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04/11/2006 12:57:04 AM · #1 |
Hullo all,
So again I have a question... recently I installed Photoshop Elements 3.0 and have started using it to edit rather than my old version of Photoshop 7.0... I was told Elements was better, but maybe that was false information. However, my question is how can I find curves in Elements? I looked to no avail. Also I couldn't find how to adjust the color balance manually... maybe this isn't possible, but I doubt it. If anyone has some ideas, or thinks I should return to 7.0 I'd love some help. Thanks all.
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04/11/2006 01:03:25 AM · #2 |
There's a 3rd party plugin which adds Curves to PSE 3 -- it came with a book Unlocking Secrets of PSE ... or something like that. I've heard there might be other "hack-type" solutions as well.
My guess is that the only advance PSE 3 makes over PS 7 is the "SaveForWeb" save option, which allows you to optimize the JPEG size, and the Bicubic Sharper/Smoother algorithms, which are better than PS 7's straight Bicubic. You lose not only Curves, but I think also Adjustment Layers as well.
My suggestion would be to edit mainly in PS 7, save a flattened TIFF of the final result, and then use PSE to resize (if necessary) and optimize that for the web.
For comparison, I still use PS 5.0 : )
Message edited by author 2006-04-11 01:03:57. |
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04/11/2006 01:13:26 AM · #3 |
The Save for Web option is available in PS7.
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04/11/2006 01:16:28 AM · #4 |
Yeah, I use Save for Web all the time in PS7. It has the adjustable optimization size, too. Personally, I'd stick with 7 over Elements, but that's jut my $.02
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04/11/2006 01:16:54 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by yanko:
The Save for Web option is available in PS7. |
There you go ... I end up using 5 or CS -- I never had to use versions 6 or 7 very much.
So really, it seems the only advantage of PSE is the resizing algorithms.
Message edited by author 2006-04-11 01:17:55. |
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04/11/2006 02:29:01 AM · #6 |
kk then I'll reinstall 7.0 and go from there. Thanks for the help.
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