Review: Photoshop Elements 15

What can Adobe's affordable image editor offer the social media-savvy?

Our Verdict

A great package for beginners and hobbyists, but maybe not enough improvements to make it worth upgrading from Photoshop Elements 14.

For

  • Revamped Organiser
  • Instant photo fixes and effects
  • New filters panel
  • Facial features adjustment

Against

  • Varied results from effects

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Photoshop Elements has evolved from its beginnings as a stripped-down version of Photoshop to focus on easy photo-editing and sharing with social media. Its interface and degrees of functionality make it clear that the program's aimed at beginners and hobbyists who frequent Facebook, Flickr or Twitter, rather than professionals who will likely want to take advantage of the higher-spec tools in the Creative Cloud.

Elements Photo Editor has three main workspaces: Quick, Guided and Expert. In the Quick workspace it's possible to make simple photo edits and corrections such as adjusting exposure and lighting, or removing red eye. Expert gives you free reign, with access to all tools and functions – these remain mostly unchanged from previous versions of Elements, with some minor exceptions such as improved access to Filters.

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Review: Photoshop Elements 15

A great package for beginners and hobbyists, but maybe not enough improvements to make it worth upgrading from Photoshop Elements 14.

Co-founder of the illustration company Cool Surface, Sarah produces photo composite art for magazines and other clients.