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About Adobe Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements is Adobe's consumer photo editor. It combines automated and AI-assisted fixes with step-by-step guided edits that teach techniques, while still allowing full manual control for people who want it.
It also covers organizing and sharing photos. The 2027 edition is sold as a 3-year term license rather than a subscription, which suits home users who want Photoshop-style tools without a Creative Cloud plan.
Strengths
- Guided edits walk through techniques step by step
- AI and automated fixes for common flaws
- Includes organizing and sharing tools
- No ongoing monthly subscription
Limitations
- Paid, and the license is time-limited to three years
- Fewer tools than full Photoshop
Details
- Pricing
- PaidSold as a 3-year term license rather than a monthly subscription.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Adobe
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Home users who want easy photo fixes and guided edits
- Categories
- Image editors, Photo tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop Elements
Compare allSoftware that can replace Adobe Photoshop Elements for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe's raster image editor for photo retouching, compositing, painting and generative AI edits.
Adobe Photoshop adds the full raster toolset for compositing, painting and generative AI edits, and also runs in the browser, but the full desktop version is subscription only.
Affinity
Free professional app from Canva that combines vector design, photo editing and page layout.
Affinity is free for individual use and combines photo editing with vector and layout tools, though it requires a Canva account to download and lacks guided edits.
GIMP
The long-running free image editor for photo retouching, compositing and general pixel work.
GIMP is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, with full layers, masks and scripting, but it has no guided edits and its interface differs from Adobe's.
Luminar Neo
A desktop photo editor for Windows and Mac built around AI tools for skies, portraits and relighting.
Luminar Neo focuses on AI tools for skies, portraits and relighting on Windows and Mac, with a one-time purchase option, but gives less manual control than traditional editors.
Pixelmator Pro
Apple's image editor for Mac and iPad with nondestructive layers, vector tools and AI features.
Pixelmator Pro offers nondestructive layers plus raster and vector tools as a one-time Mac purchase, but it runs only on Mac and iPad, with no Windows version.
Paint.NET
A fast Windows image editor that sits between Microsoft Paint and a full photo suite.
Paint.NET is free from its website and covers layers and effects for everyday edits, but it is Windows only and lacks guided edits and photo organizing.
Photopea
Browser-based image editor that opens Photoshop, XD and Sketch files.
Photopea runs in any browser with nothing to install and opens Photoshop files, but it is ad-supported unless you pay and depends on browser performance.
Acorn
A one-time-purchase image editor for macOS covering photo editing, painting, text and graphics.
Acorn is a one-time purchase Mac editor with AI subject selection and Live Text, but it requires macOS 14 or later and has no Windows version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Adobe Photoshop Express
A free mobile photo editor from Adobe with quick fixes, looks, collages and retouching.
ON1 Photo RAW
A raw photo editor and organizer with layers, masks, effects and AI tools, sold without subscription.
Exposure X7
Commercial RAW photo editor and organizer with film simulations, masking and layers.
BeFunky
An online photo editor, collage maker and graphic designer that runs in the browser.
Fotor
An online photo editor and design tool with many AI tools for enhancement and background removal.
Polarr
Photo and video editing apps with AI tools and a large library of creator-made filters.
