
ASIN: B000VZEIOS
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Potential problems with Vista July 10, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
To be open minded it is clear that some people are installing Elements and having no problems and at first I thought it was just me or my hardware! You might think so from the help Adobe are providing with a lack of updates and no upfront advice. But do a little more research and you will find problems are common.
In my case this is evident in the over 2 minutes to open a file in full edit. That is over 2 minutes for every photo I want to edit (longer if the editor is not already open). I am using a new fast dual core machine, 4 gigs of ram etc etc . I have also checked it on a reasonably fast laptop with the same problems. Open up a few photos to edit at the same time and I get the Vista "program not responding" message.
By comparison using the GIMP editor takes under 10 seconds.
It is hard to tell if this is an Adobe or a Microsoft problem but at least for the time being Elements is nearly unusable for me.
My strong recommendation is to try it and see if it works for you.
 Problems with Vista July 7, 2008
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
Purchased PSE 6 some 3 weeks ago and as at todate have been unble to access package either via desk top icon or through start menu.
It appears this is a problem if Vista is your operating package. Unfortunetly neither Amazon or Adobe advertise this.
Have emailed Adobe 3 times and yet very little response.
So if anybody knows of a way of getting it to work with Vista please let me and other know.
 Nice Editor, but Organizer is flawed June 2, 2008
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
After using Elements 6 for 5 months now, I can honestly say that I've given it an extended road test.
On the whole, I'm pleased with it but there is one major problem that makes the Organizer part of the software all but useless to me. Basically, importing RAW images (in my case from a Canon DSLR) when installed on a multi-core processor (e.g. Core Duo) will result in broken image icons being displayed for many images. Much searching of user forums has revealed that this is a known bug for which there is still no fix.
If you do not intend to use the Organizer or if you are using an older machine, then I can recommend the ease of use of the Editor component, including for RAW images. But, if you are looking for an integrated, simple-but-powerful photo management program, I suggest looking elsewhere for now.
 Ricky on ps 6! March 16, 2008
22 out of 27 found this review helpful
This digital imaging suite is fantastic, and very well thought out. It does justice to the pics i take on my olympus camera.I purchased the book "classroom in a book" also by adobe which is very clearly presented.It costs a fraction of photoshop cs3 but does most of what it can do.
All in all a bargain!!
Great package and a try before buy is available February 21, 2008
70 out of 71 found this review helpful
While good to get you going, the photo and video packages often bundled with PCs etc really don't give you anything advanced and easy to use (I mean the budget editions that usually cost about 25 to buy separately).
So after deciding that I no way need the mega-functionality of professional packages (even if I could afford splashing out several hundred pounds!) I looked into reviews from a number of different sources on a couple of mid-range packages but the only way to really know is to try one out first before buying.
Adobe have a try-before-buy scheme for stuff like this on their website (the Pro versions and the Elements versions of PhotoShop and Premier are available) although the file downloads are naturally very big. It was after trying these that made me buy the Premier Elements 4.0 and Photoshop 6.0 bundle.
I spent pretty much a whole weekend with the trial version (which is fully featured with a 30day timeout) editing holiday photos and video clips trying out various features - they're really quite intuitive to use and (so far) I haven't had any of the crashes that others have experienced so for me it gets a thumbs up.
Surprisingly, ordering from Amazon was a couple of pounds cheaper than buying the unlock codes direct from Adobe and also gets you the installation DVD and manuals. Note though that you have to uninstall the downloaded time-limited version and then reinstall from the disk as the licence codes with the disk won't unlock the downloaded time-limited version.
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