Adobe Photoshop Elements 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Adobe Photoshop Elements

4.6

(158)

Pricing

Starting at $69.99 one time

About Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements is photo editing software that helps consumers easily edit, create and share photos on a single platform. From the casual user to the professional, users can utilize built-in editing tools to add various effects in images, apply colored filters and include patterns or symbols.

Adobe Photoshop Elements allows users to add texts/shapes and configure camera controls including red eye removal, white balance and more. Users can crop photos, process raw files, and merge multiple images according to requirements.

Photoshop Elements also takes content beyond the desktop with new web and mobile companion apps (beta) to view and share photos on-the-go.

Adobe Photoshop Elements Screenshots

Adobe Photoshop Elements Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $69.99 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$69.99

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

Adobe Photoshop Elements Features

Popular features found in Photo Editing
Animations & Transitions
Content Import/Export
Customizable Templates
Image Editing
Image Library
Multiple Output Formats
Pre-built Templates
Real Time Editing
More features of Adobe Photoshop Elements
Batch Processing
Content Sharing
Drag & Drop
File Conversion
File Management
File Sharing
File Storage
Image Protection
Media Management
Photos/Images
Preview Functionality
Search/Filter
Social Sharing
User Management
Watermarking

Adobe Photoshop Elements Integrations

Adobe Illustrator

Integration rated 4.7 from 12 reviews

Adobe Photoshop Elements User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

62%

36%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.5

Pitamber P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Useful and so much effetive.

Very good experience working with Adobe Photoshop Elements. It has so much.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Everything i like in that after creating a world of animation or editing it looks perfect for me.

Cons:

if i know shortcuts then finding something is just get me confused.

Debbie S.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2023

Best Photo edition product for the money

As a user since the first version, I highly recommend Photosshop Elements. I use it nearly every day to fix a photo or 2, and something many photos. I love that I can share photos with family and friends. I can create gifts for people that they like/love. Adobe continues to improve the product each year making it easier to use with more features. I love this. I love using the product

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Photoshop Elements provides you with the best photo editing tools at a cost you can afford. You also get guided edits to simplify your editing of photos, and have many otions for creating photo projects that stand out above all the rest. You can restore old photos, colorize photos, and so much more. I can not say enogh good about this product

Cons:

I have no cons about photoshop Elements. It is always improving and they listen to their customers to improve their product.

Reasons for choosing Adobe Photoshop Elements

The features offered, and it's a better product for the price

Reasons for switching to Adobe Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements was a better product easier to use with better results

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for your valuable review.

Replied July 2023

Verified

Reviewer

Design

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Great Software for Graphic Designing

My overall experience of using Adobe photoshop is good. It has so much of features which I may even not familiar because it is very vast software.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Adobe photoshop is an all rounder software for editing and designing. The best thing I like is that it has variety of colors and gradients which enhance your design. It has a magic eraser tool which removes the background of any picture in a counting number of seconds.

Cons:

The interface of the software is very complex and it is not beginner-friendly. The price is too high. Needs a large amount of space to operate smoothly otherwise it will run slow.

Verified

Reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2023

photoshop

a tool that accepts plug-ins and other external templates makes work faster

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

a tool of the century for image editing, in its latest version it offers many advanced options for photo editing

Cons:

there are a lot of options to know when you're a beginner, it takes time to learn how to use them.

Reasons for choosing Adobe Photoshop Elements

for image management

Reasons for switching to Adobe Photoshop Elements

to use the range of artistic effects offered by photoshop and batch processing

James H.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2022

An essential software for graphic artists and content editors

I have been in the field of technology for over 20 years, and this was one of the first programs that I learned to use in around the turn of the century. I still use it today when I work on websites, or graphics projects.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I find the myriad of options to customize a project in as many ways as you can dream up to be an essential tool for anyone working in the industry. There are free tutorials to teach people how to use its many functions so that an beginner can become a master.

Cons:

The downloadable and installable version of the program can slow your system down a bit, as it uses a lot of resources, but there is also a cloud-based version available

Reasons for choosing Adobe Photoshop Elements

This software had many more options and there was a myriad of learning resources available on the web

Verified

Reviewer

Media Production

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Cheaper alternative compared to the monthly subscription.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

The full version of Photoshop (with Creative Cloud) is of course better and more powerful, but this is a great option for people who don't want to pay the monthly fee. You buy it once, it's your forever.

Cons:

I use a pretty old version of PS Elements. It's still great, but missing so many features. With Creative Cloud's subscription service, you always have access to the newest version. With elements, I'd have to pay full price for the latest edition.

Reasons for choosing Adobe Photoshop Elements

I chose Elements to balance power, integration with other programs, and price.

Wajid U.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Amazing Image Editing Tool

i am pretty much satisfied with my experience but if the subscription cost reduces and it gets lighter on system that would be a great thing

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

As a photographer I use Photoshop Elements more and more each day because their AI features and instant backup feature helps me a lot in saving up my space and editing an image resulting an unbelievable result. Object detection and picture clearing features are unbelievable in doing their job for perfect picture results.

Cons:

The software is a bit expensive and it is not easy for beginners. the software size on the computer is huge and it uses a lot of RAM while processing and for a person like me who do a lot of multi tasking it is hard for me to keep up and my system heats up

Reasons for choosing Adobe Photoshop Elements

The Photoshop Element offers more functionality and play space to work on the image compare to these products. their lower cost comes with lower functionality and the out come of the final edited picture is not so great compared to Photoshop elements

Jose Manuel J.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Photoshop Elements vs Photshop CS

When you start the tool, it takes a little bit of time to start working. But then it is easy to work with it, because the layout and the environment is similar to Adobe Photoshop CS. I don't like the subscription model because I will have to pay more than with the standalone license.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

At the end is not so different from Photoshop CS, so learning how to use it was not very difficult. Sometimes, we don't want big changes.

Cons:

I lost some features that were available in Adobe Photoshop CS. For instance, I was able to create animated gifs. Now I have to use another tool for this.

Reasons for switching to Adobe Photoshop Elements

Because I lost my adobe photoshop CS license and I could recover it.

Nyanembe Z.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Photoshop more relevant than others software

Photo editing for advertising

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Photoshop is very good for anyone who need edit photos. It hase so many features that to change the picture structure and make more beautiful

Cons:

To make pictures transparent, or text transparent

Saher S.

Verified reviewer

Photography

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

Review about photoshop

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It helps you in adjusting the exposure and warmth of your pictureHelps you in getting aal the color adjustment as per your requirements manually or automatically as well Features are very easy to use and new features keeps on adding with the tools which are easy manageableIf you will remember the basic features a person not so technical can also use this toll easilyWorth the money as it provides what it claims

Cons:

I don't think there is anything that needs to be improved

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