GDHugh
7th of February 2008 (Thu), 06:57
Hey guys and gals,
I started with PSE3 the 4 then 5. Well now there is PSE6 and it looks pretty good. But, I also have PS6 and the upgrade PS7 which I haven't used just because I dread learning new software and PSE5 has done all I needed. Now, I see I have upgrade from PS7 to CS3 for $200. So, I am torn. The thing is, PSE5 is my comfort zone and I'm not and expert in all it will do. I do know PSE6 added some stuff I would like. One the other had, CS3 would take me into a real pro level and provide many years of learning. Do I need it? If so, do I need to add Lightroom, too? I don't really know so I am asking ya'll. The main thing I do is adjust exposure and tweek pics that are already pretty good in ACR. That part would not change. Every now and then I get one that is a great composition but the exposure is really bad with blow highlights or it's blurry. I am not good enough to fix those.
My goal in PP is to make my photo's look there absolute best without having them look processed. Now that's not to say that I might want to venture into some more artistic stuff toward the other end of my rather long learning curve. With CS3, do you have to learn a whole new and different work flow? Does it look totally different? What will it do that Elements 6 won't do and do I really need (as an advanced amature wanting to grow into something more) to learn to do all the stuff it will do? If I take the same image and tweek it the same way in PSE6 and CS3... will the CS3 image look $200.00 better?
OK your thoughts? Thanks for taking the time to have the conversation.
I started with PSE3 the 4 then 5. Well now there is PSE6 and it looks pretty good. But, I also have PS6 and the upgrade PS7 which I haven't used just because I dread learning new software and PSE5 has done all I needed. Now, I see I have upgrade from PS7 to CS3 for $200. So, I am torn. The thing is, PSE5 is my comfort zone and I'm not and expert in all it will do. I do know PSE6 added some stuff I would like. One the other had, CS3 would take me into a real pro level and provide many years of learning. Do I need it? If so, do I need to add Lightroom, too? I don't really know so I am asking ya'll. The main thing I do is adjust exposure and tweek pics that are already pretty good in ACR. That part would not change. Every now and then I get one that is a great composition but the exposure is really bad with blow highlights or it's blurry. I am not good enough to fix those.
My goal in PP is to make my photo's look there absolute best without having them look processed. Now that's not to say that I might want to venture into some more artistic stuff toward the other end of my rather long learning curve. With CS3, do you have to learn a whole new and different work flow? Does it look totally different? What will it do that Elements 6 won't do and do I really need (as an advanced amature wanting to grow into something more) to learn to do all the stuff it will do? If I take the same image and tweek it the same way in PSE6 and CS3... will the CS3 image look $200.00 better?
OK your thoughts? Thanks for taking the time to have the conversation.