11-17-2009, 05:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Posts: 146
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I started using PSE 5 about 3 years ago, upgraded to PSE 7 last November and got a great deal last December on Photoshop CS4 (just Photoshop...not the suite) for $299 since I owned a copy of photoshop elements (the promo reqs).
Photoshop Elements and Photoshop come with Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) with is a photo editing program within the Photoshop programs (has the exact same controls as Lightroom).
The reasons for my upgrade from PSE to PSCS4 had more to do with the ease of installing/using 3rd party actions and layer styles (more to do with digital scrapbooking than photography). I love Photoshop and will never go back to using an Elements product.
If you are a Costco member, you can get Photoshop Elements 8 (PSE 8) for about $50. It has ACR so you will have the photo editing software as well as the layers (comes in really handy for improving brightness and contrast and curves adjustments).
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Angie 
Gear: Canon 7D, Canon XSi, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 USM AF L-series, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM L-series, Canon 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon 580EX II Speedlite, Tokina 12-24mm f/4 ATX 124AF Pro DX II, Tokina 80-400 f/ 4.5-5.6 ATX840 AF
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