Although Elements does offer some cool digital photography features that Photoshop CS2 doesn't even offer, obviously there are plenty of features that Photoshop CS2 has that Photoshop Elements 4.0 still doesn't have (things like Layer Masking, Channel Mixer, etc.). But here's the cool part: The single thing that I'm most proud of in this Elements book is that I've been able to figure out workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate some of those Photoshop features from right within Elements. In some cases, it may take a few more steps to get there than it does in Photoshop CS2, but son-of-a-gun, the result looks pretty darn close, and you'll be the only one who'll know the effect was created in Elements, not in Photoshop CS2. This will test how good you are at keeping secrets. |