Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual

Introduction

Mac-loving photo enthusiasts, rejoice! It’s been a long, long wait, but Adobe has finally released a new Mac version of Photoshop Elements. (It’s been two whole years since Elements 4 came out, and Adobe skipped version 5 for Macs.) Why is that a big deal? Because if you’re a digital photographer, there’s simply nothing like a Mac for editing your photos and creating projects with them, so a Mac with Elements is a match made in heaven.

Digital cameras give you instant gratification—you can preview your photos as soon as you take them, and there’s no more wondering how many duds you’re going to get back from the photo store. You save a bundle on printing, too, since you can pick and choose which photos to print. Or perhaps you’re thinking that printing’s pretty 20th century. Maybe you want to post your photos on a Web site, email them to friends, or create a really cool slideshow with fancy transitions and music.

If the digital camera bug has bitten you, you’re probably aware of something else: The image-editing and picture-organizing software that comes with most cameras is pretty limited when it’s time to spruce up your digital photos. Even if you’re scanning in old prints and slides, you’ll want a program that helps you rejuvenate these gems and eliminate the wear and tear of all those years.

Enter Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac. There’s no more elegant, fun tool for working with images than a Mac running OS X, and now Elements 6 gives you an amazingly powerful—yet inexpensive—tool ...