Right now, the only editing program I have is Photoshop Elements 2.0 that I got from my friend years ago. Getting an SLR camera finally, it will be time to upgrade my editing program as well.
So, what out there is good?
I don't want to spend $600+ on Photoshop; is anyone using the current Photoshop Elements 5.0? Anything else for under $150 that works well?
Thanks in advance.

 

Paint Shop Pro is pretty good. It does most of what photoshop does, and has some nice tools that are executed better than photoshop offerings, such as printing multiple images per page, batch-processing of files, and a few other tools.

http://store.corel.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...10103&langId=-1

 

if you are a student... you can get all the adobe software at a 1/2 of retail

through adobe and online student book stores, maybe you can buy it through you school

 

I edit for a photographer part time since i taught myself photoshop... and I've tried alot of other things, photoshop is still my favorite dont skimp out on that.

you can get photoshop for sale if you are in college sometimes it sells for as low as 100 bucks just keep an eye out.

 

Thanks, I'll have to check that out at the bookstore once I go back.

 

Accept no substitute for Photoshop, and try not to settle for anything less than CS. Buy it used if you have to.

 

where would 1 pick up cs used? Id be interested in that.

 

eBay, some local software stores (don't know if you have any of those kind of places - ours are all almost out of business), I've seen some copies on FredMiranda.com before.

There will be tons of copies of CS2 hitting the used market when CS3 fully rolls out

 

Everything else is garbage compared to Photoshop. You can purchase software from journeyed.com if you are a student.

 

Can you indeed use PS CS2 after it as been registered with Adobe? I heard that the program "phones home" for registration