As with all of the Guided Edits, Elements makes this process practically foolproof, but it only gets you halfway there.

Here you select a background image, add some large text over the top of it, and then fill each of the letters with a different photo. It's fair to say most of the new additions fall into the novelty category, or what Elements cringingly describes as 'fun edits'.Īrguably, the most impressive of these is the 'multi-photo text' process. So what's new in Photoshop Elements 2019? The majority of the fresh features come in the form of Guided Edits, where Elements takes you step-by-step through procedures that add effects such as motion blur, removing scratches and blemishes, or popping a colour in a black and white image.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 review: New features More pertinently, Serif's Affinity Photo - which again lacks that beginners' hand-holding but surpasses the tools on offer in Elements' Expert Mode - is less than 50 for a one-off purchase. For sure, those tools are overkill for casual photographers taking holiday snaps and pics of the kids, but if you're even faintly keen on photography, the Photography Plan is a tempting option. However, at full price Elements starts to butt up against Adobe's own Photography Plan, which includes both Lightroom and full-blown Photoshop.

Elements' launch price of 81 is steep, but this software does tend to tumble during sale season, so bear that in mind if you're looking to purchase.

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