Photoshop Elements (Adobe)

[Jeremy]

Am thinking of purchasing Photoshop Elements to touch up and generally enhance my digital photos as necessary. Has any one any feed back on the software ? Any recommended alternatives please ?

[Dr Keyboard]

We regularly recommend Irfanview, which is free - why not give it a go first and see if it does what you want? If not, then have a go at Photoshop.

[Jon]

As I shoot RAW, most of my post-processing gets done in Raw Shooter Premium, although since Adobe bought the company it's been absorbed by, and I'm transitioning to, Lightroom. Anything beyond that which needs doing I do in Paint Shop Pro (largely due to inertia and a reluctance to spend what it'd cost for PhotoShop CS whatever). Irfanview's a bit too limiting for my taste once you get past simple tonal changes, resizing or sharpening and start looking at selective masking or spotting out dust and distractions.

[andrewsinfrance]

I use both CS2 and Elements 5 although 98% is CS2. I have been using Photoshop since I got PS2'SE'  with a printer years ago and find that I stay with Photoshop because it a) Gives me what I need and b) I find it easy to up-date to a newer version, already knowing the basics.

The only other programme I use is Ulead Photo Express 4.0 SE as I find it easy to produce 'contact sheets' with it.

[Jeremy]

Many thanks to you all. I now have a range of alternatives to look at and consider.