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James Silverton wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> Fyimo wrote:
>>>
>>>> I never had version one but I have version 2 and like it. In fact,
>>>> today I just bought the upgtade to version 3 because it has some
>>>> photo album tools that are nice .
>>>>
>>>> Art
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've liked version 1 since I got it with my camera last year but
>>> versions 2 and 3 have some rather useful quick fixing tools and a
>>> rather different philosophy of use so I bought version 3 with a
>>> rebate. I never had 2 but I believe the major changes in 3 are
>>> organizational tools which I *do not* like. Version 3 also takes
>>> about twice as long to load as version 1 but I suppose version 2
>>> might also.
>>
>> As programs gain feature, they usually DO take longer to load. I have
>> mixed feelings about the 'organizer' in PSE3, but you don't HAVE to
>> ever see it if you don't want to use it.
>
>
> Thanks, I am aware that I don't need to use the organizing features and
> I suspect that I won't. As I said, I never had Elements 2 but, AFAIK, I
> have all of its editing features in version 3. I've never been very
> enthusiastic about blind automation but the "Quick Fix" often does a
> very satisfactory job and I like the "healing brush" and "selection
> brush" which I believe are also in Elements 2. Overall, I do agree that
> it is worthwhile upgrading from Elements 1 and, since I decided to get
> it early, I was able to buy Elements 3 for $50 with rebates. Strangely
> enough, at that time, the best price I could find for Elements 2 was
> more than I eventually paid for the later version.
The 'healing brush' is NOT in PSE2, and is one of the reasons I bought
the new program. Another is the ability to make individual images from
scans of multiple pictures.
>
> I still have not brought myself to remove Elements 1 but I suspect that
> may be because I am familiar with it not because of its loading speed. I
> wonder if increasing my memory from 256 MB would be helpful? I don't
> intend to upgrade from my 1.5 GHz cpu in the near future.
>
>
Yes, more memory is the cheapest thing you can add for increased
performance from any computer. I also have retained the old (PSE2)
version on my HD, but haven't loaded it since installing PSE3. Note
that if you uninstall an older version after installing PSE3, you MAY
have to reinstall PSE3 as the Adobe Gamma program gets uninstalled.
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Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net
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