Urgent Question!!! 0_0

[kfttjdb]

What's the difference between Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements 4.0? I mean, what does each program do?


I'd really like to save 600 dollars if I can...


Help.............................Please?

[kfttjdb]

Whoa, I feel like I'm spamming the board. Um....Dee helped me out. So, could one of the mods lock this thread please?


Thanks, and I apologize for the oozing spamness...

*runs*

[Drave]

Like I said on LJ: basically, there really are no major differences. Brush format, maybe. Photoshop is Photoshop. You'll get a few new fancy rastering effects in CS2, like better vanishing point renders and spot healing, but since you're juuuust starting out with Photoshop, go for the cheapest thing you can find. Once you're good, the program doesn't really matter all that much.

I've had three years of experience with Photoshop Elements 2.0, and I can do just as good of work with my Elements as someone who has had the same amount of time with CS, fancy effects or no. That is a proven fact, as I've seen shoddy work pumped out by students using state of the art design technology. From Savannah College of Design, no less.

In school? I use CS for graphic design projects, and it annoys me. At home, I use Elements 2.0. I think Elements has an easier interface. For someone starting out, CS2 will probably confuse the hell out of them. Elements is no easier to get the hang of, but it's better for beginners. It would probably be a waste of your money to drop $600.00 on CS2. I know I wouldn't, and my major is graphic design.

Edit: Kinda long-winded, there X3. But if I helped you out earlier--eh, well.

[Saturn]

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