photoshop elements 11 0r stick with picassa

patrickc68

hello and happy new year to everyone.
i am using picassa to edit photos uptill now,,,and iwas wondering would it be worth my while to purchase photoshop elements,i guess it wud be an improvement on picassa,,,,but wud it be a huge difference,,what would you guys with more experience advise me to do,

dirtyghettokid

would you consider something like adobe lightroom or apple aperture (if you have a mac) both are great pieces of software for editing photos. well worth the money!

i can't speak for photoshop elements, as i use full version photoshop. but i find i don't use photoshop much, but aperture all the time.

patrickc68

thanks dgk
i checked out lightroom 4 on youtube,after you suggested it
it looks like a better option ok,
thanks for your suggestion,

dirtyghettokid

try a trial of lightroom to see what you think before purchasing. it'll save you the money if you decide you don't like it! (but i think you will!)

Rainbowsend

I would opt for Lightroom also, a really easy piece of software to get to know and lots of youtube tutorials available also. For the money it is far superior than Picassa, not knocking Picassa at all but it is basic. If you are shooting raw then Lightroom will give you great results.

poundhound

Am I right in saying Lightroom 4 isn't compatable with Windows XP?

dinneenp

I use Picasa but plan on getting LR 4 and trying it out.

While I'm happy with Picasa, LR can do so much more.
There's a wealth of sites with tutorials etc. out there.
Digital Photography School.com have a lot of them, look
here and here

flyingsnail

poundhound wrote: »

Am I right in saying Lightroom 4 isn't compatable with Windows XP?

Correct, you need vista or later

patrickc68

Rainbowsend wrote: »

I would opt for Lightroom also, a really easy piece of software to get to know and lots of youtube tutorials available also. For the money it is far superior than Picassa, not knocking Picassa at all but it is basic. If you are shooting raw then Lightroom will give you great results.

thanks rainbowsend,,that was gonna be another question,,,,using raw in lightroom,,,and you answered it for me

Lotsafish

Its a steep enough price (or at least for me), though no-one ever said photography was cheap!

Necronomicon

I would definitely upgrade from Picasa to one of Lightroom or Elements. I'm an Elements user, haven't had the chance to use Lightroom, but before that my editing software was Picasa as well. There's just no comparison.

thebaz

Personally don't do much post processing , but have Elements , and it is a lot cheaper than photoshop , and seams to do everything it says on the tin - so i too recommend elements

ScumLord

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