Is it still worth getting Elements 6 for Mac?

At the moment I am using the free Gimp software. This does most of what I need, but I have seen Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac going relativly cheap. I know it's not the latest version (which I doubt could run on my old OS 10.4 PPC G5 anyway) but is it going to be better than Gimp, or would it be a waste of money?
I hope to get a better understanding of photosop, and follow some of the many tutorials out there. These rarely refer to Gimp, which functions differently, and so are of little benefit.
All advice is gratefully appreciated.

If the price is really low, say $600 or less (taking into account the value of the 20-inch display), it may be. Depends what you want to use it for...
It will probably do a better job with FCP than your non-Pro MacBook. With 3GB of RAM, it will run Leopard very well. But if you are still going to be using your MacBook most of the time, the Power Mac G5 is a pretty large hunk of metal to be sitting around taking up space.
I have the last 2.0 GHz model (dual core) from 2005. Someone uses it full-time, and it will be useful for a long time, even if Apple stops supporting it with the latest OS release. But I got it three years ago. I don't think I would get one now.

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Where can I get a copy of elements 8 for mac

Suddenly, when I try to open Elements 8 for Mac I get the message, "Licensing for this product has stopped working." I tried repairing it using Support's nine suggested solution. None worked.
I no longer have my original DMG file I downloaded (don't ask me why). I do have the serial number in my Adobe account so I can install and run another copy. But, I need a copy. Where can I get one without paying a second time for it?
I'm happy with PSE 8 and feel no pressing need to upgrade. I just want back what I had before this sudden development.
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Terry

I really appreciate the link. Unfortunately, it says a copy is no longer available for Mac OSX. Do you know if I can still get one somewhere else from Adobe? It's their product that failed me. I'm going to switch to Acorn, a nice low-priced full featured PSE alternative. I already use Lightroom for my photography but need graphic design capabilities for my website, business cards, etc.
Thanks.
Terry

Is it still worth getting one?

I have someone offering a G5 2.0Ghz Dual Processor with a 20in display. The Mac itself is what Im interested in and its in prestine condition. 3 yrs old and used only for graphics design. Has 3GB ram and Im not sure about HDD, but thats no problem. My question is, are they still worth getting? Or should I hold off? Im only using FCP 5.1 for light HD work. Any input would be nice, let me know, thanks!
GC

If the price is really low, say $600 or less (taking into account the value of the 20-inch display), it may be. Depends what you want to use it for...
It will probably do a better job with FCP than your non-Pro MacBook. With 3GB of RAM, it will run Leopard very well. But if you are still going to be using your MacBook most of the time, the Power Mac G5 is a pretty large hunk of metal to be sitting around taking up space.
I have the last 2.0 GHz model (dual core) from 2005. Someone uses it full-time, and it will be useful for a long time, even if Apple stops supporting it with the latest OS release. But I got it three years ago. I don't think I would get one now.

How do I get updates for Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac?

How do I get updates for Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac?

If you bought the app store version, you don't. If you bought it anyplace else, editor>help>updates.

Photshop Elements 8 for Mac doesnt start after I update to OSx 10.7.5 every time I try to lunch it I get an error message 150;30

Photshop Elements 8 for Mac doesnt start after I update to OSx 10.7.5 every time I try to lunch it I get an error message 150:30

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I have elements 9 for mac, and I only "seem" to get 2 guidelines.

I have elements 9 for mac, and I only "seem" to get 2 guidelines. Is there a way to get more? Or is that all?
Hmmm as I work with it I seem to get more but only if I enter distances correctly. It defaults to the upper left of the image ok, but then How do I measure the outside of the image correctly?
Should I just use the image size as my guide?
That seems to work. Thanks anyway :-)

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Can't open Photoshop Elements 6 for mac

I've had Photoshop Elements 6 for mac for over a year and it was working fine although RAW was never able to update. About a week ago I went to open it and it would not open. I've tried daily, have done all Apple updates and all Adobe updates and it still wouldn't open. Then I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still won't open. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Over the decades, I've found that HOW you start an application can make a difference. Applications that refused to run when started one way would work very well when started another way. Speaking as an ex-programmer, this shouldn't happen. But someone once said that in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice - but in practice, there is.
You might try to start Elements in different ways to see what happens.
Try to start Elements by going into the Applications folder and actually clicking on the Elements icon.
Try to start Elements by double-clicking on a picture.
Try to start Elements by going into iPhoto, selecting a picture, and clicking on the "Edit" button at the bottom of the screen. I assume you have told iPhoto to open Elements to edit your pictures. I've also told iPhoto to open a picture in iPhoto when I double-click on a picture in iPhoto. I didn't specify that above because I wasn't sure you had done the same.
At some point, you should realize that you're spending a lot of time trying to get an old version of an application to run. Elements 8 is out and is running very well on 10.6.3.
How much time are you willing to spend to get Elements 6 to work? I'm not trying to be a salesman for Adobe, but at some point, you should think of paying the money and buying a copy of Elements 8.

Are borderless prints possible in Elements 4 for Mac?

