Photoshop question

[snidy1]

What does photoshop pro 7 have that Photoshop Elements 2.0 doesn't? I want to edit digital pictures and be able to change backgrounds etc. Will elements be enough?

 

[igowerf]

Yes. Elements will be enough for what you do.

Here's a list of stuff that I've found:
No actionscripts, no masks, no CMYK color, only a few preset shading effects (the entire layer effects dialog for buttonizing, shading, glow, etc is gone), single text anti-aliasing setting (no crisp, sharp, etc), limited batch processing (image resizing and renaming only), missing the cool new stamp tool in PS7.0 (I forget what it's called).

I got PSE 2.0 mainly to use for webdesign and some image manipulation and the software has worked fine for me. For the most part, I've been able to get around some of the missing features by manually creating the effects (drop shadows, glows, etc). The missing text anti-aliasing options are kind of annoying and actionscript support would've been great, but other than that, I've been happy with my $25 PSE 2.0.

 

[oog]

does elements start up any faster than photoshop?

 

[igowerf]

I'm not really sure, but I think PSE might be a little faster. It still has the standard Adobe splash screen loading tons of stuff though.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: igowerf
...missing the cool new stamp tool in PS7.0 (I forget what it's called)...

The healing brush tool (band-aid icon) is the "proper term."

I've found that, despite the "coolness factor," I rarely use it (of course, I don't do a a great volume of photo retouching, so maybe someone who did more of that would find it quite useful).

 

[igowerf]

It's the one that will grab a pattern and let you touch up photos right? I use the regular clone stamp a lot for touching up pictures, but the healing brush tool seems to be better.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: igowerf
It's the one that will grab a pattern and let you touch up photos right? I use the regular clone stamp a lot for touching up pictures, but the healing brush tool seems to be better.

Yea, the concept is similar to the Clone Stamp Tool, but it works in a slightly different method. Basically, when you use the Clone Stamp, it's just a fancy Copy and Paste operation. When you use the Healing Brush, it takes the source, and modifies the level of brightness to match the destination (as I understand it, anyway). This can be nice if you're taking a pattern from a darker part of a gradient, and "stamping" onto a lighter part, but it doesn't work quite as well when you want to take a dark pattern and "stamp" it onto a lighter area, without the stamped-on pattern becoming lighter itself. Hopefully this explanation helps a bit; if you want a real answer, read the Photoshop help file.

 

[rbV5]

does elements start up any faster than photoshop?

On my rig about twice as fast ~4 sec vs ~9sec