Retitled: Tell us about PE6

[PoohJen]

Costco is running a coupon this week for PE6 at $50 ($30 off their reg $80).

I currently use the editing software that came with my XT, and truth be told, I'm fairly satisfied with it. Perhaps in the same way a driver of an old Yugo is satisfied, having never driven a BMW? Or not so much difference?

That's a great price, and I'm fairly tempted to make the switch.
Pros:
- more users = more advice, literature, speaking the same language
- several generations working out bugs; making enhancements, innovative functions, etc.

Cons:
- if I'm "fairly satisfied" with my current program, do I need to "upgrade" (i.e., is it an upgrade)?

- learning curve

Of course, a review of the Reviews show that some love the PE6, others (with earlier PE versions) state problems, not really an upgrade, etc.

I'm happy to hear your thoughts, reviews, etc!

 

[korzmom]

i was curious about that too, i'm planning on getting it this week at coscos. how difficult is it to use? at that price, you can buy it and resale it on ebay- if your into ebay.

 

[jann1033]

i'd get it..it's a lot better than the software that came with the xt. it's a bargain for a program that is pretty close to photoshop c??. i have elements 5 and on my 512 mb computer it bogs down but part of that is i have a bunch of photos...i don't care for the organizer...i'd rather just go to the windows folders and i downloaded the microsoft raw viewer and it's working good so now i don't even open the organizer. i use camera raw to convert to raw. i did get the missing manual and that helped me tons with using it.you can do a lot lot more with it and imo it's fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it ( ie levels) .

 

[MIDisFan]

Have you tried the trial version from the Adobe website? You can use it for 30 days. You can also buy it direct from Adobe with the student discount and I believe it is $59. I didn't get much of a chance to try out the trial version. I was preoccupied with trying to figure out how to use my camera to begin with . Should have waited to download it. In any case I just picked up a Dell laptop for my daughter and it came with Elements and Premier. Maybe she'll let me try it out when I give it to her Saturday for her b-day.