Do you have digital photos stored on your computer or freshly taken ones that have some flaws like red-eye, blurriness, or being too dark? Are you looking to edit them to perfection before printing or using them for other purposes? In such cases, you don’t need the extensive Adobe Photoshop software. Adobe has another service for you: the compact software named Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0. This toolset is designed to manage and edit digital photos quickly yet professionally.
You can download a limited trial version of the program, which is 6.32 MB in size and compatible with all operating systems, from the website http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2977.
The first noticeable aspect is the program’s beautiful interface and its faster startup compared to Photoshop. You can click File > Get Photo and select a location to import all your photos into an album for easier management, such as From Camera, From Mobile Phone, or From File or Folder. A great feature of this program is that once you’ve selected a photo folder to manage, any new photo you add is automatically recognized and included in the photo catalog. From there, simply launching the program will display all the photos in the selected folder, making it very convenient for tracking and managing your images. This functionality is something that no other photo management software like ACDSee or Picasa offers. From this photo catalog, you can easily perform various tasks such as:
– Create Slideshow: automatically create a photo slideshow.
– Create PDF SlideShow: create a photo slideshow in PDF format.
– Fix > Auto Smart Fix: a fantastic feature that automatically optimizes your photos. When activated, it performs a series of tasks such as removing red-eye, brightening, clarifying images, smoothing lines, and enhancing contrast…
– Fix > Fix Photo Window: this feature allows you to choose editing tasks step by step, such as brightness and sharpness adjustments. A preview screen is available to let you see the output product.
– Calendar View: a new feature that helps you identify the date when new photos were added to the photo catalog. This is a very handy function, as new photos will be displayed on a calendar, allowing you to perform any desired processing on them.
– Share > To Email (or To Mobile Phone): this feature helps you select and immediately share new photos with loved ones via email or upload them to your mobile phone.
Additionally, in the Edit, File, and Find tabs, there are many other great features of the program waiting for you to explore.
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