Photoshop vs Photoshop Elements

ChiefGrasscutter

ukcarper wrote: »

I’m using elements 6 after using photoshop4 in the past, the only thing that I did miss a first was curves which is better in photoshop but now I find it covers all my needs.

Smartcurves addon filter provides curves..... I'm using PSE9
http://free.pages.at/easyfilter/curves.html

ukcarper

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Smartcurves addon filter provides curves..... I'm using PSE9
http://free.pages.at/easyfilter/curves.html

Thanks looks good I'll give it a try.

moonrakerz

JJ_Egan wrote: »

If you find that elements is missing tools to do something after trying then you can buy the far more expensive photoshop . Thats the route i would go .

You can often find plug-ins or stand alones that will fill the gaps.

debitcardmayhem

gazfocus wrote: »

Thanks, I'm currently waiting for Photoshop Elements 9 trial to download but it's taking forever lol.

It's good to hear that there are some people that switched from Photoshop to Elements so hopefully I'll be fine with it, especially as it's so much cheaper.

I've looked at GIMP in the past but I must agree with Poppy, it's an unuseable mess so wouldn't dream of relying on it for work.

It works, used it for my avatar, and it is free, but if you are using it for "work" claim back the VAT . If you know CS4 then try again with gimp.

althas

If you have a family member who is a student, you could go to somewhere like software4students and get a cheap copy of phoptoshop. You do have to prove the studentism of the person to Adobe to get it working fully (like NUS card kind of thing), but may be another option

BTW I use Elements 8 and have used photoshop CS3. And I can agree with Elements being good for the normal home user. There are always add-ons that people code for elements, and a little googling will usually find a work around for a lot of things

Jeff_Bridges_hair

poppy10 wrote: »

Photoshop Elements is fine, it does everything the average home user would ever want to do. The full Photoshop is really only for graphic designers and pirates.

Quite right. I feel the standard of the average jolly roger and sail design has increased for the better with pirates using photoshop.