G'day. I'm Melissa Shanhun, founder of DigitalScrapbookingHQ.com
and I'm here to answer the question on everyone's
lips, should you upgrade to Photoshop Elements 2022. Each
year, Adobe brings us a new version of Photoshop Elements
and every version has new guided edits, performance
improvements and new features but I get the same question
every year. Should I upgrade? So, let's look at how you use
Photoshop Elements and see if you need to upgrade. So if
you're considering upgrading to Photoshop Elements 2022 I would
suggest that you check out my review video and then also go
ahead and download a trial. You can grab a 30-day trial from
Adobe at DigiScrap HQ.com slash PSE trial. Play with it for 30
days and see how you like it. One thing to know about our
upgrading is that in the US Photoshop Elements costs $99
and 99 cents and the upgrade saves you $20. You can upgrade
from any previous version of Photoshop Elements. Not just
the most recent version. So that's great if you've got a
old version of Photoshop Elements 10 sitting around jump
on that upgrade and save yourself some money. Photoshop
Elements is sold on a perpetual license. So once you've bought
it you can use it for as long as you like as long as your
computer supports it you can use it. You can even install
stall it when you get a new computer. You can log in to
your free Adobe account and you can always find your license
key and the software downloads there if you need to reinstall
it. And I'll have links to how you can access that in the
notes for this video. Many people don't upgrade every year
and it makes a big cost saving compared to monthly fees for
Photoshop CC. So with a perpetual licence you don't
need to upgrade but you will want to because the new
features are just so good. So the first thing to consider if
you're thinking about upgrading is whether your computer can
run Photoshop Elements twenty twenty-two. There's no use in
getting excited about the new wall tool if your computer just
can't run it. So you'll need to have at least eight gigabytes
of RAM and around 13 gigabytes of hard drive space on your
intern hard drive to install Photoshop Elements 2022 and run
it easily. If you want to edit video, you'll need to have a 16
or more gigabytes of RAM. RAM is the working memory of your
computer so it helps with opening larger files, editing
videos, and running complicated filters. The space you need on
your internal hard drive is to store all the program and it's
associated files. So, if you're on Windows you'll need to have
Microsoft Windows 10 version 2004, which is the May 2020
update or later. Uh version 21 H1 for May 2021, is recommended
and it only runs on the 64 bit version of Windows. I've got
more details about this in my blog posts. For Mac users you
need to be using Mac OS Catalina 10 point one five or
newer and Mac OS-11 Big Sur is recommended. So now we've got
that out of the way and you've verified your computer can run
the new version or maybe you've justified a new computer. If so
that's pretty exciting. The first thing you'll probably
notice when you open up Photoshop Elements 2022 is that
the interface is light and bright. In celebration of 20
years of Photoshop Elements the Adobe team has put a fresh new
look on the interface. It's subtle. You won't see new icons
or big changes in the interface but it's just been given a
lovely freshen up. I recommend upgrading if you have a version
without a year in the name. So, if you have Photoshop Elements,
version 15 or earlier, it's time to upgrade. So many new
features have been updated and added in the last handful of
versions. Plus, the program's now designed for 64 bit systems
and it makes much better use of your RAM or your working memory
of your computer. Now, if your focus is photo editing and you
use Photoshop Elements to edit your photos. I'd recommend
upgrading if you have Photoshop Elements 2018. There are now 60
guided edits. You can adjust facial features. There's
support for high efficiency files from your Apple iPhones
and there's performance improvements galore. And with
photo editing the big flagship feature that they've added this
year is the warp tool. I already mentioned that but you
might be wondering what the warp tool is. You can now walk
any layer to any shape. So you're now able to adjust the
the handles around the edges of your photograph or layer
individually. You can also use a busier curve handles to curve
the shapes. This has been a wish list item for Photoshop
Elements users for many years. So if warp tool sounds fun to
you you definitely wanna grade this year. If you use Photoshop
Elements to create social media posts say you have a small
business or your own personal brand I definitely recommend
upgrading from Photoshop Elements 2019 or older.
