Adobe offers a wide range of products under its Photoshop brand, with its Elements range aimed at the consumer rather than the professional user, and offering many of the features of the Pro versions, albeit in a more simplified form.

Photoshop Elements 7 getting on a bit, having been around for over 18 months, but it still impresses and shows little signs of age. It also has a clean and easy-to-use interface that's ideal for the casual user. Built around three distinct areas – Edit, Create and Share – it is extremely user-friendly.

The main changes from previous versions can be found in the Edit module. These changes make it easier to tag, find and catalogue your images using the intuitive Smart Album feature. This is all part of the enhanced Share functions of this suite, and allows you to store your images online, either with Flickr or, more increasingly, with Facebook. To reinforce this idea, Elements now comes with 20GB of online storage, which is enough for storing over 12,000 photos online.

There are also a number of new editing tools. The Smart Brush Tool is one of the more versatile on offer and automatically detects areas that need editing, to bring them up to scratch without you needing to spend a lot time doing it manually.

Then there is Scene Cleaner. This is very much an extension of Adobe's Photomerge tool and allows you to bring elements from various photos together into one edited shot. It works really well and can even automatically realign shots that are slightly out of sync with each other. There is also the Surface Blur filter that allows you to edit people's complexion without distorting the face. We found it worked to a degree, but you'll still need patience and a keen eye to get the most from it.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 is a great package for the inexperienced user. The interface is easy to use and its host of built-in editing tools mean you can get great results without needing to have any expert knowledge or skills.

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