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15 of 15 customers found the following review helpful: Wow from a die-hard Photoshop user!, 2008-07-28 I was trying to decide if it was worth upgrading my Photoshop 7 to CS3 (even at the academic price of $300) when I stumbled across Elements 6. I downloaded the free 30 day trial from the Adobe site and I was shocked how good this program is, even compared to its pricey sister Photoshop CS3. I am a photographer and even have a few photography blogs, one where I have tutorials/free actions for Photoshop. I have been an avid Photoshop snob for over 10 years, and I know the program pretty much backwards and forwards. After reviewing Elements for over a month (and editing tons of photos with it) I have to say that unless you are a professional photographer who edits tons and tons of prints and are at a loss for time, Elements will give you spectacular results on par with Photoshop CS3. Even a professional photographer can use this program for editing, but it will be slower for them to get their work done. What it is missing that I love in CS3 is the ability to write actions (not necessary, but it speeds up my workflow) and not being able to batch process prints without auto settings. If you don't understand what I mean with that sentence, then by all means don't bother getting CS3 and stick with Elements 6. There is a learning curve and I would suggest reading up on free sites on the web to learn how to work the program (and Kelby's books are great). It is also much more powerful than most users realize, so dig deep and play with it. There are tons of free plug-ins and actions out there that make your program more like its big sis Photoshop, just do a search. Anyway, Elements is a great powerful program that I would be happy to use to edit my pics on a deserted island. Don't underestimate its power. The people who gave this bad reviews are obviously people who did not take the time to really play with this program. It has "idiot" modes where anyone can get a decent processed print, but if you are willing to learn a bit you can create art. CS3 is a BMW and Elements 6 is a Honda. Sure, the BMW is more flashy and has some bells and whistles you will use and will improve your life a bit, but they are bells and whistles you really did not know you "had" to have. The Honda will get you to the same place at approximately the same time, safely and in an equally smooth ride. Sure, your friends won't be in awe, but the money you save you can spend in gas (or a nice lens for your camera!). Oh, did I mention it comes with the same Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) that CS3 is bundled with to process RAW prints? ACR is great if you shoot in RAW (which everyone should if you have the ability). 5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful: Creativity Galore, 2008-07-26 After using Photoshop Elements 6.0 for about a month, I'm still having fun with it, still learning something new about it almost every day! The delightful discoveries it keeps providing reminds me of a dream I used to have as a child: I would enter a house, start to explore it, and always find another room. These are a few of the things I've done with Photoshop Elements: 1. Sharpened up my digital photos. 2. Taken the "speckles" out of scanned photos. 3. Discovered how to work with layers (I find layers especially helpful in digital scrapbooking, a hobby I've just started). 4. Learned how to make some of my own digital elements for scrapbooking through utilizing the effects menu. 5. Made some "watercolor" paintings out of photographs, using the effects menu, then tweaking the color(washing it out), through various brushes. Some of my favorite tools in PhotoShop Elements are: 1. The Effects menu. Man, you can go wild editing images! The sky is the limit. I have only just begun to get creative. 2. The brush collection. Each brush provides a different effect, and the hundreds of brushes in the collection can be added to by downloading others from the Net. (I've downloaded two.) Of course, the brushes can be sized from a tiny 1 point to a mega 2000+. Their opacity (transparency) can also be changed easily by using a slider control. AND the eraser tool can erase in the shape of any brush--so color can be "lifted" with as much creativity as it can be applied. 3. The cookie cutter tool. This allows me to easily shape/crop my photos into any shape I desire--such as round, oval, heart, etc. PhotoShop even has a a cookie cutter collection of shapes possessing what I call "casual edges", which causes the photo to look as though it was "painted" on the page with the quick strokes of a bold brush. 4. The Magic Eraser and Background Eraser. You can select a shape with the Magic Wand (or select it by "painting" over it with the paintbrush selecter), apply the Magic Eraser, and zip! Everything not selected disappears, to be replaced by a transparent (shown as checkered) background. And there you have it--the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential packed into Photoshop Elements 6. One other thing: I'm finding Barbara Brundage's book, "Photoshop Elements 6, The Missing Manual", to be quite helpful in finding my way around the complexities of the program. Coming from a 1998 Version of CorelDraw/Corel PhotoPaint, I was overwhelmed with all the new things to learn when I first opened up Photoshop Elements 6. That first week I was dazed, even though I was watching tutorials on YouTube, etc. to try to figure it all out. That's when I decided to order "The Missing Manual" (marketed as "the book that should have been in the box.") It's 567 clearly-written pages are well worth the money you pay for it. Still learning, MK DeLeon, TX 1 of 7 customers found the following review helpful: Frustration, 2008-07-25 This product has no instruction manual with it. I do not find the on-line links very helpful. As a result I haven't been able to use any of the features. I suppose it is necessary to purchase a manual to explain the features if you have never used Photoshop before. Photoshop Elements 6, 2008-07-24 Just what I needed. It is easy to use and does satisfactory results. Everyone should have Photo Shop Elements 6q Fantasic Price, Great Product but not super user friendly, 2008-07-24 I have been wanting Photoshop for a long time and downloaded a trial version. It is an amazing program. However it was a lot harder to use than I had thought and I have a lot of computer experience. I almost wasn't going to buy it until I saw a great deal on Amazon with a rebate. I am really glad I did get it. It is taking some time to learn. So be prepared and patient. I love the catalog feature.
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