fiddling is good, but look at learning specific tasks too. google things like "sharpening in pse" you will get at least three different methods and hopefully a discussion on when to use each one. also when you decide what you want to achieve with your picture do a quick search and get pointers and alternatives. PSE is a big programme and you can quickly get complacent and use 20% whilst ignoring the other 80% . I went from pse 8 - pse 11. only a few upgrades + lots of presets for what i could do manually before. Its worth exploring before spending. Having said that I would definitely get the best programme out there before it goes cloud based.