Photoshop Elements 2019 - The truth behind the FAQs
Oct 13, 2018 19:21:16 GMT
Sepiana and Sydney like this
Post by michelb on Oct 13, 2018 19:21:16 GMT
- What's the strategy of Adobe for Photoshop Elements? How does it fit in today's offer, Elements, Photoshop, Lightroom classic and CC?
- What is the future of the software, the 'roadmap' assigned to the Elements team?
- Is ist worth upgrading to PSE2019 for typical users of this forum?
Those are important questions for all members of this forum, and you don't get many 'official' announcements from Adobe managers.
That's why you should all have a look at a single very clear paper which is the "Official FAQ" in the home page of the Elements user to user forum.
"What is Photoshop Elements and who it is for?"
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 is photo editing software used by anyone who wants to edit and create with their photos. It offers easy ways to get started, effortless organization, step-by-step guidance for editing, and fun ways to make and share stunning photo creations. Plus, it’s fast and easy with photo and video automation powered by Adobe Sensei AI technology."
A clear roadmap for the Elements team.
"How does Photoshop Elements differ from Photoshop CC, Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC, and Lightroom CC software?"
Photoshop Elements is designed for consumers who are just getting started with photo editing and want an easy way to organize, edit, create, and share their photos.
Photoshop CC is the professional standard for creating compelling images, designs, and 3D artwork.
Lightroom Classic CC addresses the workflow needs of professional and advanced amateur photographers on the desktop,
enabling them to import, process, organize, and showcase large volumes of digital photographs.
Lightroom CC is the cloud-based service that lets people easily edit, organize, store, and share their photos anywhere — on mobile devices, the web, or the desktop.
Photoshop Elements is designed for consumers who are just getting started with photo editing and want an easy way to organize, edit, create, and share their photos.
Photoshop CC is the professional standard for creating compelling images, designs, and 3D artwork.
Lightroom Classic CC addresses the workflow needs of professional and advanced amateur photographers on the desktop,
enabling them to import, process, organize, and showcase large volumes of digital photographs.
Lightroom CC is the cloud-based service that lets people easily edit, organize, store, and share their photos anywhere — on mobile devices, the web, or the desktop.
Clearly, if you are not "just getting started", you are invited to subscribe to the Creative Cloud.
Lightroom CC is mentionned, but I don't see how it could be linked with Elements.
I use free photo editing software. Why should I consider Photoshop Elements 2019?
..................................................
Expert Edit for complete photo transformations.
..................................................
Expert Edit for complete photo transformations.
Interestingly, this is the only interesting feature for most of our friends in this forum. Well hidden among serious arguments for beginners.
Adobe does not want Elements to be an opportunity to downgrade to a perpetual model for Creative Cloud subscribers. 
Also in the technical questions:
What are the minimum system requirements to run Photoshop
Elements 2019?
See the system requirements for more information.
Elements 2019?
See the system requirements for more information.
We have already mentionned that Elements 2019 now has 8 GB RAM recomended requirement. Necessay for all the new 'automatic' intelligent features.
Is Photoshop Elements 2019 faster than before?
Yes, you’ll experience faster installation as well as faster performance throughout Photoshop Elements.
Yes, you’ll experience faster installation as well as faster performance throughout Photoshop Elements.
Also already discussed, waiting for more feedback. That is probably true for comfortable configs, not so with only 4 GB RAM.
Anyway, that is very important also for advanced users.
Where can I ask a technical or how-to question related to Photoshop Elements?
Visit the Photoshop Elements forums to get answers from product team members and other expert users.
Visit the Photoshop Elements forums to get answers from product team members and other expert users.
What's new is that the 'user to user forum' has been promoted to be supported by team members. You can easily verify that those team members are really more present than before.
You can also use the following helpful resources:
Find basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues.
Find basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues.
Bad luck, the link for the troubleshooting is presently broken 
....
....What is NOT in this FAQ paper is that for us serious (advanced?) Elements users, is that Adobe is investing a lot in Elements to guarantee the future.
- Expert users will still have the serious and mature features we all like
- There are real efforts to gain performance and chase bugs.
- We still can enjoy many free or affordable add-ons
- Some of the automatic features may be really useful (the very smart text search, the automatic tagging in addition to the conventional one in the organizer for instance).
- We still have a perpetual license model and I don't get the misleading comparison between the cost of the Creative Cloud subscription (€120 /year) vs the upgrade version (€ 81,60 every 3 years for instance, 4 times less...)
