Gift photographers: Elements and Picasa for Mac

Images of a double celebration - the release of two programs for the processing and storage of photos: Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac from Adobe and Picasa 3.5 for the Mac platform from Google.

Comparison of two new products is very informative. Software from Adobe provides photographers with all the necessary technology. It fit the same functions as in the package Elements 8 for Windows. Among them - the ability to automatically adjust image Photomerge Exposure, Recompose technology to change the size of photos choices retouching function Quick Fix. In addition, Mac users will get more and more opportunities: Photomerge Scene Cleaner (quickly removes unwanted objects from pictures), Smart Brush (using one click apply special effects to specific parts of a photo) and Touch-Up brushes (small editing touches like teeth whitening or adding saturation color).

Google design includes several interesting features, chief among them - is the use of face recognition and geotagging thanks to Google Maps. Also, Picasa allows you to scan photos to create snapshots of groups (for example, you can quickly find all photos, which captured your friend). It has also been improved for downloading images from the camera to process.

9 to 5 Mac reportsThat Picasa 3.5 is now available to users from September 23, while the version of Elements 8 for Mac will be available in October for $ 100.

Here you can see the principle of operation of the new version of Picasa 3.5: