I am looking to purchase photoshop for my home computer. We use photoshop cs3 at school and I would like to work on projects at home at the most affordable cost. We use most of the features of cs3 at school. What is the major difference between the original photoshop and photoshop elements?
photoshop Elements is a significantly scaled down version of the full blown version of Photoshop.You can do some of the same things in Elements as you can in Photoshop, but you have much more flexibility in Photoshop. Simply put, Photoshop is the pro version of the software and Elements is more geared toward hobbyists.
The cost of the two software packages reflect these differences. But, the good news is that, as a student, you can buy Photoshop at a sizable discount. I believe the Student/Teacher version of Photoshop is about 20% of the cost of the regular version. So, if you’re thinking of buying Photoshop, doing it when you’re a student is definitely the way to go.
Good luck.
Mary
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