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Giveaway: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere 8 Bundle

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Entries for this giveaway are now closed. Winner announced here.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Adobe Premiere Elements 8

Exclusive to CraftGossip! You can win a copy of the award winning Adobe Photoshop and Premiere 8 Bundle. Read till the end of the post to see how!

Adobe is running another Photoshop Elements promotion to make sure everyone can organize, edit, create and share their summer vacation photos with family and friends. Through August 16, Photoshop Elements 8 is available for as low as $69.99, and a bundle package with Premiere Elements 8 video-editing software as low as $99.99 – up to a $50 savings. More information is available at www.adobe.com/go/psepre_bundle.

With Photoshop Elements, you can achieve perfect summer shots in a few simple clicks:

  • Create the perfect group shot by combining the best facial expressions or poses from a series of different photos
  • One-step shortcuts adjust color, contrast and lighting, and also whiten teeth or brighten blue skies
  • Automatically resize a photo without distorting people or objects
  • Showcase your photos in one-of-a-kind interactive online albums

These No. 1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing products are a perfect way to make sure all your summer memories are captured just the way you remember them.

Thanks to Adobe, we are giving away a copy of the Adobe Photoshop and Premier 8 bundle.

To win (3 chances to win):

1. Leave a comment on this post, telling us why you want to win.

2. Share or like this exclusive giveaway on Facebook, or leave a comment on our Facebook wall. Make sure you come back here and leave a comment telling us you have done so.

3. Tweet about this giveaway to your followers and include the #craftgossip tag (you can use the retweet button above – make sure to include the #craftgossip hashtag). Leave a comment with a link to your status.

US Only, entries close 31st August 2010. Winner drawn randomly from the list of valid entries.

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  1. We are pregnant with our second child! Yay! I would love to win, considering we already have hundreds of pictures just sitting in my computer, i can only imagine how many more i will have after a second child! I hope we win so we can free these pictures of their boring home and make them into something really special!

  5. I would realy like some better photo editing software. I’ve been using the free stuff and I’m ready to find something with more capabilities.

  6. Great way to IMPROVE my photos, lol. Seriously though I do love it for fixing lighting issues, or cropping to the part of the photo I want, or special effects on photos!

  8. I’m a stay at home mother looking to start my own business doing graphic design so that I can stay and look after our new baby while I work to support us!
    It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but I can’t afford the key ingredient to get me started, and it’s Photoshop! It would change our lives so much by helping get my business off the ground finally and I can start earning some money again which would be so wonderful!

    I seriously can’t emphasize how dramatically a prize like this would affect me, it would help me so much and I’d be so appreciative!! 🙂

  9. I’m in dire need of some editing software, All I have is Picasa, which works okay. can they send me an awesome camera too?

  12. I could so use an update on my photo shop and haven’t even started to think about all my video. Yikes! Winning would give me a kick in the pants that I need. 🙂

  13. Oh wow! I don’t have any good photo editing software (Picasa can only go so far) and would love the opportunity to make my picture look more professional. With all the great photobook promos, I’d love to have some awesome-looking pictures of my family to fill one with!

  14. I am sooo desperate for editing! I’ve got 8 yrs worth of untouched digital pics and countless non-dig, help me!

  16. I want to win this because I am using Photoshop 7 from sometime in the 90s. I’d love a more up to date program!

  17. I’ve been following The Pioneer Woman’s photography tips and she has a set of Photoshop actions that I’d love to use.

  19. I am trying to learn how to edit my photos and organize them so I can find them! I have dreamed of getting this forever! My hubby would be saved hours of listening to me moan about how much I need the Photoshop for my scrapbooking! LOL

  20. I would love to be able to edit my photos. I’ve really been wanting to purchase this program,but I can’t afford it right now.

  28. I would seriously LOVE to win this! I’m a graphic designer and my son is also interested in becoming one, so this would be a great gift for him. I will comment on facebook as well.

  29. I would love to win this because I am a photographer and I’m branching out into professional and really need a great editing program for professional grade photos!

  30. I would love to win because there is no way I can afford to buy it. I have been drooling over photoshop forever and want to use one of them…lol.

  37. We just got married and our over priced photogropher stiffed us and left us with nothing but snapshots from family and friends, this would perfect for turning them into something more beautiful.

