Adobe deploys the 2024 version of its lightweight Photoshop Elements app with several AI-based features in the lead.
Leader of this batch, in our opinion, is the new Artistic Effect tool that can place a filter on photographs to make them look like paintings. These effects are based on notable art styles and famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh. You control the strength of the filters via a slider or you can keep the colors of the original image if you don’t like what’s happening. Photoshop adds. Users can even isolate changes made to certain parts of the photograph.
Then, quick actions are compartmentalized into a single panel and simplified for easier use. So if you want to remove artifacts in a JPEG image or highlight an entire background, you can now do so with a single click of the on-screen button.
In addition to all the AI features, Adobe expands the arsenal of tools on Photoshop Elements.
For example, you can put together a collection of images into a slideshow through Photo Reels. It houses its own set of editing tools, allowing users to make adjustments on the fly, insert graphics, or adjust how long each image is displayed on screen. There’s Color Match, which lets you transfer color and tone from one image to another seamlessly, or you can use one of the many built-in presets – it’s entirely up to you.
Guided Edits now have the ability to replace entire backgrounds in an image while leaving the main subject completely intact. Best of all, Adobe has also redesigned Photoshop Elements, adding new “fonts, icons, buttons and colors”. Additionally, you can choose to view the app in light or dark mode.
First update
Alongside Photoshop Elements, Adobe releases version 2024 of First Elements. Most of Premiere’s edits aren’t supported by artificial intelligence, but there is one: automatic highlight reels. This will analyze an uploaded video by selecting clips to put in a highlight reel. Specifically, it targets high-quality images, close-ups as well as moving people.
Similar to its sister app, Premiere Elements 2024 lets you grab color from one video to another where you can then “fine-tune” the saturation or hue. For audio, new effects such as Vocal Enhancer have been introduced to improve sound quality.
Everything you see here is available on the desktop versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements, while the “web and mobile companion apps” have received several beta features. The quick actions mentioned earlier are currently being tested for smartphones and you can try overlaying the images. It’s unclear when the mobile update will arrive.
Until then, we recommend checking out TechRadar’s list of Best Online Photoshop Courses for 2023 if you are interested in getting it back