Adobe Photoshop Elements

I like PSE. It is a good product, when it works. I paid good money for the 2019 version from the App Store. However, since upgrading to a new M1 Mac, the product is extremely buggy: colour swatches simply don't work; using the Marquee Tool makes the image vanish until released; constant screen flicker etc. So there is no upgrade path - how convenient for Adobe. There is no patch available for download. Only 'solution' - buy full version of PSE 2021 and suck it up. Personally I find the level of customer support is dismal, not to say non-existent.

Don't waste your money.

I'd gladly use again PSE, if Adobe cuts the price to more realistic, and more competitive with GraphicConverter, which I use extensively and exclusively. NOT $100...not $80 and not $50. It was the best, but it is not anymore. I'd pay not more than $30. Like Pixelmator. That's the REALISTIC price.

PSE ..., 12, 13, 14, 15, 19... 20 yeahh.. much to expensive for longtime users ..

I use APE 12 only to make final panoramas and Apple's Photos 4.0 app for other editing.

Is upgrade pricing available?

Still a master in editing photo files. Easy to use with great wizards for many effects. Industry standard stuff really.

PSE ..., 12, 13, 14, 15, ... yeahh..soo expensive for longtime users ..

Bought Photoshop elements 14 and Premiere elements 14 few months ago for INR 9,500. The version 15 upgrades cost INR 11,000 on the Adobe website. Should never have bought this in the first place when so many cheaper options with same functionality are available.

No no no no... after paying each year for upgrades to Adobe Photoshop I've had it now. Adobe never addresses bugs and tends to "fix" them with upgrades as opposed to updates. This is it for me.

memory hog. Have to force quit this app some times because it just hangs even on the latest mac book pro.

I tried this v14.0 and it lasted for about 5 minutes. I like v6 and that's what I use. Everything since that seems to be geared for the inexperienced.

Installer crashes immediately when you try to enter your Adobe ID. Another in the endless stream of major issues with the Adobe installers over many years.

$79.99 for an upgrade? Geez Louise!

For some reason, I cannot even open version 13.0 on my Mac running Yosemite. I'm still using version 11.

Mac users are fortunate to have several good alternatives to Adobe Photoshop. One of them is Photoshop Elements! I’ve downloaded Gimp several times and have always come away feeling, “Yuck!” Sure, it’s capable (and free), but why would you own a Mac to use something like that?! Just my opinion! :) I have Graphic Converter (version 5 or so running under a virtualized “Snow Leopard”). It’s a handy tool to have at one’s disposal and it can manipulate files that other apps (including PS Elements) would choke on, but its GUI is awful, and for most people it’s not a real choice for an “everyday” photo editing app. Acorn is a fine Mac app ( I have version 4.5.x) but it feels more like a paint app than a photo app. That leaves Pixelmator. (I have version 3.3.) It is THE alternative to Photoshop (Elements or otherwise) for Mac users. The price is right, it is a true Mac app, and it’s powerful! (My only real complaint is the plethora of palettes that one has to deal with when using it.) So Mac users these days have plenty of alternatives to Photoshop outside of Adobe, but that doesn’t make PS Elements a bad program, Adobe haters notwithstanding. Although I’m not a fan of the Adobe hegemony, Elements still remains my “go to” app for photo editing. It has a familiar UI, it packs some serious power, it’s feels snappy, it’s not neglected by its developer, it consistently ranks high when reviewed by independent publications, and there are a ton of books, magazines, and websites that provide tutorials and step-by-step guides for about any task that you would want to use it for. I bought PS Elements version 1 on June 15th, 2001 and have been using various iterations of the program ever since. It’s ironic that the first decent, powerful, reasonably priced alternative to Adobe Photoshop, dating back to 2001, was produced by...uh...Adobe! BTW, at the time of this comment (Thanksgiving weekend, 2014), you can/could download Elements 13 from Amazon for $49.00.

an expensive bugfix for older Photoshop Elements – I don´t like it.

If you're not already 'into' or caught up in Adobe; save your money and the hassle. Just go for something like Graphic Converter!

..don´t like it because there are many many good reasons to try other better and (long time) much cheaper tools

Forget about this overpriced piece of junk an it's antediluvian installer and for less than half the price fetch a copy of GraphicConvertrer. It does all this does and more faster and better.