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A question about photoshop, are photoshop and photoshop elements 9 two different programmes, and do I need to already have photoshop to use photoshop 9 ?
 
Photoshop is usually used as shorthand for the full name of Photoshop Creative Studio 5 (or Photoshop CS5). This is a large powerful professional standard graphics manipulation software application that can do pretty much anything with images. For most people it's overkill and Adobe recognised that and produced a cut down program that does pretty much anything that the home user would need to do with their photographs - This is Photoshop Elements (currently on version 9) They are 2 completely different applications and using one does not rely on having the other installed. Just as well, as Elements is around £60, whereas CS5 is around £500!
 
One other thing is that Adobe produce a trial version of the software, which you can download and use for 30 days to see if it meets your requirements. If you like it, but the software from the cheapest box-shifter you can find, and put the registration number from the box into the software and you're up and running.
 
Charlatan said:
I'll add is that if CS5 is for you, then if you or a member of your family are a student/parent of a school child you may be eligible for a discount. Still not a cheap piece of software but very powerful when you get to grips with it.
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Good shout. Plus, use copies of older (CS2/CS3) versions are readily available on fleabay for a fraction of the cost of CS5. They will have some missing functions compared to newer versions, but for general cloning, brushwork and layer masking, CS2 is probably the best used buy of the 'full' PS versions.
 
One thing to point out. Photoshop has a fairly steep learning curve, it's not very intuitive, and the help files tend to assume that you know what you're doing. There are plenty of books, magazine articles and tutorials on the web though. Used copies of CS2 and CS3 can be found, but be careful. There are a lot of counterfeit copies out there.

The GIMP is similar to Photoshop and freeware. It's powerful and has a lot of functionality, but also takes time to learn. I've played with it, but never got really interested because I'm used to Photoshop.

Photoshop Elements works in much the same way as the full version, but has far more built in support and can act as a primer for it. A lot of people find that it's all they ever need, or want. I'd download the free trial and give it a shot.
 
Thanks for all the input guys. I'm actually thinking of buying Elements 9 as everything I've read so far seems to think its the bees knees. I once used an on line photo editing suit to put a pair of angel wings on a young friend, sadly I can't remember which suit it was, so can't repeat the trick. sadly not eligible of a student discount :-(
 
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