Adobe Photoshop Album
Encyclopedia
Adobe Photoshop Album is a software application by Adobe Systems
designed to import, organize and edit
digital photos, and allows quick and easy searching and sharing
of entire photo collections. It has been compared to Apple Inc.'s iPhoto
and Google
's Picasa
.
Adobe Photoshop Album was initially released on February 18, 2003. The last version was Photoshop Album 2.0.1, which was released on March 18, 2004. Adobe has discontinued the full version of Photoshop Album and instead recommends Adobe Photoshop Elements
.
-only freeware
version, Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, was provided until June 30, 2009. Support was provided until the day after. Photoshop Album Starter Edition includes features like red-eye correction
, brightness adjustment, calendar view and image tagging.
The Starter Edition allows using the program for a certain number of times until it prompts for registration for continued usage. This process no longer appears to work as the product is no longer supported by Adobe; any attempts to obtain a registration code through the supplied registration tool will yield a short email response that the program is no longer available.
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
designed to import, organize and edit
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
digital photos, and allows quick and easy searching and sharing
Sharing
Sharing the joint use of a resource or space. In its narrow sense, it refers to joint or alternating use of an inherently finite good, such as a common pasture or a shared residence. It is also the process of dividing and distributing. Apart from obvious instances, which we can observe in human...
of entire photo collections. It has been compared to Apple Inc.'s iPhoto
IPhoto
iPhoto is a digital photograph manipulation software application developed by Apple Inc. and released with every Macintosh personal computer as part of the iLife suite of digital life management applications...
and Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
's Picasa
Picasa
Picasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by Idealab in 2002 and owned by Google since 2004. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my...
.
Adobe Photoshop Album was initially released on February 18, 2003. The last version was Photoshop Album 2.0.1, which was released on March 18, 2004. Adobe has discontinued the full version of Photoshop Album and instead recommends Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist users and hence sold at a fraction of the cost of the professional product. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options...
.
Starter Edition
A WindowsMicrosoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
-only freeware
Freeware
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version, Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, was provided until June 30, 2009. Support was provided until the day after. Photoshop Album Starter Edition includes features like red-eye correction
Red-eye effect
The red-eye effect in photography is the common appearance of red pupils in color photographs of eyes. It occurs when using a photographic flash very close to the camera lens , in ambient low light. The effect appears in the eyes of humans and animals that have no tapetum lucidum, hence no...
, brightness adjustment, calendar view and image tagging.
The Starter Edition allows using the program for a certain number of times until it prompts for registration for continued usage. This process no longer appears to work as the product is no longer supported by Adobe; any attempts to obtain a registration code through the supplied registration tool will yield a short email response that the program is no longer available.
Adobe links
- Withdrawal of Adobe Photoshop Album support FAQ
- Photoshop Album download page at Adobe.com
- Photoshop Album product page at Adobe.com
- Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 product page at adobe.com
Third-party links
- C|net's page for the title (includes reviews by C|net and its users)
- A video tutorial on the program from WhatDigitalCamera.com
- Article on its discontinuation from about.com