Adobe debuts Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2018 with a focus on memory curation, content intelligence, and more for $99.99 each or $149.99 for both
Adobe today announced a new release of its Elements family of software packed with new tools that will enhance existing photo and video workflows …
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Earlier Elements coverage emphasized editing capabilities such as 4K video editing and motion titles, while Adobe's Creative Cloud updates added tools such as Content-Aware Crop. The 2018 release puts memory curation and content intelligence at the center of the Elements proposition, extending Adobe's automation push into its photo-and-video pair.
The $149.99 two-app offer matters because it ties Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements together rather than treating photo and video workflows as wholly separate purchases.
First-order effects
- Buyers can choose either Elements application for $99.99 or obtain both for $149.99, creating an immediate price advantage for customers working across photos and video.
- Adobe refreshes both Elements products around curation and content-intelligence tools, changing the feature emphasis for its existing photo and video workflows.
Second-order effects
- The bundle gives Adobe an incentive to convert single-application buyers into two-application users, making the combined photo-and-video workflow more commercially attractive than separate purchases.
- Adobe's Creative Cloud line must remain differentiated from Elements as automation features spread across the portfolio, following earlier Creative Cloud editing-tool updates.
Third-order effects
- The release points toward creative software competing increasingly on automated organization and guided workflows, not only on manual editing features; Adobe's later AI-tool expansion across Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Lightroom follows that direction.
- If bundled workflow products continue to absorb intelligent assistance, the boundary between photo and video editing suites is likely to be defined more by packaging and user segment than by the underlying automation features.
The trend: Creative-software vendors are embedding more intelligence into connected photo and video workflows while using bundles to capture multi-app users.