Eric Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I'd like to get some opinions on which might be better for our company to consider purchasing. I've used photoshop since 1996, but the company I'm working with now needs to purchase a copy in the near future. For those of us in the 3D field, what is your opinion on which would be better? Of course, Photoshop would be better, but it's more expensive. Elements has some neat features, but it's probably not as powerful, but it's cheaper. So, is anyone here using Elements? If so, have you run into any limitiations with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 If it is for comercialuse I would with Photoshop, Elements is what I call a "House Wife program" version of the real thing. Ouch Im getting hit now... ok ok,,.. sorrry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio rocha Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 well, eric i can asure you that photoshop elements has all that you´ll be using in this kind of work (color adjusting, photomontage, composintin, filtering ...).Some features have different path´s but you´ll get the same results.Just try it, you can get a full personal license in printing acessories.I did :ebiggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 If budget is the issue, get PaintShop Pro from Jasc http://www.jasc.com Last time I used it was a few years back (version 5.0) but back then it was the same as Photoshop without the Adobe name on it... And... its $99 for the downloadable version or $109 for the boxed version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 The problem with elements when we looked at it is that it can only be used in RGB mode which is fine for web, screen etc but if you want to do printing then you are kind of snookered. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 i recently purchased 2 photoshop elements 2.0 seats. i'm more than satisfied with it. it's 70€ vs. 900€ (photoshop) and does everything that is really needed for 99% of the tasks, with the familar photoshop interface. i gave GIMP a look, as an alternative to photoshop, but it is such a messy, buggy and fragmented application (at least the windows version) that i can't expect architects to be able to work with it. PE has the great advantage that everyone who knows photoshop can immideately work with it. of course it can't replace the full photoshop, i can't live without photoshop, but i also can't justify 900€ per seat just because some guys in the office want to adjust scanned photos now and then. highly recommended... (ps...there is a 30 day trial version at adobe.com) [ March 26, 2003, 05:58 AM: Message edited by: plastic ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Originally posted by Craig Ramsay: The problem with elements when we looked at it is that it can only be used in RGB mode which is fine for web, screen etc but if you want to do printing then you are kind of snookered. Craig what kind of printer do you have? all our printers have RGB-only drivers, the epson A4 and A2 printers, the hp 800 plotter the oce plotter... it also never happened to me that a printing house requested CMYK files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 of course it can't replace the full photoshop, i can't live without photoshop, but i also can't justify 900€ per seat just because some guys in the office want to adjust scanned photos now and then. We will follow the same route... Anyone knows the major tools that are NOT available in PE (compaired to PS)? tnx nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 Guess I'll just have to download the trial and dig into it and see what I think. As long as it has adjustment layers, the ability to "rubber stamp", layer masks, and different modes for layers such as "overlay", it'll probably do what most of us need. We can pretty much assume it has a huge assortment of filters for various effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 Okay. I just installed the current Demo for Photoshop Elements from the Adobe website. I've been using Photoshop 5.5, and from what I can see in the Elements trail, it will do everything Photoshop 5.5 will do, and then some. I'm sure it's not as powerfull as the current version of Photoshop, being that they haven't implement cool things like the bandaid tool, but Elements will definitely do what most of us need. No, it will do what we all need if you've been good enough to get along on 5.5. Elements is what I'll be pushing for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Srry, but I can't imagine that it's but the same as the full ps. Some differences I've heard of so far: - only RGB - no healing tool Are these correct? What's more? nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 Right. There is no CMYK option. However, I haven't found a printing company that is good enough to get prints anywhere close to what I'm able to get on our little HP 1220C Inkjet, or our HP Designjet 5000PS, so CMYK is the least of my worries. Also, I never said it was the same as the full Photoshop (assuming you're referring to the newest version). I said it looks like it will do everything 5.5 will do, and then some. Of course, I didn't notice the CMYK feature missing, but I very rarely use CMYK anyway. So, in my opinion, if you can get along with 5.5, as I've done for several years, you can get along with Elements just fine, unless CMYK is really an issue for anyone, then I guess you can shell out 8 times the additional cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Well I use CMYK a lot to do color retouching, but I even do more retouching in LAB. I really love that color mode: so easy to adjust contrast without touching colors and lovely to get rid of color casts! What else is different between PSE and PS7? nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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