Photoshop total dominance?

[mw_aurora]

WOW! People are prepared to pay several hundred pounds extra for a software product that they only use between 5 and 30% of...and I am talking about amatuer use - standards can be a pain and expensive but tax deductable for pros

So, what features are in PS CS that are not available in Elements or PSP and are CRITICAL (i.e. worth hundreds of pounds) to manipulating your amatuer images?

Cheers Mark.

[Snowyowl]

Originally Posted by mw_aurora

WOW! People are prepared to pay several hundred pounds extra for a software product that they only use between 5 and 30% of...and I am talking about amatuer use - standards can be a pain and expensive but tax deductable for pros

So, what features are in PS CS that are not available in Elements or PSP and are CRITICAL (i.e. worth hundreds of pounds) to manipulating your amatuer images?

Cheers Mark.

Don't forget that most of the features used by many of us are available in GIMP or Photfiltre and they are both free downloads.
The problem with GIMP. in my view, is that it is so user unfriendly. The help files don't. Photofiltre is better in that this regard. The main reason I switched to PS 7 was because I hoped it would be cleared in its instruction manual etc.
And by the way, I bought mine on Ebay and payed a much lower price.