Best photoshop to have?

[AudiLad]

im in the middle of downloading adobe CS3 currently,what are the best and most straight forward to use,ive never used photoshop before
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[technics100]

If you have never used photoshop before you might be better using photoshop elements, its a lot easier to use and will do all you need.

 

[S3IZZO]

Depends what you are looking to do with it - you need CS2+ to handle RAW image files etc if you're a keen photographer.

If you don't know the program that well i'd say stick with CS3 and learn how to use that, i've been using it since version 5 or 6 and when CS came out I struggled and thought it was overly complex but soon got the hang of it again.

 

[celsisone]

Use the newest version you can.. CS3 is excellent..

 

[sitrials]

if you need any help with photoshopping cars check out digimods.co.uk there bible is awesome most thing should be relevant for CS3 i use CS2

 

[Merlyn]

As a amateur "Tog" I suggest you visit Amazon and get yourself a couple of manuals and do some serious reading, if you haven't used it before it will pop your head!

 

[jakeriddler]

CS2 is excellent but not drastically different to the previous versions if you just want to mock up car styling.

 

[jbw]

All depends on the system you're running it on. Every new version of Photoshop seems to require a more powerful system. I used version 7 for years even when CS2 had been released.

I second technics100's advice of starting off with elements. It should help ease the learning curve.