  39. I have started making tween fashions and would love to be able to edit my photos so I can start selling them.

  40. Actually, I’m trying to win for my daughter. She loves to be creative on the computer and has way more computing skills than I do. And she’s quite the good photographer too!

  42. I really, really want to get into editing photos and grafics, beyond what the free ‘stuff’ will do!

  43. I would love to win this to give to my husband. He does graphic design projects all the time and these programs would help him tremendously….Also, we are expecting our 2nd child in a few months and he could do so much more with the photos with these programs. Hope you pick me!! =P

  46. This is something great. I have trouble printing and getting my pictures to look good. Thanks

  47. My photos are crying out for this! 🙂 I would love the opportunity to make them look better.

  48. I liked on FB, commented on your wall, and posted the info for the giveaway on my wall as well!!!

  49. This is some thing great. I have trouble getting my pictures to look good, Thanks. Joan

  50. I love photoshop for restoring old photos when they are damaged. It is actually a great program to scan right into and edit. I’m using a very old version (on my parent’s computer) and online tutorials to teach myself to use it and I would LOVE to learn to use this newest version. Maybe the tutorials would actually MATCH the program and be easier to follow! Thanks!

  52. Thank you for having this giveaway!!
    I have been trying to save up for my copy of photoshop, with the economy the way it is.. it’s difficult to just get a head. Winning a copy sure would help me out. Thank you again!!
    Cindy Dowdle-Schoen

    I commented on the Craftgossip Face Book page and hit the “like” button as well!

  53. I have the very basic PhotoShop package and would love to have this upgrade! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  54. Wow, Photoshop give away!! Love to win this, I have tons of photos that need just a few tweeks here and there!! Would love to win this!!

  56. I have wanted this so long and just cannot afford to buy it. Were I to win, I would definitely think I had died and gone to heaven. What a giveaway.

  59. My second grandbaby was born just one week ago. I would love to be able to enhance, improve and save photos of she and her 18 month old brother for our future. They grow so fast and it’s so wonderful to have pictures to remind you of ALL of the growing they’ve done and of ALL of the pleasure they’ve brought you. I’ve always found Adobe products to be ‘Grandma Friendly’ in ways that so many other computer programs aren’t.
    ADOBE…Please help!

  60. Memories shine in our hearts & minds, without which we would have no hope for our futures. Family & fiends make up our most important memories. Being able to look back on them with pics, souvenirs & trinkets, makes us smile & warms our hearts.

  62. I’d love this~our computer came without it and when I see what other people can do with it~it just looks so fun!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  64. My church is needing some good advertising. And I know photoshop because of school! I would love access to this, because flyers and everything else would be ten times easier to make!

  66. I have so many picutres and I really need a great editing program to make the most of them. I love maessing around woth digital images also!

  67. I would love to take my photos to the next level with Photoshop Elements. I have heard wonderful things about it, and I’ve been dying to get my hands on a copy!

  68. What a nice prize for someone. I hope it is me. I have old software at school, and would love to use it at home!

  70. I’ve always wanted to get into digital more. This would be a great place to start with the software you are giving away.

  71. I love to create designs for cards and do photo manipulation. I would love the upgrade. Thank you for the opportunity!

  72. I would LOVE to win. I have 5 kids and we just got a new camera. I would love to be able to play around with the photo’s before my daughter and I scrapbook them!!

    I also left a comment about this giveaway on Facebook

  73. I would love to win this. I have been wanting to buy it but the price keeps me from doing so. I’m crossing my fingers!! : )

  75. My husband and I have a new grand baby and due to my husband’s parkinsons he is unable to travel to see the baby. I take lots of pictures for him (and other family members) and would love to be more creative. I’ve looked at photoshop for ages, but financially it’s just a little out of reach.
    Please enter me in the giveaway!

  76. I would love to win the photo shop bundle I have. Corel photo paint and wanted to try photo shop elements, and premiere elements. I w3ould love to get everything organized using them.

  78. I will be so happy if I win a license. I have hundreds of family photos and avi files from vacations, weddings, graduation ceremonies.
    Thank you for this opportunity.

  79. I take pictures for friends, family, and anyone who can’t affor quality pictures because I believe that all mommies deserve a nice set of photos to remember their babies/ loved ones by.
    This would help me to make even more quality work.
    shindylahoe at hotmail dot com

  81. We have so many pictures, and with Adobe I know we can get them organized as they need to and make great memories to share with loved ones.

