PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I will concur with Linda and Steved3604, PSE is a one time purchase for under $100, less later in the year, and the current versions (I have 2019) are nearly the same as the full PS that requires the cloud at $10 per month ($120 a year). It has color sliders, haze removal, layers, spot or object removal, and much more.
I've found PSE very adequate for processing RAW and jpg photos. I shoot RAW only and open them in Camera RAW in PSE, make some basic changes and open it in the editor, make a copy or two and remove the imported jpg. Then I work on the copy, flatten the image and save it with a fitting title as a jpg. Then I can go back to the partially processed RAW file and open it and return it to the original, as shot, image.
It may seem like a little extra work but I can have my PPed jpgs for distribution, display or sharing but still have the original RAW file if I wish to play with it more.
I will concur with Linda and Steved3604, PSE is a ... (
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That is what I do as well. Works great for me.