The members of this group will be ready to answer your questions when you start editing with Elements. Take your friends advice, and buy Photoshop Elements 5, and have the cash left in your pocket for that new lens you've got your eye on. There are of course many other features that some would count as must have! But if you look through the discussions in this group, you will realise that Photoshop Elements is capable of doing most of what you would wish. A free plugin Layer mask tool can be downloaded for Photoshop Elements. Some people think that this is one of the major advantages it has over Elements. A year from now ( Just like the rest of us ) you will still be discovering new things that it can do.ĬS 2 has the Layer Mask feature as standard. However, Photoshop Elements is a very powerful program. It is in my opinion the best editing software that money can buy. Then I would advise that you take your friends advice.ĬS 2 does indeed have many features that Elements does not. If you have not done too much photo editing/manipulation.

I would like to here what others have to say on this topic. I am not rich and want to know if there is a great difference (several hundred dollars worth) between the Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS2? Is it really worth getting one over the other? I like to know these things even before I purchase the minor version.Īs a friend told me I'm probably better off investing the difference into a good lens.īesides I'm often told that most people who purchase the more expenive version never use the functionality beyond what the basic package offers - is this true.

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