  82. I would like to try a software that did not come with my computer. I could use something that has a little more to it.

  85. Thanks for the chance to win! My husband is a recently unemployed videographer/photographer and graphics man. I would love to win this for him. He used to have access to all the latest technologies at work and feels as if it is hurting his chances of re-employment not being able to learn the new tech stuff.

  87. I have many home videos on tape that I would love to get on DVD to share with family members through the years. Thank you for the opportunity of winning.

  89. I would love to start using Photoshop to edit pictures of my precious kids. Our budget is tight, so we take all of our own pictures. This would push them over the edge from amateur to professional-looking!

  90. I used to have Photoshop on my computor but my computor crashed and I cannot locate the original disks! I used Photoshop all the time when I had it and cannot wait to get it again!

  91. I love to take pictures and videos.I just enjoy it as a hobby. So many pople entered with better reasons than that, but hey, I just thought i would try.

  95. going back to school and taking some computer classes and these may help but would love for me to use on my photos

  96. I have wanted Photoshop FOREVER to help me edit my artwork but with 2 kids in college, I have had to put it on the back burner for awhile. I have also “liked” this on facebook! 🙂

  97. I just love working with both of these programs and it would be fun to have the latest versions!

    Thanks for your consideration!

  99. I’m a professional photographer and use Photoshop CS2 on a daily basis on my MAC. It would be wonderful to have a slimmed down version on my Windows based laptop for quick on–the-go edits. =)

  101. I’d love to win because my nephew is an artist and photographer, and I think he’d love this software.

    Thank you for the giveaway!

  102. I’d like to win because I’m a graphic design student, yet I don’t have Photoshop at home. 😛

  103. I would LOVE to have my own photo editing software .. i currently use free sites like picnik.com and such. it would be great to not have to use them.

  106. I have photoshop elements but cannot upload any actions as it doesn’t allow for it, so photoshop 8 would be so much faster to edit because of actions!! Plus I always love upgrading!!

  108. I would love to use photoshop to enhance our kids pictures. I post pictures on a blog and it would be great to do to the pics.

  110. I would love to be able to edit my photos to make them better and use them to decorate my home! 🙂

  113. With 8 children, it is always interesting to do something new and fun with pictures…turns ordinary into something unique!

  115. I love taking photographs, it is a real hobby of mine. Last year I entered a contest and was shocked to find out that all the winners had enhanced their photos with Photoshop software. I would like to enter the contest again this year and feel I need to learn how to photoshop my photos to make the most of my photographs.

  116. I love taking pics and editing them but don’t have good software to do it. This would help me alot

  117. Thiis would be perfect for use in my scrapbooking and making photo cd’s and dvd’s for family anf friends. With 4 grown kids and one grandson, one on the way, I take lots of photos. I particularly like the idea of being able to put all the best shots of people in a group photo, a ” head exchange”!

  119. As a fledgling designer, I desperately need Photoshop. I only have Picasa and can’t seem to get the photographs of my finished items like I want them. I own a photo box, but the outside shots, etc., just aren’t quite right. I need this 🙂

  121. I’ve only had the chance to try PhotoShop Elements on a friends computer and it is awesome! I would love to take my creative talents to the next level and have my own copy. I hope I win! Thanks for the chance to try.

  122. I have a lifetime worth of photos to save, edit and compile for my children and grandchild. I am sure the software is what I need to take me through the journey and to the finish line.

  123. I have always wanted a program to help me with my photo’s, so winning this would be fantastic! I scrapbook and make cards, so am always using photos that way as well. Thank you for the opportunity to win an amazing product.

  124. This would be an answer to a dream! Thank you for the opportunity. I have subscribed to your magazine and posted on facebook. Thanks again!

  126. I was a graphic designer in my previous life – now I am a K-5 Art Teacher and would love to have some updated software to get up to speed on and be able to convince the school to purchase the software for the students to learn. I have not yet taken my kids to the computer lab to make art but it is a goal of mine!

  127. I can just imagine all of the fun pictures that I will be able to create and edit if I win this prize! Not to mention all the scrapbooks I will fill and all the gifts I will create for my friends and family. This would be a great prize to keep those creative juices flowing!

  128. I had the chance to see this software upclose. WOW what one can do with this. I have been in an acct. and was let go from a place that teaches and works with the handi cap for being to handi cap…what a joke right! Now I am working with troubled youth and think I could catch their interest with this software and my art classes together….good luck everyone..

