Photoshop Elements 3.0 or 4.0??

I'm gonna add this to my christmas list and was wondering which one to go with. I downloaded the free trial of 3.0 and really like it, so I'm tempted to ask Santa to get me the older version.

Does 4.0 have any noticable changes that I would like?

4.0 is the way to go. I used 2.0 and 3.0 for years, and there's a huge difference with 4.0.

There are a lot of really cool enhancements to 4.0, including the Magnetic Lasso Tool and a bunch of others that don't come to mind right now.

Hope this helps.

Photoshop Elements 5.0 is now out. Go there for sure.

mac57 said:

Photoshop Elements 5.0 is now out. Go there for sure.

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Alas, Photoshop Elements 5.0 is Windows only. :-(

Adobe really cheeses me off-- they did this with Elements 4.0, where it was released for Windows while the Mac version followed 4 months later.

caribiner23 said:

Adobe really cheeses me off-- they did this with Elements 4.0, where it was released for Windows while the Mac version followed 4 months later.

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Don't worry. I'm still using v2.



Is it worth getting a newer version. Since last time I looked v3 didn't really have much extra added onto v2...

Not sure about 4 (Or I'll wait until 5 comes out)..

I don't care about the file organisers, or quick fix things, they're all just too basic.. The only reason I use elements is because I can't afford the full one.

As I posted above, 4 has a lot of enhancements that make the jump worthwhile. I went from Elements 2 to Elements 4 and I've been very happy with the upgrade.

Whoops! My apologies folks. I didn't even check - I just ASSUMED that the Mac version was available. Sorry!