Doug Greenberg
Well-known member
Hello,
I have been blithely using Photoshop Elements 2.0 for about eighteen months, mostly in preparing bird photos for printing or for delivery to the web. I received a flyer from Adobe a few days ago offering to allow me to upgrade to Photoshop CS for a "mere" $299, which is a lot less than the $649 retail price.
For people who have made this switch previously (or one similar from another low-end program), is it worth the investment? I know there are features in the full version of Photoshop that I will never, ever use. For your day-to-day just trying to make a bird photo look its very best, is Photoshop CS superior to Photoshop Elements? How so?
In general photographic forums elsewhere the general attitude is that Photoshop CS is "definitely worth it." But here, I believe I am speaking to/with fellow "amateur bird photographers." What do people think?
I have been blithely using Photoshop Elements 2.0 for about eighteen months, mostly in preparing bird photos for printing or for delivery to the web. I received a flyer from Adobe a few days ago offering to allow me to upgrade to Photoshop CS for a "mere" $299, which is a lot less than the $649 retail price.
For people who have made this switch previously (or one similar from another low-end program), is it worth the investment? I know there are features in the full version of Photoshop that I will never, ever use. For your day-to-day just trying to make a bird photo look its very best, is Photoshop CS superior to Photoshop Elements? How so?
In general photographic forums elsewhere the general attitude is that Photoshop CS is "definitely worth it." But here, I believe I am speaking to/with fellow "amateur bird photographers." What do people think?