new version of photoshop

[royalbud1]

hello everyone, i just finally made the move from the absolutely free scollsaw pattern site and here goes my 1st question. i have just been informed that i am getting the new version of photoshop/elements (version 9) for xmas. could anyone with knowledge of this newest version tell me if it will work with the older version tutorials or where i can get this info. any info at all would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
royalbud1

[utbva]

Welcome to the forum royalbud1. I don't have the newer version and have just used version 7 but most programs are backwards compatable so you should be able to use it with no problems. Hopefully there will be new whiz-bang features that will make the new version better and easier to use.

[Max]

Royalbud1,

I went to adobe.com and looked up Photoshop Elements for my wife and they are only up to version 7, unless I'm missing something. Is there a version 9? Please let me know.
Thanks.

[Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter]

I'm using elements 4 and the only reason it does not create picture perfect patterns every time is an operational bottle neck in the process and that bottleneck would be me.

The newer ones just have more bells abd whistles and every now an then my version 4.0 locks up due to me running vista, but all the later versions are extremely vista friendly...I'm told.

[royalbud1]

sorry about causing some confusion. just contacted my mother who is giving me photoshop for xmas and asked her to confirm the version. it is photoshop 7 (with elements) Not 9 as she perviously stated. subsequently this also resolves any question i had about tutorials thus far. however i am sure that questions will arrive as i learn how to make my own patterns. at the same time i wish to thank everyone who tried to resolve my initial question in this post.

[Max]

For the price, I think PS Elements is pretty good. I just finished a pattern of my dad when he was in the army and it came out pretty good. Probably took about an hour the way I did it, but could have used another method I used in the past.

Here's the pattern I made. Still haven't cut it yet, but it's on the stack of things to do.

[twoolery]

Originally Posted by Max

For the price, I think PS Elements is pretty good. I just finished a pattern of my dad when he was in the army and it came out pretty good. Probably took about an hour the way I did it, but could have used another method I used in the past.

Here's the pattern I made. Still haven't cut it yet, but it's on the stack of things to do.

I have Photo Shop 6 and Illustrator 8 but have no idea how to use them for pattern making (or much of anything else for that matter). I've forgotten what I did know from lack of use. Is there a way to pick up on the how to's of pattern making with these 2 programs?
Tom.

[wood-n-things]

Welcome royalbud1....Be sure and share pics of your projects..we live for pics and sawdust.

[Chris "The Wood Artist"]

I have Elements 7 and use it on a regular basis. It works great. If you need help on it, do like I done, found a tutor on Gimp, it is basically the same process with both, just elements is more better. The process is basically the same or is to me anyways. Actually, the only difference I've found is that elements does a bunch of other things as well as the things gimp does. I made learning it a lot harder than it needed to be. I went and bought one of those "For Dummies" books on it and after reading through it relized I knew the process already from when I first started making patterns a while back with Gimp. I have 5 different programs from elements to CAD and Corel to do my patterns with and use them all on regular basis. When I use one and don't like the outcome I use the other. You'll find that elements once learn your way around it is pretty easy to use. Hope this helps.