Adobe has announced the release of Photoshop Elements 2025 and Premiere Elements 2025, which integrate innovative AI support, with features to make it easier for all users "to create and edit stunning photos and videos" claims Adobe.

With these updates, people can use new tools to combine images, remove objects, create depth, and modify colors. For example, the new AI-powered object removal tool makes it easy to remove unwanted elements. In addition, users can adjust the blur in their images using a new AI-based filter, helping them create realistic depth of field. It is also possible to modify the color of any object by selecting it and choosing a new hue.

Another highlight is the ability to combine different photos to create “unique compositions.” People can now mix the subject of one image with the background of another and add elements from other photos. New features, such as animated sparkles or frames, have also been included to allow one-click motion effects to be added. 

For those looking for a more creative touch, textured backgrounds, and modern graphics have been added to enhance creations, and there are 59 editing guides to improve users' skills.

Premier Element is Adobe bet for 2025

Premiere Elements 2025 offers new templates and controls for customizing text, allowing dynamic titles to be created. A white balance tool has also been introduced to ensure that video colors look natural and that precise color adjustments are made using LUTs to transform the color palette. 

The timeline has been simplified to facilitate navigation between audio and video tracks, and thanks to Adobe Stock integration, users can access professional design templates for free.

Both applications are fully compatible with the new Apple M3 systems and offer optimized performance for Mac users. New web and mobile tools in beta enable creative edits on the go, automatically syncing photos and videos for access from any device.

Photoshop Elements 2025 and Premiere Elements 2025, as well as a discounted bundle, are available at Adobe.com, Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers.

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For the eighth month in a row, online prices have declined, according to the Adobe Digital Price Index, which analyzes one trillion visits to online retail sites and more than 100 million SKUs.

The index for April, released on Tuesday, showed a year-over-year decline in online prices of 1.8% and a month-over-month drop of 0.7%.

Eleven of the 18 product categories tracked by Adobe had year-over-year declines, led by computers with a 15.4% price drop during the period and followed by electronics (11.6%), appliances (7.1%), sporting goods (6.4%), toys (5.9%) and home and garden (5.6%).

Adobe noted that the 7.1% YoY dip in appliance prices was the largest decline in the category since the company began tracking online prices in 2014.

A combination of things has contributed to sinking appliance prices, according to Rob Enderle, president, and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore.

“There’s been a demand reduction and, in anticipation of a recession, a reduction in appliance marketing,” he told the E-Commerce Times. “The result has been a decline in sales offset by price reductions.”

Adobe Digital Price Index per category  

April’s YoY price decline was driven by notable drops in categories such as appliances, which fell 7.1% YoY (down 2.1% MoM), the most significant YoY drop for the category since Adobe began tracking online prices in 2014. 

Prices continued to fall YoY in categories including sporting goods (down 6.4% YoY, up 1.5% MoM), toys (down 5.9% YoY, down 0.2% MoM), and home/garden (down 5.6% YoY, down 0.8% MoM). Steeper YoY declines were observed in electronics, which fell 11.6% YoY (up 0.5% MoM), as well as computers, which fell 15.4% YoY (up 1.9% MoM).

Although the grocery category has experienced persistent inflation, YoY price increases have now slowed for seven consecutive months. 

Grocery prices were up 9.3% YoY (up 0.4% MoM), a smaller jump compared with March 2023’s 10.3% YoY and February 2023’s 11.4% YoY increases. The rate of growth peaked in September 2022, when prices rose 14.3% YoY. 

For another non-discretionary category – personal care – prices were up 3% YoY (down 1.1% MoM), compared with 4.4% YoY growth in March 2023, and an even more substantial 6.1% YoY increase in February 2023.

Sports goods are now suffering the ‘price karma’

Adobe also pointed out that the price declines in sporting goods are coming at the end of an impressive string of price increases.

Before the current 12-month price dip, Adobe noted sporting goods prices rose for 28 consecutive months, starting in January 2020. Price increases peaked in September 2020 at 15.8% YoY, as more consumers stayed home during the Covid-19 pandemic and invested in products such as fitness equipment.

But now, these products seem to be suffering a form of price karma, as the demand for sports goods has rapidly declined. 

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