  129. This is something that I’ve always wanted to do but could never afford the software to get me started! I have no editing software at the present time and I can’t emphasize how winning would affect me, it would help me so much and I’d be VERY appreciative! PLUS, I’ve never won a thing in my life!!!

  130. I had the first photoshop that i found at a yard sale on my old compy….I loved it. But alas the program disk was lost and our compy imploded with a Trojan horse. I have four kids and a husband that is a newspaper reporter. I would love to have the program because it means that I save money editing and printing my photos from home and my husband saves office time manipulating his photos at home.

  131. I would love to win this!! This software is the best for digital scrapbooking! I would love to become a digital scrapbooker! Thanks for the chance to win! Will post to FB and Twitter!

  132. I’m working on a new blog and I’d LOVE this to help me edit photos and video. I’ve wanted to try this bundle as soon as it came out, so it would be awesome to finally own it! 🙂 Thanks so much!

  137. I am an amateur photographer and would love to beef up my skills. Adobe Photoshop would be a great way to allow my photos to look A-grade!

  140. I really need this!!! I do graphic design for my children and church and am needed this program to provide more possibities for the final projects.

  144. I would like to win this product because I don’t have a good photo editing program yet.

  146. I want to win this so bad!! We just bought a DSLR camera and could really use some good software to bring our pictures to the next level.

  148. I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and absolutely adore using this program. Hey, any program that can shave 10 pounds off a person or allow you to change exchange bad facial expressions for good ones in a photo has got to be fantastic! I would love to buy Photoshop 8, but with the price and tight finances, it’s more than I can afford right now! It would really be a big help in my custom graphic products business, so I hope I win!

  149. I would like to win since I have thousands of photos that need organizing and editing of my 3 kids–this product would be the best for the project!

  150. I am a grandma of 3 grandkids – all in different states and who will never be together or see each other. I would love to put together a ‘family album’ I could send them each as they grow showing them together with each other and their grandma. It would be the only way it could happen.

  151. Thank you so much for offering this – I have subscribed to your newsletter, commented on my facebook page and “like”d you on facebook. Thanks again.

  152. This would be great for my daughter. She is now doing photography and this would be a great gift for her to edit her photos. She does ball teams, wedding, christening and anything in between

  158. I just got a new camera for my anniversary, and I’d love to be able to edit them with awesome software!

  160. I love to make cards and scrapebooking. I sign up for the newsletter. I wanted to win the Silhouette cutting machine and I got so excited I just went ahead and ordered one so now I need the Photshop I want to win, I want to win, I want to win. 3xs a charm right.

  162. I want to win because I’ve been getting into photography this summer, and I don’t have any editing software to fix up my pics. Thanks for the chance!

  163. I really need this software. I’m retired, a Grandmother and I am working on starting a second career. I have started painting and photography. With all these expenses I can’t afford to buy anything else. You all could really help me by picking me. Thanks

  166. I want to win because my kids are crazy media savvy but we don’t have the software to keep up- this would help them so much.
    hmcnaron at gmail

  168. I love taking photos and sharing them with others (cards, photo books, framed items,etc). I haven’t done photo editing before (other than cropping) and would love to advance my skill set with seeing what this program has to offer. Thanks for the opportunity.

  169. I have been dying to get this software so that I can dive in to the world of digital scrapbooking…heard this was the best with lots of helpful tutorials. Would love to win this to help me make my pictures that much better!

  170. I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 and I think that it is a great product. There is a fairly steep learning curve for those people who have never used Photoshop or Photoshop Elements before but there are quite a few free video tutorials that can be found on YouTube.

  171. I would like to win this for my hubby because he likes to add editted effects to our photos.

  172. I have heard great things about Adobe Photoshop, but have never had or used it. This will be wonderful to get. Thanks for the contest.

  179. I would love to edit my photos so they look great when I make special gifts for someone special.

  180. Pregnant with my first, cant afford fancy announcements or professional photos! Please enter me!

  182. I am nearing 70 and on a fixed income,would like to get all those OLD photos put in an album created on the computer and give back all the childhood events and happy occasions to my two sons and their families. Might just surprise them as to my late in life creativity.Thanks for the opportunity to try.
    Sincerely Joyce

  183. Editing sub-standard photos into works of art could be the sideline business that gets me through these tough times. I’ve done a few, but need better tools – Like Photoshop8! Thanks for the giveaway.

