On Nov 20, 2005, at 10:03 AM, Mark Stringer wrote:
How is the Raw converter crippled by using it with elements instead of CS? I think this is the point I am trying to discern.
It's not so much "crippled" as not supporting features that require the more complex, deeper libraries of Photoshop to implement. In ACR 2.x, there were two buttons ... Basic and Advanced ... and features in the Advanced button domain weren't possible in Photoshop Elements. In ACR 3.x, they did away with the buttons; now just don't show the tabs for features which cannot be supported.
In ACR v3.x, this includes any of the lens correction (red-green, yellow-blue CA and vignetting), adjustment by curves, and calibration tabs. Analogous features in ACR 2.x are not supported in Photoshop Elements.
There are other differences that are not easily seen. Photoshop Elements does not include the Bridge application that CS2 does so the automation features of CS2, Bridge and Camera Raw don't translate to PSE.
Godfrey
