- Location
- Marlow, UK
My laptop expired on me over the weekend, taking with it an old, pre-installed version of Photoshop Elements which had served me well for six years plus.
Before I meekly purchase the current version as a replacement, I thought I'd ask the group if this is my best bet, or whether I should look elsewhere. I can pick up Elements for about £70 ($100 US) so that's roughly my budget.
The primary purpose of the software will be to edit jpg images I create myself (I don't currently work with raw images, but I suppose I might one day) and that means basic stuff like cropping, rotating, converting to monochrome, saving in different formats etc. as well as more subtle image manipulation when needed. I use layers to add my copyright notice.
I don't need any catalogue / DAM functionality.
I think Elements is probably still my best bet, but I'm open to alternative suggestions.
The new laptop runs Windows 10 Home 64-bit and has 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD (which I'm filling at an alarming rate). Core i5 processor, 8th generation.
-R
Before I meekly purchase the current version as a replacement, I thought I'd ask the group if this is my best bet, or whether I should look elsewhere. I can pick up Elements for about £70 ($100 US) so that's roughly my budget.
The primary purpose of the software will be to edit jpg images I create myself (I don't currently work with raw images, but I suppose I might one day) and that means basic stuff like cropping, rotating, converting to monochrome, saving in different formats etc. as well as more subtle image manipulation when needed. I use layers to add my copyright notice.
I don't need any catalogue / DAM functionality.
I think Elements is probably still my best bet, but I'm open to alternative suggestions.
The new laptop runs Windows 10 Home 64-bit and has 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD (which I'm filling at an alarming rate). Core i5 processor, 8th generation.
-R
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