ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 2018: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOES TO THE MOVIES

As Adobe boosts the presence of its AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning framework within its consumer imaging apps, Premiere Elements 2018 ($100 on Amazon) benefits with new features like Candid Moments and Smart Trim, as well as some intelligent updates to the companion Organizer app that ships with both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. Going forward, Elements adopts an updated naming convention that uses the upcoming year as part of the software name, as opposed to oldfashioned version numbers. The previous version number was 15.

Adobe’s Organizer helper app, which ships alongside both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, offers an updated, wall-to-wall view of your photographic assets in much the same style as photo apps from Apple, Google, and Flickr. (For a detailed discussion of specific Organizer updates, see our review of Photoshop Elements