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Once again, Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 has upgraded their photo editing software to allow their customers the flexibility to become even more creative. Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 makes it easier than ever for Windows users to create eye-popping photos and share them with their friends and family.

"With Photoshop Elements our ultimate goal is to give people the ability to tell personal and high-impact stories with their photos," said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "We strike a balance between editing punch and ease, so a user doesn’t have to be a pro to produce impressive results. The new Photoshop.com membership takes Photoshop Elements to the next level – extending beyond the desktop – by giving our customers access to their photos and videos from virtually anywhere, providing secure backup, delivering inspiration to fuel creativity and enabling users to keep the photos and creations they share fresh and exciting."

New Features
Editing, organizing, creating and sharing photos is now easier and quicker than ever with Adobe Photoshop elements 7.

The new features in this software include:

*Scene Cleaner – This new tool, based on Adobe’s Photomerge technology, enables users to easily brush away unwanted images in their photos. This means no more random strangers or other unwanted objects in the background of photos!

*Smart Brush – With a single stroke, the Smart Brush easily improves lighting and adds rich textures, as well as applies fifty other high tech effects.

*Quick Fix tools – Here, users can whiten teeth or brighten up the sky in one step with this easy to manipulate tool.

*Online Albums – Based on Adobe Flash technology, the new online albums provide a richer more interactive experience.

Photoshop.com
For the first time ever, customers of the Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 will have the option to sign-up for a one-year membership on Photoshop.com. By doing so, users can enhance their creativity by receiving helpful templates and creative tutorials delivered to their computers on a regular basis, as well as be exposed to automatic online backup and storage of photos, access to photo from anywhere, and interactive options for sharing their images.

With two levels of memberships available, Photoshop.com can help photographers get even more creative with their images.

*Photoshop.com Plus membership provides tutorials, seasonal artwork, themed templates, and other forms of inspiration that are routinely delivered to one’s computer. This membership also allows for 20GB of storage, which is enough room for 15,000 photos, four hours of DVD-quality videos, or a combination of both. Online backup is also availalbe with access from anywhere, via a personal account linked to the software.

*Photoshop.com Basic membership can be experienced for free, offering 2 GB of storage, access to photos and videos from just about anywhere, and online photo sharing.

Photoshop. com members will also have the ability to upload photos from their cell phones. With Photoshop.com Mobile beta, a rich Adobe Flash(r) based mobile application, camera phone users can easily upload, share and access photos using their Photoshop.com accounts. Photoshop.com Mobile runs in the background and allows consumers to take photos, send messages and run other applications while pictures are being uploaded to their Photoshop.com account. To learn more about Photoshop.com Mobile and for a list of supported phones visit www.mobile.photoshop.com.

Available For Purchase
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows will be available in local retail outlets such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Costco, Office Depot, Office Max and Staples in October 2008. Consumers can pre-order the software at www.adobe.com, www.amazon.com, www.bestbuy.com and www.costco.com. Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 will be available for $99.99, or as a bundle deal with Adobe Premiere Elements 7 for $149.99. For more on Adobe Premiere Elements 7 read our article here.

Photoshop.com Plus membership will be available for purchase from within the products for $49.99 and Basic membership can be experienced for free. Information about other language versions, as well as pricing, upgrade and support policies for other countries is available at www.adobe.com/go/photoshopelements. Photoshop.com membership is available in the U.S. only.