Photoshop Elements 2022 has lots of social media specific
features like quote graphics, moving pictures and there's new
features this year that build on last year's release
including being able to save your moving photos as MP for or
GIF and there's built-in sizing for the different social media
sites that make creating your social media posts easier. Do
you like to create slideshows? If you like to use the video
slideshow feature in Photoshop Elements, you will be excited
for this year's release. If you have any previous version of
Photoshop Elements and you use the video slideshows, I
recommend upgrading this year. There are a handful of new
animated slideshow styles to choose from. Absolutely jump on
board. I love the video slideshow feature in Photoshop
Elements. It's a great way to upgrade a plain boring
slideshow. They've got built-in music. They've got transitions.
They've got color effects. It's it's really good. If you
haven't checked it out, I have a blog post about that too. Do
you like to edit video? Then you want to check out Premier
Elements. I don't teach classes for Premier Elements here at
DigiScrap HQ but it is a really solid program and there's great
new features in this version. There is an auto reframe for
your subject which means you can easily resize your videos
for social media keeping the most important part of the
action in the frame. That's powered by Adobe Sensi and it
works great for clips with a lot of movement, another new
feature is the ability to pick the perfect aspect ratio. You
can edit and export your videos in vertical, square, or
horizontal ratios without losing content and you can also
add titles, maps, and backgrounds designed for
non-horizontal videos. There are two new guided edits for
Premier Elements. You can add animated overlays. You can jazz
up your videos with fleeting butterflies, circling hearts,
and other beautiful and whimsical animations. And you
can also adjust shadows and highlights much like you can in
levels or in your guided edits in Photoshop Elements. You can
adjust shadows and highlights in your videos and it's really
great those under or over exposed videos. There are new
slideshows styles as we've talked about for Photoshop
Elements. We've got them in Premier Elements too. You can
compress your videos for sharing. There's now a slider
that you can use to resize your your movies so that they easily
to upload to the web and social sites. And of course there's
that refreshed look and feel. The new light and bright
interface. So you use video editing or you'd like to, I
would definitely suggest upgrading if you have Premier
Elements 2018 or older. It's well worth the upgrade. If you
like to have an organized photo library, here's what you need
to know about the latest updates to the organizer. Adobe
Elements Organizer comes with either Photoshop Elements or
Premier Elements and it works with both videos and photos.
Organizer can now play GIF or GIF files within the organizer
and there's also been an update to the automated video tagging.
Organizer can automatically add keyword tags or smart tags to
videos. And then when you search using those tags the
video that appears in your search results when you double
click on that to open it. The video just plugs from that
point. So, if you are filming a birthday party and you pan
across the room, organizer sees the cake and tags it with cake.
When you open up the video in your search for cake, you'll
see the birthday cake and you won't have to watch the entire
video to see where the clip is that you need. It's really
quite handy. If you use organizer 2018 or earlier, you
definitely wanna upgrade. Adobe changed their mapping service
so the maps aren't current working in earlier versions of
organizer. Of course, you have more than just maps, you have a
greatly improved people tagging view, automatic catalog
backups, and other performance improvements. I always say,
consider upgrading if you find the organizer is a little bit
slow, and you have at least eight gigabytes of RAM. So, to
summarize, if you are using Photoshop Elements and 18 or
older, this year is a solid upgrade. Well worth your $7999
and if you love video editing, this is the year to jump in to
Premier Elements or upgrade if you've been using an older
version. There's no show stopping headlines for the
organiser but with my 100, 000 image library that I'm using on
a daily basis, I have seen improvements in Photoshop
Elements 2022. What are your plans? Are you gonna upgrade?
What feature are you waiting for before you upgrade? Comment
below and let me know what you'd love to see in Photoshop
Elements. You might even discover that it's already
there hiding under a menu or in the guided edits. And I will
let you know if that feature exists or if we should add it
to the feature requests for next year's version. Thanks so
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