What else can we use? :)

I use 5.0 when I edit my photos on my computer. I love all the little extra's with it like the framing, collages and so far. Of course, its not anything like Photoshop CS but then not everyone can afford the CS so 5.0 does just as well

This is a great photo product, a lot of the power and freedom the more advanced photoshop programs give you at a price a hobbyist can justify. There are a lot of avenues to both auto fix and creatively manipulate your work. Many extras too.

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I used to use Photoshop 7 and then CS came along. Adobe thinks that everyone can just shell out a wad of cash every time they come out with a new product. I have other family members that use CS2 & 3 and they both tell me the same thing, "it's not worth the extra cost". I switched to Elements 5 about six months ago and the only thing I am disappointed with is the frame selection. I usually make all my frames and matting from scratch because the frames don't always fit the format of my images and there is no matting selection. Sometimes cropping an image is not an option. In some ways editing software is like a guitar to a guitar player. You can have the best axe in the world but is won't make you a better player. I can make a $400 guitar scream just as nice as a $3,000 guitar. Unless you are willing to throw away some cash on CS3, Elements 5 is a big bang for the buck.

I love this program. It was really easy to use and it produces quality pictures.

Elements is really good but it's best for people who are either daunted by Photoshop's overabundance of features and or just want a program specifically for Photographers but don't want to spend the money on Lightroom. It's also an incredibly good program for those new to image editors.

Great tool to learn with, you can do so many interesting things and work your way into the full package program. Very reasonably priced.

not bad, okay, i use it, has potential

Good starter program for people wanting to experience a little of what Photoshop has to offer. Good for editing photos and easy for the user to understand.

This software is awesome and the texture preset tools its very useful for me