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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 4:33:16 GMT
Hi everyone,
Welcome the latest addition to the Elements family!
Photoshop Elements 2018
NOTE: As resources on this new version become available they will be posted in this sticky THREAD. |
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Post by Major Major on Oct 4, 2017 14:46:02 GMT
Doesn't look like there's all that much new except for the "open eyes" feature and a couple of Quick Edit features (I don't use the Organizer so I don't care about that stuff).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 15:09:19 GMT
I was hoping for 16 bit editing so as to be more compatible with LR but I can't see anything about it.
I like to use PSE for Healing Brush & Clone Stamp Tool as they are far superior to LR's versions.
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 15:50:15 GMT
Doesn't look like there's all that much new except for the "open eyes" feature and a couple of Quick Edit features (I don't use the Organizer so I don't care about that stuff).
Yes, very disappointing! I’d rather have some new "serious" instead of "fun" features. Ex.: the ability to convert for Smart Filters.
On the bright side, . . .
- I am still checking but it doesn’t look like Adobe dropped any important feature.
- The "Open Recently Edited File" bug seems to have been squashed.
- Elements 2018 gets shipped with the ACR 9.12 update.
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 16:06:52 GMT
I was hoping for 16 bit editing so as to be more compatible with LR but I can't see anything about it.
It all depends on what kind of editing you want to do. Elements has always offered support for 16-bit files (albeit limited support). However, it bears to keep in mind that . . .
If you work in the ACR module, all your calculations are done in 16-bits. The menu choice for 8 or 16 bits is only to choose the format when sending the edited image to the editor. If you start from a raw file you start with 12 or 14 bits precision |
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Post by Peterj on Oct 4, 2017 16:25:59 GMT
There doesn't appear to be a compelling reason for me to upgrade from 15 > 18. I think I'll pass on this for now. If a newer ACR version is available I might reconsider.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 17:34:23 GMT
I was hoping for 16 bit editing so as to be more compatible with LR but I can't see anything about it.
It all depends on what kind of editing you want to do. Elements has always offered support for 16-bit files (albeit limited support). However, it bears to keep in mind that . . .
If you work in the ACR module, all your calculations are done in 16-bits. The menu choice for 8 or 16 bits is only to choose the format when sending the edited image to the editor. If you start from a raw file you start with 12 or 14 bits precision I don't generally use ACR in Elements, I tend to use LR. My Elements usage is usually for layers and some tools. Unfortunately layers and most tools require changing to 8 bits creating more steps whilst editing. |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 20:13:57 GMT
There doesn't appear to be a compelling reason for me to upgrade from 15 > 18. I think I'll pass on this for now. If a newer ACR version is available I might reconsider. Yes, not much in terms of new features/tools. However, to give Adobe credit, they have slowly been adding artificial intelligence technology to Elements. In Elements 2018, this technology is the basis for some of the new features (Auto Curation, Auto Selection, and Open Closed Eyes).
As to the ACR update, . . . Elements 2018 gets shipped with ACR 9.12. The latest ACR update is 9.12.1. (released last month). We should be getting the 9.12.1 update for Elements in the next few days.
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Post by Peterj on Oct 4, 2017 21:01:55 GMT
As to the ACR update, . . . Elements 2018 gets shipped with ACR 12.0. PSE 15 has 9.10.0.739 installed; getting 12.0 might be enticing .... This chart is somewhat confusing as it makes no mention of any version above 9.x. Can you please shed some light on this? |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 21:21:17 GMT
As to the ACR update, . . . Elements 2018 gets shipped with ACR 12.0. PSE 15 has 9.10.0.739 installed; getting 12.0 might be enticing .... This chart is somewhat confusing as it makes no mention of any version above 9.x. Can you please shed some light on this? Pete, sorry! My apologies! I made a typo. I meant to say . . .
"Elements 2018 gets shipped with the ACR 9.12 update. The latest ACR update is 9.12.1 (released last month). We should be getting the 9.12.1 update for Elements in the next few days."
Interestingly enough, I got it right earlier in this thread. 
Elements 2018 gets shipped with the ACR 9.12 update.
Thanks for getting me straight! I will correct my previous post.
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Post by Peterj on Oct 4, 2017 21:37:31 GMT
Thanks for getting me straight! I will correct my previous post. I had no intention to "set you straight" I was trying to learn about ACR versions....Do you know if PSE 15 will get the latest version?? |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 4, 2017 21:48:51 GMT
Do you know if PSE 15 will get the latest version??
Adobe does not update the Raw Converter for previous versions of Elements. Once a new version of Elements is released, the ACR updates will be for this version.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 2:12:43 GMT
Thanks for the info ! Based on what I see, I see no reason to upgrade. Will most likely install the demo on a Virtual Machine, just to play with, but at first glance seriously underwhelmed. IMO, last good version of Elemen6ts was 13
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Post by allan on Oct 5, 2017 2:56:26 GMT
What a dissappointment  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 14, 2018 19:25:09 GMT
I have keeping an eye out for it, but still have not seen it on sale at Costco. Did I miss it, or does it usually not show up this soon?
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