march 2015 Better PhotograPhy
47testThe Crop tool
suggests different
options while keeping
in mind basic rules of
compostion like not
cropping out faces.All photographs by Aditya NairEditing in Three Steps
As before, the Editor mode is divided into
Quick, Guided and Expert tabs. There is
also the eLive tab which beginners will
find extremely handy. It lets you access
online tutorials and inspiration within the
software directly.
The Guided tab gives you step by step
options to make changes to photographs.
New to this tab is a B&W Color Pop feature.
You can stylise images with text or create
slideshows with the option to share them on
Facebook as videos. It is also easier to sync
your smartphones with PSE 13 to transfer
images and save space.
A new Refine Selection Brush is very
useful for making selections. It uses a circle
with inner and outer selection options
and can switch between adding and
subtracting from a selection depending on
whether the user is inside or outside the
original selection.
The only other new feature that PSE 13
has for expert user is the Content Aware FillThe Organizer
tab is among
the best for
consumer level
photo editing
software but is
also quite slow.option from Photoshop. While you can run
Photoshop Actions, I wasn’t able to find a
way to create them.Improved Hardware Support
Photoshop Elements finally gets 64-bit
support for Windows users. This should
help speed up the process of editing and
executing performance intensive tasks
as well. High DPI and Retina Display
Support will be welcomed by professionals.
Finally, the software gets some 16bit image
support, that is, you can open them in
Adobe Camera RAW and apply basic edits.So, What’s Missing?
The version of ACR in Photoshop Elements
13 is still quite basic. I wish more of the
functionality from Photoshop’s ACR was
introduced here like chromatic aberration
correction and lens correction profiles.
The Curves tool is also sorely missed. For
good measure, they could have introduced
shake reduction as well.