Adobe Photoshop Elements Six Ships for Mac

1. Chuck permalink

   March 24, 2008 5:45 pm

   Help!
   Aperture 2.0 or Elements Six??????

   Chuck
   Nikon D80
   Macbook.
2. Nicole Young permalink

   March 24, 2008 10:31 pm

   Is this the “Big Adobe News” that you spoke of in the podcast?
3. William permalink

   March 25, 2008 2:35 am

   Chuck… I have the same question… :)

   I’m looking at upgrading to a better photo editing/cataloging software package. I’d love to see a comparison of the following applications: iPhoto, Elements 6, Aperture 2.0, Adobe Lightroom, and Photoshop.

   I’m on a Mac, currently using iPhoto. I’m actually seriously considering Aperture 2.0 because its only about $100 more expensive than Elements—-and it seems to be a more feature packed application. I’m looking for an application that does a good job at photo editing and cataloging my photos. Right now, iPhoto is OK—-but I find its limited when it comes to actually editing the photos, now that I’m shooting a lot more RAW.

   Thanks,
   Will, Nikon D40.
4. Jonathan permalink

   March 25, 2008 6:37 am

   I had been using iPhoto for all my photo organizing and photo manipulation, but recently upgraded to Aperture 2.0. After a couple weeks of using Aperture, I love all the image adjustment options that Aperture gives me and when I go back to iPhoto, it seems limited. Aperture is great for organizing your photos and doing 90% of my editing, but sometimes I want to do more. I am thinking of getting Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for some of the tools available within photoshop (like layers and combining panaramas). I think Elements is a good option if you already have Aperture (or Lightroom) and are not going to be doing a ton of Photoshop editing to justify the full CS3 purchase.
5. Joel permalink

   March 25, 2008 9:42 am

   Does anybody know if Photoshop Elements supports RAW. This would be a deal breaker for me.
6. Scott permalink*

   March 25, 2008 9:55 am

   So does that mean if Elements supports RAW – you won’t buy it?

   It does support RAW.
7. Joel permalink

   March 25, 2008 10:06 am

   If it supports RAW, I probably buy. In the past Elements was enough to ease my desire to buy Photoshop.

   I’m also waiting on something really exciting from Adobe this week…
8. William permalink

   March 25, 2008 12:55 pm

   Scott…. What all do you use for your primary editing/cataloging application? I’m pretty sure it’s Apeture…. but what else do you use?

   I’m thinking that I am going to settle on Aperture at my main application. Then, I’m going to use apps like Bracketeer ($29), maybe PE6 ($89) for when I want to do something Aperture doesn’t.

   Thoughts?

   Thanks,
   Will
9. Scott permalink*

   March 25, 2008 1:05 pm

   I don’t use the same app for editing and cataloging. I edit with Photoshop and I am deciding whether or not to stick with Aperture or switch to LightRoom.
10. William permalink

    March 25, 2008 1:27 pm

    Thanks Scott… BTW, I really enjoyed the Video’s you did on Camera supports.
11. Paul permalink

    March 25, 2008 6:52 pm

    I would love to see/hear from the TWIP staff on how to decide between Photoshop & Elements. I’m a Lightroom user and love it (although I saw some neat features of Aperture 2 in Boston at the Aperture 2 Tour) and I need to complement Lightroom with an editor.
12. Chuck permalink

    March 29, 2008 9:21 pm

    I’d also love to hear what the TWIP panel suggests between the above options.
    What does Aperture 2 do that Lightroom doesn’t and vice versa – and what does Aperture 2 do that Elements doesn’t (and vice versa).
    Thanks all for these excellent podcasts!!
    ps. the brief comments about explaining photography jargon are very much appreciated.

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