daddybear wrote:
Just clicked the buy button, free shipping four bucks non-member, sales tax
60 dollars and a little change. Not bad at all. I have PSE 7 now and have been debating between PSE &LR. Told my wife to tell the the rest of the family now I need PSE12 for Dummies.
thanks for the head up
Daddybear
Good for you. No need to wait for PSE 12 for Dummies. Here is some FREE help.
(for PSE 11 but works the same in PSE 12).
As you are coming from PSE 7 you will be in for a BIG surprise. Beginning with PSE 8 Adobe removed the 3D Transform filter. Beginning with PSE 12 Adobe removed the Magic Extractor, the Lighting Effects filter, and Color Variations. With the exception of the Magic Extractor, all can be placed back in PSE 12. I recommend you keep PSE 7 installed for at least a while, especially if you want to put these features back in PSE 12. Each version of Elements is an independent one. So, you can have both PSE 7 and PSE 12 running on the same computer. And here is something new. Beginning with PSE 11 you can now open two versions at the same time. The trick is to open the older version first and then open either PSE11 or, in your case, PSE 12.
You don't have to install third-party actions (.atn files) and Layer styles (.asl files) in PSE 12 as you had to do in PSE 7. Now all you do is load these files into the Editor whenever you need to use them. A piece of cake!!!
PSE 12 comes with a built-in layer mask (which was first introduced in PSE 9).