Adobe updates Premiere and Photoshop Elements

 

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Adobe's Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, the imaging powerhouse's consumer versions of more expensive professional software, get an update on Tuesday with a facelift.

For video-editor Premiere Elements, the company touts a new interface and a host of new effects, transitions and themes. Premiere is the only budget video-editing program we know of that works with both Windows and Macintosh computers (making it the only major alternative to the free iMovie or $299 Final Cut Pro for Apple users).

And yes, the new Premiere Elements 11 hasn't given up on DVDs, as Apple has in the past year. While Apple killed its iDVD and DVD Studio Pro programs, making it next to impossible to make a home DVD with a pretty screen menu, Adobe still offers the feature. It also throws in new menu options. The new Premiere Elements sells for $99 or $79 for an upgrade. Meanwhile, the full-featured Premiere Pro sells for $600.

The software is available via a download, at adobe.com, and will go to retailers later in the month.

Adobe is also releasing an update to its popular Photoshop Elements photo editor. The main new feature is a geo-tagging feature that tells you, during a search, how to find your photos from say, San Francisco, New Zealand and Nova Scotia. Full Photoshop sells for $999, yet most of the most popular photo editing features are included in Elements. Adobe sells a bundle with both programs for $149, or $119.99 for upgrades.