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pictureme70
Joined: 27 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:08 am Post subject: Photoshop differences & Quick mask |
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Hi all,
New to the forum and as I have recently purchased my first Photoshop editing program I am a novice to both 
As I enjoy my photography I also love playing with the editing side of my hobby, so I recently purchased Photoshop Elents 6 and ditched my old built-in editing program. I have just started playing with changing the background to studio portrait photos, no I am not a pro just a simple amateur, although I am hoping to do some portrait photography as a pastime (I used to dabble a bit in that field with weddings many many years ago). I have been scouring the tutorials on the web for assistance and come across mention of 'Quick mask'. This would be very helpful to me with my photo background changing, but I don't seem to have it in my program  Looking into it further, I am wondering if I have purchased the wrong Photoshop program. The mention of 'Quick mask' refers to Photoshop 6, which I thought I had, but can someone explain to me the differences between the various Photoshop programs as I am confused as to why my later version has not got what the earlier Photoshop 4 has. 
Can you enlighten me? I am not at all technical so simple language please.
Many thanks,
pictureme
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
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As far as I know Elements does not have a quick mask mode, but the selection brush should serve the same purpose for selecting. |
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KRF
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
Posts: 122
Location: UK, England
PS Version: photoshop elements 7
OS: Windows Vista 32-bit, and one sexy computer to go with it lol
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| hawkeye wrote: | | As far as I know Elements does not have a quick mask mode, but the selection brush should serve the same purpose for selecting. |
I think you maybe right hawkeye, I use Element's and I can't see a quick mask mode, so I guess not.
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pictureme70
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Right, that's confirmed that, many thanks, but can you answer the rest of my question? What is the differences between the various Photoshop programs? Is the Elements a more simpler program than others, and therefore cheaper
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hawkeye
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Elements is a stripped down version of Photoshop and as such is substantially cheaper. Most average users will find Elements more than enough for their editing requirements. |
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