  184. With this I could finally get all my family photo’s, some dating back to the 1800s!, scanned, repaired and albumed. Might even convice some other family members to loan me their old shots and really come up with a Family History Book.

  186. Wow- this would be awesome! I love to take photos and have a gazillion I would love to work on. Thanks for the chance to win.

  187. My sister has a small photography business and she’s been DYING for this software. This would be the perfect Christmas gift and would officially make me the coolest sister ever.

  188. Oh man, I am in love with photoshop and have been looking for something for movies. I am a photography major and am looking into graphic design, and love playing with photos and images. This would be amazing to own!

    Retweeted:
    http://twitter.com/sarahsongbird2

  190. Both myself and my brother have always wanted to get photoshop, however our family could never afford it. This program would be such a wonderful creative outlet for both of us.
    Thanks for the amazing give away.

  194. I would love to win as I’m trying to learn more graphic design basics for my marketing position at work, and my personal blog!

  195. I took a photography class in high school, and then decided that with my graduation money I would buy a nice Digital SLR camera. I have spent so long messing with this camera trying to figure it out and work on my pictures that I haven’t had the time to really invest in the post production pieces. I am working at a flower farm and would love to take great pictures of the creations that I make and see there on the farm, sadly I am unable to. I would love to use Photoshop to really step up those pictures a bunch.

  199. What would I do with Photoshop? What wouldn’t I do, haha Would love to manipulate photos artistically, pretty exciting giveaway, thanks so much

  200. I would love to win this!! I have done all the free trials and loved it but just haven’t been able to afford to buy it. I love editing my photos!

  202. My two teen daughters love scrap-booking. We spend time together, talk and laugh. This is an activity that brings us together (important with teens)…a part of their world to which I am still invited. Thus winning this exciting photo package would give us a chance to learn something new together. With one child in college and two other heading there soon…it would be too expensive for us to buy at this point.

  203. I don’t have a new baby on the way. I don’t a trunk full of treasured photographs. I don’t have a cute, sentimental, or heart-tugging story to arouse your interest, one that might help me win this prize package of Adobe Photoshop and Premier 8.
    I DO have a decent video camera, however, and useless (bundled) editing software and would REALLY like to win this prize from Adobe!

  204. I am new to design and would love to utilize this awesome program. I have a baby girl and a baby boy due this week and love to photograph. I left a message on your facebook wall!

  205. I would love this to upload all the pictures from this summer. Weddings, vacations, children. it would be fantastic to be able to crop faces from one picture to another.

  206. Oh, the possibilities of Adobe Photoshop & Premier 8 are priceless!!! My daughter and her walking buddy are ramping up for their 2nd 60 Miles in 3 Days walk for Susan G Komen in Tampa. This program will help me document this 2nd experience for the girls. What a great treat my computer would love to download!!! And the memories of my life yet to come to be enhanced by this great software…bring it on!

  209. I appreciate the ability to enter your contest. I’ve never been able to afford Photoshop and would love a chance to win this package Premier 8! Thanks again…Colleen

  210. could have SWORN i already entered this, but I dont’ see my comment on here! I would love to win this!

  212. this is wonderful! I love to scrapbook so this is exactly what i need to make my hobby even better!

  217. Wow! I went to the Adobe website to check it out and I love it! It would be great to edit all of our family movies, photos, and so much more. Thanks for the chance to win one!

  218. I would love to win this bundle. My current photo editing program is not so great and I have been hinting that a great birthday present would be photoshop.

  219. With four kids and five grandkids we have tons of photos…I’d love to be able to edit them with the photoshop!

  222. I just quit my job to run my craft business full time and I don’t have access anymore to editing soft ware and I need to edit my photos for my blogs and I cant anymore! Help!

  223. We’ve immigrated and being away from ALL family makes it very hard on us and especially the kids. We would like to be able to have them close to us (even if it means photos)but the photos they send us.. well, they need touch ups! If we win this give away, you’ll help us have our family close to us again!!!

  224. I would absolutely love to win this prize. How amazing to finally be able to do something more with all the pictures i have on my computer. This would add that extra umph to my scrapbooking. I’ll be crossing my fingers!

  228. I only have photoshop elements & I always try to do cool things & I get a sorry not available for this version of photoshop. Annoying! I scrapbook & try to do some digi scrapping, could really use the upgrade!

