Thanks, guys, for all the useful information. I'll be looking at the web
sites you suggest.

Regarding the limitations of PE, the one I've been concerned about is the
omission of Curves. However, a free substitute (SmartCurve) for Curves is
available from http://free.pages.at/easyfilter/curves.html as a plug-in. It
seems to work well and might even be superior to Curves provided by Adobe in
the full version of Photoshop.

GordonP

"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote in message
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> "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> PS 6.0 retails for $99 from Adobe (I don't know where Mike got such a
>> "deal") and can be found for $50 to $60 (legit) without much trouble.
>> You can buy 5.0 (legit) for about $40.
>
> After thinking about it, the 99 dollars actually sounds more like what I
> paid - twice though :-(
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> Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com
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