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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7

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from: Adobe

October 13, 2008
I ordered this product as an upgrade for my Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 program. This is an improvement over the older program and one I would recommend to anyone who is starting out with digital photography.

I like the more eye-friendly editing page. Icons are easier to read. More room is used for the actual work space for editing.

There are some pitfalls, if they can be seen as pitfalls.

Elements 7 requires more memory. Elements 7 takes up 383MB whereas my Elements 2 takes up only 88MB. People with older computers should take this into consideration; for owners of newer systems this should not be a problem. (Microsoft Vista, for instance, takes over 4000MB).

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

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from: Adobe

August 15, 2008
I tried the previous version of Lightroom, but couldn't see much of an advantage over the free cataloging program that came with my Nikon cameras, so I uninstalled it.

This version is a different animal. I don't know whether to call it an image cataloging program with powerful image editor or an amazing image processing program with an intuitive cataloging feature.

Its library catalogs images across multiple drives with an enchantingly user-friendly interface. The enchanced previews allow you to sort the sharp from the not-quite-so-sharp at a glance. Keywording for a shoot can be accomplished in minutes thanks to the spray formatting feature. Enter or choose a group of words once, then apply them to multiple shots.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7

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from: Adobe

October 13, 2008
This is a fantastic package solution. A must have for every home. The bundle includes a photo and video editor. Video editor is amazing, worked flaw less with HD videos. It can handle tapes, hdd and other high def media. It also can create Blu-ray and regular DVD. There are lot of templates for disc creation, any thing you can ask in a movie creation tool and more is included.

I dont have to say much about photoshop. It is the best photo editing software around. Any crummy digital picture can be turned into picaso painting. This is the best value for money in personal multimedia software. I dont think I will need another for a long long time to come. It also supports Vista.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac)

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from: Adobe

April 01, 2008
We had Photoshop Elements 2.0 for Mac and this is a whole new UI and a very slick program. It comes with a lot of graphics, etc. and takes up a bit of space but we find this covers ALL our Photoshop needs. We've worked with the full-on Photoshop and the learning curve is a pain, really. A big thumbs up for this.

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Roxio Toast 9 Titanium

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from: Roxio

April 01, 2008
Great product though the customer support has a lot to be desired. Toast 9 introduces a few new enhancements but the manual, online help, and Roxio dont provide more than a paragraph of explanation.

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack

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from: Sony Creative Software

August 01, 2008
I purchased this item to work on my own movies and because it has more transitions and events that you can chose from. It took me a bit to get the hang of it but Once I used the tour guide it was easy to continue on my own. Cool software for people who like to make movies of vacations and special events.

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Apple Aperture 2.1.1

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from: Apple

February 15, 2008
I had this item on my wish list, and before asking someone to plunk down their hard-earned cash for it, I decided to try the demo.

I have a PowerMac, G5, dual-core PowerPC wth 2 GB of RAM. It ran like dog meat on my machine, and I don't consider my machine to be all that old.

A quick google of Aperture 2 vs Lightroom 2 came up with an article by O'Reilly that confirmed what I was experiencing. Apparently, Apple decided to architect this software to require a fairly robust machine to run optimally. I would imagine it runs great on the newer Intel chip based machines, but on the PowerPC Macs, it is excruciatingly slow. I can only imagine that Apple will provide an update at some point to address this, but there is no guarantee that will happen.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Upgrade

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Graphics
from: Adobe

October 27, 2008
The upgrade box costs more with every upgrade but there is less in it. Amazon frequently shows what's in the box, not here, however, probably because the only thing in the box is the CD/DVD. No more printed manual. Adobe is staking back on what it delivers. Some new features, but hardly worth the price.

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Corel VideoStudio Pro X2

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from: Corel

September 18, 2008
Like many of you, I am no video editing professional. I just need a simple tool to stitch together the videos taken in my digital camera and convert them into MP4 format.

The original format comes out of my camera is Motion JPG like almost all digital cameras, those files are pretty big. I was hoping by converting to MP4 it would save me some disk space.

But I found the quality of the converted MP4 is rather low, the color is faded and some details, highlights are lost. The output bitrate is **FIXED** at 2000k for MP4 format, That's right, you read me correct, you can NOT change the setting! Contacted customer support, they claim this is normal. So now I ended up having to keep both the original files and converted files -- totally destroyed the purpose of buying it the first place. very disappointed.

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Final Cut Express 4

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Graphics
from: Apple

November 22, 2007
I had been wanting to do a video or two for fun and to see if I could use the creative potential of video. The iMovie that came with the computer never wanted to work right. This software is so simple yet strait forward enough to learn in a few hours. And still give great high end looking results. (As high end as I need anyway). Very cool.