  229. ok, i am 13yrs old (perfectionist) and have a laptop at home, but the only editing program i have is microsoft word, so my phots stay some what ordinary. i am currently studying photography at school and am absolutely fascinated using photshop and reading the photoshop book. i would love to have it at home and aswell for leisure it would improve my school projects. i think this would definitely encourage me to do my homework!thanks??

  231. I’ve had three sons in a matter of two years,so i’ve got tons of pictures on my computer that needs to be edited and printed. I’ve been wanting to get a copy but it’s just no in our budget at the moment. Thank you for the chance

  232. I liked CraftGossip on FB a while back already, but I did post a comment on the wall. TY for the chance.

  233. I would love to win! I have been using picture it. With the changes in my computer it freezes 🙁 . So now I cannot edit any of my pix.

  234. I would love to win. Since becoming disabled two years ago I am always looking for new creative ways to spend my time. This would allow me so much more to do with the pictures of my 2 grandchildren and the 1 one the way. I have become the family record keeper since not being able to work and pictures are the way to record and share the family.

  235. I teach at severely disadvantaged rural university in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. A programme like Photoshop and Adobe Elements would be a fantastic addition to my classroom. I can only imagine the students delight when I introduce/show them the programme and what we can do with it. They were falling over themselves to get achance on my computer the other day, when I showed them how to use MS Paint. We hope that we will be randomly picked to receive the giveaway bundle!

  238. I would love to win this software package, it would be great to have it to use with my Junior Girl Scout Troop, that I volunteer to lead. The majority of the girls do not have computer access and a program of this type would be wonderful for them to use on badges and community service projects. It’s a community outreach program, so our budget is very low! I love Adobe Products, they are great!

  239. I want to win this because my whole family is photo crazy and it would be so much fun to do something with our thousands of photos!
    smchester at gmail dot com

  241. I go crazy with sewing form rescued fabric–I’d love to go crazy with paper and use photo design on that road. Thanks for the chance of a great giveaway.

  243. I have tons of pictures crying for help from Photoshop. I am sure with the help from photoshop I can tell my wedding stories to my friends around the world.

  247. i want to win because i think photoshop is awesome and i love taking pix. in fact i would say i NEED photoshop :o)

  248. I would love to have such an awesome program to edit pictures and would love to be able to use for digital scrapbooking and blogging!

  249. I want, I need I have to have! this is on my Christmas list and I would love to win love love love. I would edit the crap out of my pictures!

  250. I have heard so many great things about what Photoshop can do with pictures, I would love to be able to do some of these things. Thanks!

  251. Boy, oh, boy…would I love to win this! I’m a crafter and so often I think: I sure would love to have photoshop!!!

    Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  254. I love to take photos, however, I want to be able to expand my creativity by using a better editing program. Thank you for the opportunity.

  257. I had a crummy camera for a while, I thought I could improve the pictures with something like this.

  259. I’d like to win this cuz I just love to take pictures and this would be great to have. Thanks.

  260. I have soooooo many photos that i would love to be able to display…. however… there are so many that have ex’s in them that just deistroy the photos 🙁

  261. Posted on my wall also retweeted, Working with PS premier would make my task of making a genealogical album of photos for the whole family so much faster and easier, I am presently using another program and the task is quite fastidious. Then I have to use another program to make the albums, then burn the DVD or CD depending on their equipment. But it is a task of love and continuity for the family and that is what is most important. With this program my life would be so much easier, and I could make much more of the pictures and other documents I have in paper form.

  262. I’d like to win this for my 16 year old daughter! She’s a budding photographer with a very good eye for pictures to take, and this would really give her some great tools to work with and keep her interest up!

  264. YES…an updated Photoshop product for me! That is worth a million! Thanks and hope I win!

  265. I don’t have any software to do “fun” things with my photos. I would love to win this in order to create fun things with my pictures.

  266. Would love to win this for my daughter. She loves video editing and does quite a bit of photo editing as well.

  270. I’d love to win it, I’ve been using about a 7 year old version of Photoshop Elements..so having an updated one would be great!

  271. I want to win because I would love to learn to use Photoshop and use it for craft projects that I have in mind.

  273. I am a new photographer and I would love this prize so I can get creative with my photos

  276. I want to win because I love Adobe Photoshop. When I bought my new laptop, my old version of Elements is not compatible with it. I would love to have this newer version, thank you.

