Elements or full package?

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Dave_M_Reed
Jan 31, 2004
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Hi,

I have recently switched to a mac and am slowely replacing all my software. I am thinking that I may only need Elements for the web images I produce. I am used to designing text graphics in Illustrator and then just dragging them into Photoshop on my PC. Will this work on a Mac with Elements? I never got good results designing text graphics in Photoshop, what is the text manipulation liek in Elements?

Any advice would be appreciated…

dave
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Nancy_S
Jan 31, 2004
Dave,

My 2 cents…the text capabilities in an otherwise worthwhile program are virtually worthless except for a very elementary written line or two.
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Dave_M_Reed
Jan 31, 2004
Nancy,

Thanks for the fast response. That has been my experiance with Photoshop in general. Have you used Illustrator and Elements together at all?

dave
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Nancy_S
Jan 31, 2004
Dave,

No, I don’t have Illustrator, so I have nothing to offer unfortunately, but I am sure some on this forum have and use it. This thread is quite recent, you will probably get quite a bit of input from others though. However, that will probably be more likely in the morning as it is getting towards the bewitching hour for many on the East Coast.

Nancy
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Richard_Lynch
Jan 31, 2004
I cover much of this idea of which program is better in my January newsletter, discussing Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Elements. The short: Elements is all most people will ever need:

<http://hiddenelements.com/newsletter.html>

About text handling…Elements is pretty rudimentary. However, it may be possible to enhance the controls. What specifically would you be looking to do?

Richard
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Dave_M_Reed
Jan 31, 2004
What I need it to do is interact with Illustrator so that I can use Illustrators advanced text controls and then import that text into Photoshop or Elements to convert into image files for the web.

On my old PC, I can set up the text in Illustrator and then just drag it into Photoshop. Will Elements do this on a Mac?

Dave

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