Style Match is the latest addition to Adobe’s ever-growing list of ways to merge images. Think about all the great photographers; each one has a distinctive style, and a lot of that comes from the way their images were treated in the darkroom or processed digitally. Style Match lets you create and duplicate your own style, or imitate one of your favorite photographer’s styles. It gives you a way to say to Elements, “See this photo? I really like the way it looks. Do what you can to make my other photo look just like that.”

You can produce a number of fun effects this way. And if you happen to be the executor of Ansel Adams’s estate, don’t worry: Not even a computer running Elements can take a casual snapshot and turn it into a serious work of art. In fact, what you actually get from using Style Match may be wildly different from what you expected, but that’s part of the fun. You aren’t just limited to using photos as sources, either; you can try blending effects from any kind of image. So if you did a digital painting and you’d like to try to copy that, you can use it as your source, although you’re not going to get all the brushstrokes and textures.