Adobe announces a new partnership with online storage company Iron Mountain and releases Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Mac.Adobe Systems Feb. 27 announced the availability of Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Macintosh. The popular consumer photo-editing software offers a subset of the more advanced editing options found in Photoshop CS2, and will ship in March.
Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Mac offers several new features that will be familiar to Photoshop users, including a Magic Selection Brush, Skin Tone Adjustment and Magic Extractor.
It also features the new Adobe Bridge file browser and integrated Photoshop Services.
Adobe Photoshop Services is Adobe's term for online tools, such as print ordering and photo book creation, made available through Photoshop software.
Adobe released the Windows version of Elements 4.0 in September 2005. Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Mac is available for pre-order at Adobe's Web site, and will be available at major electronics retailers for an estimated $89.99.
Adobe also announced Feb. 27 the expansion of Adobe Photoshop Services through new partnerships with data backup and recovery provider Iron Mountain and MorePhotos, an e-commerce photo service for photographers.
The partnership with Iron Mountain will allow photographers to back up their photos online against accidental loss or corruption. The service is integrated with Adobe Bridge and is available in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 and 4.0, and Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0.
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Adobe's new partnership with MorePhotos provides photographers with integrated access to online proofing and sales capabilities.
The MorePhotos service is currently available directly from within Adobe Bridge.
Details on pricing for these services was not available at the time this story was published. Adobe did not immediately return calls requesting comment.
In related photo news, Adobe also announced Feb. 27 that the 1.0 beta for its new digital photography software, Lightroom, was downloaded more than 100,000 times. Lightroom beta 2.0 has been available for one week, and it has been downloaded about 30,000 times, according to Adobe.
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