First Look: New Adobe Photoshop Elements For Mac.
The Mac is a hot seller these days. Maybe that’s why Adobe Software finally came out with Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac users. Maybe.
The new Elements looks and feels an awful lot like the Windows version, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. At least Mac users have some semblance of parity with Windows users.
After all, Adobe skipped Elements 5 for the Mac altogether, folding features from the Windows version into an Mac version which runs well on both older Macs and Intel Macs.
I’ve skipped a few versions of.... (excerpted).
5 Reader Comments
Michal said:
Actually, there is a way to open a photo without using Bridge:
- right-click on a photo in iPhoto and select ‘Show File’
- right-click on a file and select Open With/Photoshop Elements 6
This way works for all images, while external editor (when set up in iPhoto) doesn’t work well for RAW images (somehow RAW image gets converted into jpeg before opening it in Elements).
Fred said:
Yes it’s like a windows program and I agree, if I wanted windows programs I would have a PC not a MAC. I downloaded mine over the week end because all I heard was how many features it had. Nothing was ever said about how much a windows program it is. I wouldn’t have bought it knowing what I know and that was before I found out it won’t work with iPhoto. What was Adobe thinking? That’s what MAC
s are all about. Programs working together.
willis said:
Nice review. I got my copy on Saturday. Lots of features to digest but you’re right about the Windows-like attitude. Adobe seems to want to stay as far away from Mac users as possible. I’m dumbfounded why there’s no integration with iPhoto. iPhoto can be set to use Elements as the image editor, which is good. But Elements can’t easily access iPhoto images without using Bridge to suck them away. This is obviously aimed at the non-average Mac user who wants more than iPhoto but not a full-fledged Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture. It’s hard to top the value for the price.
STL said:
” . . . Windows-like look and feel.”
If I wanted Wll&f;I’d use a Windows computer,
but I’ve got a Mac and I’ll only pay for software from a company that shows respect for Mac customers.
Adobe is so lazy that after several years they will not exert the effort to provide Mac users the Mac-like look and feel that we expect.
As a result, I’ll pass on Elements, even though I could could get an update discount.
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auramac said:
With the latest Photoshop 64-bit Windows-only fiasco, seems like Adobe is going out of its way to irritate (or alienate) Mac users.