Adobe Photoshop Elements 6-9 tutorial DVD

Paul Colley · Issue 65, Mar/Apr 2012 · pp. 70–72

Products mentioned: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6-9 tutorial DVD, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom 3, Adobe Lightroom 2.7, NIK Silver Efex Pro, NIK Define 2.0, NIK Sharpener Pro 3.0

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6-9 tutorial DVD by Jack and Sue Drafahl Reviewed by Paul Colley Windows Explorer (which should work according to the instructions), but it failed. But after downloading Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Flash 11, all was well. The DVD user interface is very intuitive and I ran through all of the modules in sequence, skipping only a few for Elements 8 and above (as I use Elements 7). I found the introduction a bit slow and just wanted to get onto the substance of the techniques and tools. However, persistence paid off, because I picked up some tips that helped later on, so I would recommend going through the package patiently from top-to-bottom of the menu. I also found that there was some repetition, for example unnecessary references to Adobe ID in the introduction, over-repeated tips for using the clone and healing tools, and a mildly-irritating sequence about lens fl…