Robert_A._Lehrer@adobeforums.com wrote:
> I've got a copy of Photoshop 7 on my computer that I want to upgrade or replace. I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade to Photoshop CS3 or to buy Photshop Elements 6.
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> I didn't see too many differences between the two for an amateur until a guy recently told me that Elements cannot use the all important clone tool on 16 bit images. You must first convert to 8 bits, and lose a bunch of data in the process.
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> Let's say you've got this great picture that you shot RAW, or a negative that you scanned as a big tiff file and the picture has a little problem like dust on your sensor or on the scan that must be fixed. He said that In Elements you can only fix this by first converting to 8 bit. Doing this you will lose detail in shadow and highlight areas.
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> He said that he didn't really fully realize this until he starting scanning b+w negs and noticed a big difference in shadow detail of images he had converted to 8 bit in order clone out a few dust spots.
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> Was he doing something wrong to get that reduction of quality or do you believe his explanation to be true?

You asked this same question on the PicturesToExe forum some days ago,
and I gave you basically the same answer as Rob Keijzer gave you above.

You hadn't the courtesy to reply to my post there, and now you appear
not to be acknowledging the you got in this thread.

Your net manners need polishing somewhat.

Colin D (cjdnzl)

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