Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 is the latest release from the Adobe Photoshop family and it is the little brother of the industry standard digital imaging software product Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 has been released for both Windows and the Mac.

Photoshop is considered by many to be the best image editor on the planet but unless you are a professional it may not be the best choice for the general consumer for a couple of reasons. First, with a high end product, there is usually a high end learning curve that can take months, even years to get good at. Second, a high end product usually comes with a high end price. In the case of Photoshop CS4, purchasing it new that can mean $649.00 for the standard version and $999.00 for the extended version. For Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 it is $99.00, or bundled with Adobe Premier Elements 8.0, it is $149.00.

What do you need to run Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0?

On Windows
• 1.6 GHz or faster processor
• Windows XP with SP2 or SP3, Vista, or Windows 7
• 1 GB RAM
• 2 GB hard drive space
• Color Monitor with 16-bit Color Video Card
• 1024 x 768 monitor resolution at 96 DPI
• DirectX 9 compatible display driver
• DVD-ROM Drive
• Internet Explorer 6-8 or Firefox 1.5-3.x

On Mac
• Multi-core Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.11-10.5.8 or v10.6
• 512 MB Ram (1 GB RAM recommended)
• 2 GB Hard-Drive Space
• Color monitor with 16-bit color video card
• 1024 x 768 monitor resolution at 96 DPI
• QuickTime 7 software
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet access

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