Photoshop - elements?

Mike_tw

Hey,

I work for a company building them a website. I need photoshop for this work.. i have been doing it from home with my copy. I need photoshop at work.. they have told me they will pay for what i need but i see the price of photoshop CS2 is a whooping £800+ (1600$).

A much cheaper version is available for £59 called photoshop elements. I've never used this so i dont know how good it is. Has anyone else used this? I need to be able to edit images and use some effects. Is this "elements" copy any good? I dont fancy breaking the news about the £800 price to the company. So, is elements adequate for my needs?

Thanks

Megadeth4168

I was faced with a similar issue a couple years back... I needed Photoshop for our website and cable channel. I ended up picking up Photoshop Elements 3.0. Honestly, I actually prefer the easier to use interface with Elements...
For my uses I have been able to do everything with Elements that I can do with the "Professional" version. My understanding is that there are really only a few tools missing from Elements, I guess they were tools I never used anyway.

Hope that is of some help to you.

garv221

You get what you pay for, Photoshop is professional quality. Since work is paying why wouldn't you get Photoshop? I am currently using Studio 8 and Creative suite 2

Slowhand

For web design work, I'd recommend checking out Macromedia Fireworks. It's got the same functionality as Photoshop, but it's a bit more geared towards the web, and it's going to be much, much cheaper. (Snatch it up quick, though, since Macromedia is now owned by Adobe, and the actual Macromedia studio may be swallowed up by the Creative Suite, with Photoshop replacing Fireworks altogether.)

Mike_tw

I think i may opt for the elements version It seems to have what i need. My work wont be that graphic intensive... i just need a photoshop to be able to edit things out etc. My school has a copy on their computers so i will try that out tomorrow before buying.

Thanks

Mike_tw

Whats the catch here -

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/search/?qfind=photoshop

One has "-en" and is a bit more than the other? Whats the difference? both are the same version?

Slowhand

Mike_tw wrote:

Whats the catch here -

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/search/?qfind=photoshop

One has "-en" and is a bit more than the other? Whats the difference? both are the same version?

Write to the retailer and ask. That's not an official price from Adobe, so whatever the reason is for the price differences, you'd have to ask ebuyer.com.

Webmaster

You could download the trial version of Adobe Elements and see if it fits your needs.
www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/tryout.html
It's really not comparable to Photoshop though, but Photoshop is a professional product and overkill for many users.

A good and popular alternative to Photoshop is PaintShop Pro:
www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1155872554948

Mike_tw

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=25721425919&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=123304

this?

This is cheaper... how does it compare to adboce software?

Webmaster

how does it compare to adboce software?

It's much cheaper

You can find a link to the Trial version on the page I linked to above, so I suggest trying them out and make your own comparison as it really depends a lot on what exactly you want to do with it.

Mike_tw

I downloaded it:) It took a bit to get used to... years of using photoshop lol.

I will see tomorrow what elements is like and then i will deicde. Does elements have layer effects like outer glow... inner glow.. etc

Tools i need:

magic wand
slecetion tools
smudge
layer effects (above)
and just the basic set of tools

This is why i wouldnt pay £450 for CS when i wont need most of the features.

I'll pit PSP vs elements tomorrow and let you know of the winner

Thanks

Webmaster

On a similar note:

Adobe to take Photoshop online


You could also try the free Pixia:
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/

Or Gimp:
www.gimp.org