Photoshop Elements 2026 & Premiere Elements 2026 is an accessible photo and video editing bundle featuring AI-powered tools, automated enhancements, Guided Edits, creative templates, media organization, and support for 360° and VR footage.
Photoshop Elements 2026 & Premiere Elements 2026 Key Features
- AI-powered tools for generating images, backgrounds, and new objects
- Automated photo restoration and distraction removal
- Photo retouching, background replacement, color adjustment, and creative effects
- Quick, Guided, and Advanced editing modes for different skill levels
- Video trimming, resizing, transitions, motion titles, music, and animations
- Editing and exporting of 360° and VR video footage
- Freehand video cropping and automatic subject reframing
- Text style templates, color fonts, emojis, and a visual style browser
- Access to free Adobe Express templates and Adobe Stock media
- Shared Organizer with automatic tagging, face recognition, and media search
AI-Powered Photo Creation and Retouching
Photoshop Elements 2026 simplifies complex photo edits with artificial intelligence and automation. Users can describe an image or background they want to create, brush over an area to insert a new object, and choose from generated variations. The enhanced Remove tool can detect people in the background, while automatic selection tools make it easier to replace backgrounds, change object colors, smooth skin, and correct facial details.
Restore and Transform Your Photos
Built-in restoration tools help revive older or damaged photographs by reducing visible scratches, creases, and signs of wear. Users can also combine subjects and backgrounds from different images, add motion effects, create collages, apply artistic styles, and prepare designs using free Adobe Express templates. Quick Actions provide convenient access to frequently used enhancements such as dehazing, colorizing, background removal, and skin smoothing.
Flexible Video Editing and Immersive Content
Premiere Elements 2026 provides approachable tools for trimming, cropping, resizing, and enhancing video clips. It supports effects, transitions, animated graphics, motion titles, audio, and automatic music remixing. The 2026 edition also introduces tools for positioning and enhancing 360° and VR footage, allowing projects to be exported for immersive viewing or converted into standard formats for social media.
Guided Workflow and Organized Media Library
Quick, Guided, and Advanced modes allow users to choose a workflow that matches their experience. Guided Edits explain creative techniques step by step, while visual tooltips demonstrate how individual tools work. The shared Organizer helps import, categorize, and locate photos and videos through automatic tagging, curation, face recognition, cloud imports, and search features.
Who Will Like Photoshop Elements 2026 & Premiere Elements 2026
- Beginners looking for accessible photo and video editing software
- Families organizing, restoring, and enhancing personal memories
- Content creators preparing images and short videos for social media
- Hobby photographers who want automated corrections and creative effects
- Video enthusiasts working with traditional, 360°, or VR footage
- Users who prefer guided tools instead of complex professional workflows
- Students developing practical photo and video editing skills
