Photoshop Elements is more an entry level program for photo editing. Photoshop CS4 (which is the latest version of Photoshop) is the gold standard of photo editing. This program is extremely complex and capable of doing most anything related to photo editing. It utilizes layers to make alot of your photo editing which will allow you to go back and undo things if you don't like the effect Photoshop Elements doesn't have alot of the layering effects of Photoshop but is a great place to start if you are just beginning in the photo editing arena. The price is much cheaper (~ $150) compared to Photoshop CS4 (close to $1000) If you are considering getting into photo editing then I would highly recommend Adobe Lightroom 2 which is a program allowing you to catalogue your images as well as make adjustments to your images. You can work on RAW images as well as JPEG and Tiff which is a great advantage and all the adjustments you make are non-destructive which means you are not altering the original file. You can easily print your image directly from Lightroom as well. If you also have PS Elements or PS you can easily export your image into it and make adjustments then bring it back into Lightroom to print or send to the web. Mac has a program called Aperture which is similar to Lightroom although changes made to images using Aperture do effect the original image hence is more destructive. I do alot of photo editing and have both CS4 and Lightroom 2. I find myself doing 90% of my work in Lightroom and the remainder in Photoshop I hope this helps answer your question Bob On 13-Dec-08, at 4:10 PM, Douglas Feick wrote: > Please explain the difference between Photoshop Elements and > Photoshop...Doug > --- > MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> > Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > > > > > --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>