Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8

This academic edition of Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8 has the same features and capabilities of the retail version, and is shipped to you in a factory sealed retail box. However, this version is able to be sold below the retail price because of an educational discount.

Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8

The #1 selling photo- and video-editing software

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 & Adobe Premiere® Elements 8 software gives you power and ease of use so you can do some amazing storytelling with photos and videos. Create extraordinary photos and incredible movies, and use them together in cinematic slide shows and more.

Key Features:

• Make your photos look extraordinary, and share them in unique print creations and web experiences

• Create incredible home movies with professional-quality effects and sound, and share them on disc, the web, and virtually anywhere else

• Manage and protect all your photos and video clips from one convenient place

New Features:

Share memories in fresh, exciting ways on the web

Showcase your videos in one-of-a-kind Online Albums with your choice of dynamic, animated templates. Adobe® Flash® technology lets viewers interact with your videos for an entertaining experience. And share via public or private galleries — friends and family won't have to register to look

Recompose photos to any size — without distortion

Ever want to change the size or orientation of a photo to fit a certain frame? Now you can quickly resize — even going from landscape to portrait or vice versa — without distorting key subjects like people or buildings.

Get the big picture

See the full effect of your photos and video clips from within the Organizer with new full-screen previews, which let you make quick edits to photos while viewing them.

Have fun with graphics that follow the motion

Want to add funny thought bubbles or goofy hats above people's heads? Use new motion-tracking capabilities to add graphics, text, and effects that automatically move with the subjects in your scenes.

Save time with new automated options

Make movies with less effort. Adobe Premiere® Elements can automatically fix shaky footage and color and lighting problems, trim away all but your best footage, and balance audio elements to give you professional-quality sound throughout your movie.

Create a polished movie instantly

Use creative editing techniques from Hollywood directors. InstantMovie automatically edits together your best clips with coordinated music, titles, effects, and transitions from the movie theme of your choice. All-new themes are included, and you can easily customize to achieve the results you envision.

System Requirements:

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

• 1.6GHz or faster processor

• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or 3, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7

• 1GB of RAM

• 2GB of available hard-disk space

• Color monitor with 16-bit color video card

• 1024x576 monitor resolution at 96dpi or less

• Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver

• DVD-ROM drive

• Web features require Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 through 3.x

Adobe Premiere Elements 8

• 2GHz processor with SSE2 support; 3GHz processor required for HDV or Blu-ray; dual-core processor required for AVCHD

• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, or Windows 7

• For Windows XP: 512MB of RAM (2GB required for HD editing including HDV, AVCHD, or Blu-ray)

• For Windows Vista and Windows 7: 1GB of RAM (2GB required for HD editing including HDV, AVCHD, or Blu-ray)

• 4.5GB of available hard-disk space

• Color monitor with 16-bit color video card

• 1,024x768 monitor resolution at 96dpi or less

• Microsoft DirectX 9 or 10 compatible sound and display driver

• DVD-ROM drive (compatible DVD burner required to burn DVDs; compatible Blu-ray burner required to burn Blu-ray discs)

• DV/i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE 1394 interface to connect a Digital 8 DV or HDV camcorder, or a USB2 interface to connect a DV-via-USB compatible DV camcorder (other video devices supported via the Media Downloader)

• QuickTime 7 software