  282. Would love to win this…Thank you for giving us this opportunity to win a top notch program.

  286. I want to win because I enjoy working/editing photos and I do have any good software to use.

  289. I would love to win this for a Christmas gift for my daughter. She is really into photography and would love to learn how to do more with photoshop

  295. I would love to win as my husband is always taking pictures so he can draw or paint them. This would be a surprise gift to him.

  296. I would love to win because I’m using photo editing software that is old, buggy, and not even supported by the manufacturer anymore. Photoshop would change my life!
    Thanks!

  297. I would love to win this for my fella..he is a photography geek now and I think this would be a lovely gift..
    thanks

  298. I would love to win because I am looking for good photo editing software, and this sounds great.

  300. I want to win this for my teen daughter’s budding photography business!!

    Many thanks!!

  303. My photos sometimes need help. The vacation photos can’t be reshot- so this would be very nice to use.

  304. I would LOVE to have photoshop…I used to use it at work but never had the money to buy it for home use.

  310. I have one reason I would love to have this product–jealousy! I have a friend who turns out gorgeous photos over and over. They seem to be professional quality even though she’s not a pro. She’s just a mom like me, taking pictures of her kids. When asked how she takes such beautiful photos consistently, she attributed it all to Photoshop!

  312. I hit like on my Facebook page and put a comment on your Facebook page. I love the CraftGossip site and love getting new stuff on my Facebook page everyday from you! I would so enjoy having the Adobe Photoshop and Premiere 8 Bundle to edit the photos of my kids and grandson!

  313. “liked” on FaceBook and commented on your wall ~
    have wanted this for awhile but haven’t been able to get it~ would LOVE to win it 😉
    have tons of pics ( nine kids and my older love to take pics as well 😉
    thanks for the chance to win!!

  314. I would like to win this to manage all my photos of family, trips, and crafting.
    I sent the link on my twitter stream and posted it to my facebook.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  316. I have over 60,000 photos stored waiting to be edited and printed and it would be SO wonderful to use PhotoShop with them! But even better would be that my 20 y/o twins, who are both very artistic, would LOVE to be able to be creative with PhotoShop, which they have been asking for for years 🙂

  318. I “liked” it on Facebook because I am horrible when it comes to editing/printing my photos.

  324. I’ve been thinking about getting myself a digital camera to celebrate my birthday (Aug. 30) and do a better job recording my son’s childhood (he’s soon to turn 10). Winning this software would be the clincher. Thanks very much for the opportunity!

  326. I would like Adobe Photoshop so I could use something a bit more sophisticated than what came with my computer.

  329. Great giveaway! I do have an older version of photoshop elements, but would love to upgrade to the latest version.

  331. I love digital photography, and I’m a poor unemployed, creative genius! OK, maybe I’m not, but I would certainly use the program to better myself, create work for myself, and spread the word about Lark Books! Good luck! You’re still my favorite publisher.

  333. I would love to win because I would love to get back to photo manipulation. I haven’t done it since 2003 and I am itching to get back to it.

  337. I would love to win this because I love to take photos. I try to take my own photos of my two children as much as possible, because professional photos are so expensive! Also, I am quite interested in photography but don’t have the money to buy the things I would like to have for my hobby. This would help… a LOT! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  342. I have been wanting this software forever. I love to edit pics, create something out of pics, scrapbook….etc.

  343. I love taking pictures and editing them, but I don’t have any editing software except the generic stuff my computer came with.

  344. I LOVE LOVE LOVE creating and have a passion for taking photos! I am an Army wife raising a 2 1/2 yr old little girl….my husband just came back from being gone for the past 2 years…so we all three have alot of catching up to do and have alot of memories to capture before the enevitable happens…he gets deployed again. I would love to have this to help create special memories and make a scrapbook of moments of our daughter with her Daddy while she is so little! Thanks for considering us!

  349. I have been wanting to get the newest adobe photoshop and love taking pictures so this would be great to win!

  350. This would be soo useful! Third attempt at trying for our second littlen’ and capturing all those awesome moments and the little outfits for a matching family! drool* What a win!

  351. I would love to win so I can have a more robust photo editing suite. currently I use some freeware programs that aren’t very complete.

  352. I just last month bought my first digital SLR camera and it couldn’t have been a more perfect time. Since then, my boyfriend proposed, we found out we are buying our first home next summer, attending my best friend’s wedding in Florida, and getting married in 2012. I would love to have this program to help me capture and preserve all these memories!

