Adobe Photoshop Elements upgrade?

[Den]

I have just bought a Canon Gadget bag complete with lens cleaning cloth and Photoshop Elements 8, all for £69.00 from a camera shop in Chester. I have Photoshop 6 on my computer at the moment, should I uninstall this before installing version 8 or will it just upgrade. If I have to uninstall first will my files be retained as they are in use with other programmes.   

[esh]

Photoshop is entirely different to Photoshop Elements and they will install side by side just fine.

[Rik]

It should install alongside, Den. Which files are 'in use' with other programs?

[Ray]

You don't need to remove the old version, Den, when I upgraded to Photoshop Elements 8 it left my previous version intact and still useable.

[Den]

Photoshop is entirely different to Photoshop Elements and they will install side by side just fine.

Sorry if I misled you, they are both Elements (V6 & V8)

Photoshop is entirely different to Photoshop Elements and they will install side by side just fine.

Just my photos Rik  

You don't need to remove the old version, Den, when I upgraded to Photoshop Elements 8 it left my previous version intact and still useable.

Why would I want to have both versions running?

[Ray]

You wont lose your photos, Den.

[Rik]

What Ray said, Den, your data (photos) will be unaffected. Do an uninstall then install the new version.

[Den]

Done that  Now I've got to find the time to play    Still can't believe the deal, the shop sells the same gadget bag for £49.95 and PC world sell Ellements 8 for £69.95 so I think it's one hell of a deal 

[Rik]

Go back, get a few more and eBay them, Den. 

[Den]

It's a special deal put together by Canon which surprises me as Canon have their own photo software 

[Rik]

Even they know there's nothing to touch the Adobe range, Den.

[esh]

The Canon software is required to be released with the camera because the Canon RAW format is proprietary and you would not potentially have any way to access these files without DPP that Canon supply. It's pretty much for that alone.

[Glenn]

Talking of proprietary formats, did the Fuji go back, Rik?

[Rik]

It did. Lots to commend it, but too many artefacts and a deeply recessed viewfinder were both killers for me, Glenn.

Ironically, we sent it back Special Delivery and Royal Mail didn't deliver on time, so refunded the cost. Testing, therefore, came down to about £7.95 postage.

[Glenn]

 

[Rik]

I must get them to do that again.

If people want a simple to use bridge, with a really good lens, and don't look too closely at the results, it's a good buy. If you start using the scene modes and auto intelligent mode, it really screws with the quality. Very much an 'almost' camera.

[esh]

I find a lot of consumer grade cameras have absurdly strong noise reduction algorithms on camera and the results can look smeary and horrible, ridiculous to be honest. I have a small Panasonic LX model compact which I shoot RAW and it is quite wonderful, especially when you force it to stop the lens down to f/8.0. Decent quality shots to the mid-edge of the frame, and that's quite a wide angle even on the tiny sensors they put in these things.

[Rik]

The Panasonics I've tried, and the one I own, do produce excellent results. The collaboration with Leica seems to have paid off in Panasonic learning a bit about photography, rather than just doing fancy signal processing.

[JB]

The collaboration with Leica seems to have paid off

Rik, do the Panasonics have Leica lenses?

[Rik]

Most do, JB.

[JB]

Cheers Rik, That's worth knowing