Five essential 'add-ons' that make Adobe Photoshop Elements easier, faster and simply better!

PhotoEssentials 3 offers a set of five definitive tools that make using Photoshop Elements quicker, easier and more effective allowing you to really get creative with your images and go way beyond basic editing.

Make It Better! A great function which allows you to compare colour, contrast and brightness adjustments side-by-side.

Cut It Out! An intuitive set of tools that make it easy to 'paint away' any unwanted background, including difficult objects such as hair and smoke

Make It Cool! A library of professional effects such as powerful black and white or impressionist painting that you can easily apply with the click of your mouse

Frame It! The perfect finishing touch for your images. Add realistic film, darkroom edges and border effects to your images. You can also add artistic effects such as torn paper, brush strokes or realistic frames.

Enlarge It! Increase the size of an image by up to 4 times with no loss of sharpness or detail

PhotoEssentials 3 is a suite of five essential tools that allow you to:

• Improve the colour of your photos quickly and easily
• Remove unwanted backgrounds
• Add an edge effect to frame your photos
• Draw the viewer's eye exactly where you want to
• Enlarge images for poster sized prints
• NEW Video tutorials - so the perfect companion for Elements has never been easier to use!

Make It Better!

• New technology corrects the brightness and contrast instantly, bringing all the detail alive, even images that you would consider too dark
• Rather than cryptic sliders, you simply answer a series of visual questions to pick the best settings
• Make professional image adjustments without the need to understand the complex image controls of Photoshop Elements

Cut It Out!

• 'Cut It Out' maintains all of the small details such as hair, smoke, glass and netting
• Unique colour decontamination technology can 'paint away' unwanted colours through semi-transparent subjects so they blend naturally with a new background

Make It Cool!

• Includes over 40 effects to simulate classic film, filter and darkroom techniques like sepia toning and cross processing
• Give your image the modern look of HDR without the complexity of multiple shots
• Stack multiple effects on top of each other to mix, match and create your own unique effects that you can save and share with your friends

Frame It!

• Stack multiple frames to create your own unique look
• Packed with hundreds of edges and frames to choose from
• Powerful built-in browser which allows you to see multiple frames and then preview them side-by-side on your image to see which one looks best

Enlarge It!

• It is a must for any photo enthusiast who makes poster prints or needs to crop a section out of an image to achieve a 'just right' composition
• Great for printing images from a camera phone and even digital video camera still frames
• Create giant tiled mural mosaics that you can print on your home printer

System requirements:

Windows

Operating System: Windows XP, Vista 7 and higher
Computer processor: 1.8 GHz or faster. Pentium 4 or equivalent
Computer memory: 2GB RAM. 1GB of hard drive space
Required host application: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, 7 or 8
Display: Open GL 1.5 capable video card with 256MB VRAM at 1024 x 768 or higher
Other: Internet connection for activation, auto update checking and tutorial movies. Adobe Flash Player 10
Language: English only

Macintosh

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.7, 10.6 and higher
Computer processor: 1.8 GHz or faster. G5 or Intel Core Processor
Computer memory: 2GB RAM. 1GB of hard drive space
Required host application: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 or 8
Display: Open GL 1.5 capable video card with 256MB VRAM at 1024 x 768 or higher
Other: Internet connection for activation, auto update checking and tutorial movies. Adobe Flash Player 10
Language: English only