Review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=28987-3' target='_blank'>http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=28987-3</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>Photoshop Elements 3.0 is three years in the making, and the engineers at Adobe Systems have done a fantastic job with this release. Rather than ship a new version each year, the company waited and truly shipped a full version release. There are so many cool features in this release that it would take more than what was written here to cover it all. Of all the new features in this release, my favorites are Photo Compare and the support for the Camera RAW file format. I imagine that Adobe will bring Photo Compare into the next version of Photoshop , because this tool enables you to truly compare two images side by side at the same time or individually. It is too cool of a tool not to. Support for Camera RAW will give those users who prefer to shoot in the Camera RAW format a very inexpensive and elegant way to edit those RAW files. I don't know of any other image editor offered at this price point ($99, $89 Mac version) that offers the capability to edit RAW files in such an easy to use format. The other companies that offer image editors need to seriously consider adding this capability into future releases, because it is really important for those who have the need and capability to capture RAW images. The feature set is robust, the price is right, the performance is exceptional on a dual G5 and a 3GHz machine, and the output and share options are many. Photoshop Elements 3.0 is a feature laden image editor at a killer price point.</i>"<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/ps3_interface.jpg" /> <br /><br />With each release of Photoshop Elements, Adobe has pushed the envelope with features. The latest version could just be about perfect for even prosumer users, let alone amateurs.

[Lorddiagram]

I think Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 9 supports RAW images as well

lD

[sylvangale]

Yep, PSP supports RAW imaging.
http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/nfeature1.asp

Also the Freeware IrfanView graphic app also supports RAW images.
http://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm

[James Fee]

Yep, PSP supports RAW imaging.
http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/nfeature1.asp

Also the Freeware IrfanView graphic app also supports RAW images.
http://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htmDoes PSP support DNG?

[Suhit Gupta]

Does PSP support DNG?
Do you mean PNG?

Suhit

[VanHouten]

Does PSP support DNG?
Do you mean PNG?

Suhit

Here is a list of all PSP supported files (sorry for the length):

Paint Shop Pro 9 Supported File Formats
Format
Description
Support

AFX
AutoFX
Read only

BMP
Windows Bitmap
Read/Write

BRK
Brooktrout Fax
Read/Write

CAL
CALS Raster
Read/Write

CDR
CorelDraw Drawing
Read only

CGM
Computer Graphics Metafile
Read only

CLP
Windows Clipboard
Read/Write

CMX
Corel Clipart
Read only

CUR
Windows Cursor
Read only

CUT
Dr. Halo
Read/Write

DCX
Zsoft Multipage Paintbrush
Read only

DGN
MicroStation Drawing
Read only

DIB
Windows DIB
Read/Write

DRW
Micrografx Draw
Read only

DWG
AutoCAD Drawing
Read only

DXF
Autodesk Drawing Interchange
Read only

EMF
Windows Enhanced Metafile
Read/Write

EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
Read/Write

FPX
Flashpix
Read/Write

GEM
Ventura/GEM Drawing
Read only

GIF
Compuserve Graphics Interchange
Read/Write

HPGL
HP Graphics Language
Read only

IFF
Amiga
Read/Write

IMG
GEM Paint
Read/Write

JP2
JPEG 2000
Read/Write

JPG
JPEG – JFIF Compliant
Read/Write

KDC
Kodak Digital Camera File
Read only

KFX
Kofax
Read only

LBM
Deluxe Paint
Read/Write

LV
Lazer View
Read only

MAC
MacPaint
Read/Write

MSP
Microsoft Paint
Read/Write

NCR
NCR G4
Read/Write

PBM
Portable Bitmap
Read/Write

PCD
Kodak Photo CD
Read only

PCT (PICT)
Macintosh PICT
Read/Write

PCX
Zsoft Paintbrush
Read/Write

PDF
Portable Document File
Read only

PGM
Portable Greymap
Read/Write

PIC (Lotus)
Lotus PIC
Read only

PIC (PC Paint)
PC Paint
Read/Write

PNG
Portable Network Graphics
Read/Write

PPM
Portable Pixelmap
Read/Write

PSD
Photoshop
Read/Write

PSP
Paint Shop Pro Image
Read/Write

RAS
Sun Raster Image
Read/Write

RAW
RAW Graphics File Format
Read/Write

Raw camera
Raw camera data
Read only

RLE
Windows or CompuServe RLE
Read/Write

SCT
SciTex Continous Tone
Read/Write

SGI/RGB
SGI Image File
Read/Write

SVG
Scalable vector Graphics
Read only

TGA
Truevision Targa
Read/Write

TIF
Tagged Image File Format
Read/Write

WBMP
Wireless Bitmap
Read/Write

WMF
Windows Meta File
Read/Write

XBM
X Windows Bitmap
Read/Write

XPM
X Windows Pixmap
Read/Write

XWD
X Windows Dump
Read/Write

WPG
Wordperfect Bitmap/Vector
Read/Write

[James Fee]

Do you mean PNG?

Brain fart????

http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/main.html

[James Fee]

Here is a list of all PSP supported files (sorry for the length):So no DNG. Will they be supporting it in the future? I'm surprised we haven't seen the announcement yet.....