  356. I want to win, because I’ve been needing Photoshop for awhile! I have TONS of pictures that I’d like to touch up and add cool effects to before printing.

  358. i have been looking for somehting that would help me with photo editing the hundreds of pics from the past 15 years and this would be a huge help if I got to win!

  359. Would love to be able to give this to my Son to edit my photos. PLeaseeeeeeeeeee let me win!

  367. I want to win this since I just getting into photography and editing and transforming them for crafts and this would let me get a big jump start since I havent been able to afford a great program like this to do so with

  370. I would LOVE to win this package. I am a scrapbooker and have been trying to dabble in digital scrapbooking but have no good software. My photo organization is a total mess so that would be a great help. Thanks for the contest

  372. Gail Evans pookiesmom6602

    Giveaway: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere 8 Bundle · Craft Gossip :: Craft Blog Network craftgossip.com/blog/giveaway-… #craftgossip

  373. Just began converting our photos to digital and this would be a great tool to use in that process!

    kimbly at g mail dot com

  374. I would LOVE to win this contest! I NEED it! 🙂 Love to use PS to edit family photos and for digital scrapbooking and for making homeschool lessons!

  375. thanks for an amazing giveaway! perfect for all of the photo edits and creative projects i hope to complete.

  376. Kelli Baker via Facebook:
    the Photoshop giveaway is amazing! i would LOVE to win that!!
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  377. I love playing around with my photos and my program is so old and outdated, this would be awesome.

  378. I would love to win this because I do a lot of machine embroidery, and people keep saying that Photoshop is a lot easier to work with than Paint.

  381. i would love to win photoshop, i have always wanted it, i have other software but nothing really compares!

  384. I would love to win this for my daughter who is sooooo into photography and computers. She’s been wanting this for a while.

  386. I am hoping to follow my dream of being a photographer and I think these two programs will help a lot. Not to mention I have two little kids at home who I am always snapping pictures of..

  388. I have no photo editing software at this time. I would love to be able to tweak my photographs from so-so pictures to amazing pictures!

  390. I’m the ‘unofficial’ photographer and videographer for my son’s soccer and football teams. Editing those pictures and videos will be so much easier with this bundle. I also have a couple thousand pictures to go through and edit from my trip to Nepal … two years ago! … This would sure help to get that photobook done ! thanks!

  392. I would love to win this so I can finally edit all of my digital photos and make them printworthy

  394. I would like to win because I like to edit photos and these are great programs.

    kimojax9 at gmail dot com

  395. photography is our new hobby ever since our son was born and we got an SLR camera. having editing software will help greatly in enhancing our photos.

  397. I’d love to win because my daughter just turned 1. We’ve got thousands of pictures already and I see thousands more in my future. Having a solid editing package would be wonderful. I’m also thinking of starting a blog so I need a good package to make myself some graphics.

  401. I have owned Photoshop Elements 7 for almost a year now and have not as yet had time to learn it. I need to start making memorial scrapbooks of their Father for my children hopefully for Christmas 2010 and would really love to combine this project with learning the newest version of Photoshop Elements.

  404. I want to win because I’ve been wanting Photoshop Elements forever. Thanks for the giveaway!

  407. I have just started the transitiojn to digital scrapbooking and this would totally come om handy.

  411. I would love to have this program to help me enhance my pictures even more than I try to do now with just simple computer programs. I’ve explored the maximum options I have, and photoshop is my next step. I’ve looked at it many times, but can’t fit it into my budget with saving for a house, and going back to school. It would be amazing to win!

  415. This product would allow me to work on vintage family photographs and current photos. I would love, love, love to have this! Thanks so much for the giveaway.

  416. I just got my first digital camera and am having major problems resizing, cutting, and doing the clean up probably because I don’t have the proper program to work with.

  417. I downloaded the free trial of photoshop and I love it, but my free trial is up! I would love to win.

  420. I’ve got three daughters ages 1, 2, and 3. What a great way to make photo memories of them.

  423. My dearest friend, who worked her behind off as my maid of honor at my wedding this summer, is trying to get her career off the ground as a photographer; we’ve had lengthy discussions about this program and how much she could use it but just can’t afford the cost because of student loans and medical bills. If I win this it would really, really help her out!

Have you read?

Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!