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 BEWARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS!! January 3, 2007
A Reviewer (Oakton, VA United States)
56 out of 62 found this review helpful
Buried down in the other user reviews is, I find, a wise one warning those with computers more than 2 years old to avoid this program. Perhaps a better way to put the warning (because although age alone might be a useful guide, it's not necessarily a guarantee of incompatibility), is to advise a CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS! Dazzled by the overall great reviews, I put this on my Christmas wish list. I couldn't wait to get it installed on Christmas morning! It seemed to install just fine, but then the honeymoon was over. After installing, my computer (yes, mine is more than 2 years old, with XP and an early Pentium 4) ran slower than molasses on a cold winter morning. Parts of the program worked, but it kept stalling, requiring restarts every time. The function of other programs was affected. I tried a reinstall, but things got worse. Finally got it off the machine (Add/Delete Programs wouldn't even start at one point!!).
Well, when all else fails, read the fine print! I'm sure this is as great a program as all the reviewers with machines that meet the program's needs say, but if you're interested in it, I strongly recommend that you click on the link for "additional requirements" up above on the page under product description. If yours doesn't meet them, you may want to think twice, based on my experience and that of the other reviewer.
I'll freely blame myself for not paying closer attention to the requirements, and I did successfully uninstall it, but I am disappointed that upon install the program itself didn't pop up a warning that my system didn't meet those requirements.
For now, I'm hoping that my one star rating, given because its utility seems to be limited to newer, obviously more capable machines than mine, will be "temporary." Being limited to, by and large, newer machines is a bit disappointing, though understandable; that's progress. I'll eagerly await my new machine and store the CD away for a couple months (need a new one, anyway!). Hopefully I'll be able to update this review and give as good a rating as so many others. If you have an older machine, take heed and save yourself some frustration!
Basic Features Missing October 13, 2006
Ma Enchilada (Houston, Texas)
49 out of 88 found this review helpful
I have loved every version until now. There is no undo/redo buttons (although they clearly state there are in the documentation) and no save button. I don't know what else it is missing yet as I have only been using it a few days, but these features are extremely important and I am ready to return the program and go back to 4.0. I opened a case with customer support (after spending hours on their web site trying to figure out how to open a case) and they told me to call technical support. I am pretty fed up with Adobe at this point. They need to do something quickly to make up for this major goof.
Stay with 4.0 October 28, 2006
Sundance
44 out of 86 found this review helpful
This "newer" version of Elements is a waste of money. It does not have the most used features that 4.0 has. Undo, sharpen, brushes, save.
Red eye works worse than ever. There's no hard copy manuel and customer service is almost impossible to get through. Would not recommend!
 Good product but resource hog December 2, 2006
Relentless (Gainesville, FL)
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
I personally like this release of PSE. I was badly disappointed with 4.0 because it was a bit clunky. In this release Adobe fixed some of the bugs that were so annoying in PSE4, but in the process it must've added some new ones, because PSE5 eats memory and processor cycles for breakfast! I would discourage anyone with pc > 2 years old to buy this product: it will be VERY slow and will probably crash your machine if you do not have enough RAM (or it will hard-drive thrash like crazy!).
As for the features I like are the "Levels" and "Curves" though they use a different nomenclature (to differentiate with the PRO version) they offer very similar functionality. I own the pro version for my business, but I'll definitely be using this at home.
It's a good product, just don't expect it to be snappy unless you have very current hardware.
A Decent product... October 18, 2006
Suvendra Chakrabarti (New Jersey, USA)
38 out of 42 found this review helpful
I have been using PSP 9 for long and had to decide between an upgrade to PSE 5 or PSP XI. I downloaded PSP XI trial and found that most of the stuff were bells and whistle and could be achieved easily by PSP 9 (or not needed, for that matter). So, I decided to give PSE 5 a try. Since, I don't have any prior experience with the older versions, cannot compare with them. However, the first impression is that it is slower than PSP 9. I missed a hard copy manual as well. I always like to read a book rather than browse manual on a CD. However most of the tools are self-explanatory with a few difference in operations from PSP. I really like the Magic Selection Brush Tool. With the right kind of images and strokes, it works wonders. Makes selection very easy. I don't miss undo/ redo because, I always have the Undo History palette in the palette bin. Having used PSP 9, I somehow like the arrangement of tools/ palettes in PSP9 and find it more full featured in image editing front. Maybe because I am still learning PSE? I would have liked an option of allowing me to select the tools I put on the toolbar. And I like the option of scripting on PSP 9. PSE gives an option of correcting lens blur and motion blur under sharpening that is useful. Curves has to be adjusted by sliders (sic). Hey, tedious but works! But PSE gives more options for creating "stuffs" from your photos. But what bowled me over for PSE is the excellent organizer. [...]
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