I have worked in Elements 2 for years in Mac OS9 with lovely consistent results. Have now upgraded to Elements 4 for Mac (iBookG4, OS10.4.8,1.5G RAM) and am having problems. I am getting a handle on the processing menus, but cannot figure out how to print borderless prints. I have been doing it for years - 4x6, 5x7, 10x12 - in Elements 2 on my Epson Stylus Photo R300. I have tried setting parameters in the Print Preview dialogues, in my printer menus - cannot make it happen. I assume it is something I am doing incorrectly or not doing. Please help! Thanks.

Barbara,
I tried after downloading the most recent drivers - still no luck with borderless. I have emailed Epson Tech Support for suggestions. I am confused about the driver situation. I go to Print Preview (am still unsure of what selections to make here to get the proper orientation - it seems to do portrait when I want landscape and vice/versa) - I usually try 4x6 or custom and type in the actual dimensions to fill a 4x6 borderless (based on what I would do in Elements 2). Then I go to Page Setup - select the R300, then in Print I select the R300, 4x6 borderless and Premium Glossy Photo Paper. The Print Preview at that point still shows a border, atho it is grey, not white, and when I print, I get a white border. The orientation thing seems to be a bug - when I choose Landscape in the Printer driver, I get portrait in the Elements 'preview'. Sorry to go on so long, but I thought maybe there might be something in this that might give a clue - I really can't afford to buy a new printer right now, and have no idea how to look for a driver. Thanks for your patience.
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Loading .gif animations into Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac

For years I used Photoshop Elements 2 for Windows to make .gif animations with great success.
Then I switched to a Mac and bought Elements 8 for Mac. Now, I am finding out that I can not load any
of the animations I made using Elements 2 into 8. (And yet I can load animations I made using 8 into 2.)
In fact, I can not load any .gif animations into 8, other than if I make one and save it
as .psd. 8 allows me to make them, but not load them as .gifs.
My question: Is there an easy way to load .gif animations into PS Elements 8 so a
person can work on the individual frames? Am I going to have to convert any .gif animation I
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Dear Ms. Brundage -
I followed the directions detailed in your blog entitled "Moving a Catalog from Windows to Mac" as well as your description of the process on page 58 of your book "Photoshop Elements 9 - the missing manual."
I installed PE9 for Windows and converted my catalog. I then backed up that catalog to an external hard drive. I then connected the hard drive to my MAC on which I also installed Photoshop Elements 9 for MAC. I opened the Organizer and tried to restore that converted catalog. However, for each file in the converted catalog, a dialog box opened that said "Could not restore file: /Volumes/Name of External Hard Drive/Filename.JPG."
I then made a second backup of the converted catalog using Photoshop Elements 9 for Windows and then tried to restore that catalog again on the MAC using Photoshop Elements 9 for MAC, again to no avail.
Do you have any idea what the problem may be?
Thanks again.
Steve Haas
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While installing Adobe Premiere Elements 10 for Mac my installation encountered errors.

While installing Adobe Premiere Elements 10 for Mac my installation encountered errors. Got about 42% and then crashed with an Exit error Code 7.
The summary says:
DW036: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure.
I have screengrabs:

This is the correct forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements
And, some information to help with install problems
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact
In the US - Adobe General support 800-833-6687 M-F 5am-7pm Pacific
In the US - Adobe Install Problems 800-642-3623
In the US - Adobe Activation 866-772-3623 Open 24/7
and
New forum for Download & Install & Setup problems
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup
Chat http://www.adobe.com/support/download-install/supportinfo/
When you get to the correct forum, provide more information about your computer
These questions below may be for a different product... but the information you need to supply is the same, for the products you use
-http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/416679
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Can't install Photoshop Elements 10 for Mac: Exit Code 7

I recently purchased and downloaded Photoshop Elements 10 for Mac (my OS is 10.6.8); when I try to install, I receive the error pasted below. I have tried the fixes posted on the following pages and none have worked. Any ideas?
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/925/cpsid_92579.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/925/cpsid_84332.html
Thanks in advance for your help!
ERROR MESSAGE:
Exit Code: 7
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 17 error(s), 3 warning(s)
WARNING: DW031: Payload:{3F023875-4A52-4605-9DB6-A88D4A813E8D} Camera Profiles Installer 6.0.0.0 has been updated and has been selected for repair. The patch {FEA75AFB-4905-43BB-B1D5-5B44D681BFE7} Camera Profiles Installer_6.4_AdobeCameraRawProfile6.0All 6.4.0.0 will be uninstalled now.
WARNING: DW031: Payload:{3F023875-4A52-4605-9DB6-A88D4A813E8D} Camera Profiles Installer 6.0.0.0 has been updated and has been selected for repair. The patch {FEA75AFB-4905-43BB-B1D5-5B44D681BFE7} Camera Profiles Installer_6.4_AdobeCameraRawProfile6.0All 6.4.0.0 will be uninstalled now.
----------- Payload: {60CB5C6D-5B99-45D3-BAB5-E7728182101E} Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: DF024: Unable to preserve original file at "/Library/Fonts/NuevaStd-Bold.otf" Error 0(Seq 1586)
ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteFileCommand failed.(Seq 1586)
ERROR: DF023: Unable to delete file "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Support Files/Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor.app/Contents/Info.plist". Error 0(Seq 2)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCopyFileCommand(Seq 2)
ERROR: DF001: Unable to get permissions of "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Support Files/Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor.app/Contents"(Seq 2)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCreateDirectoryCommand(Seq 2)
ERROR: DF001: Unable to get permissions of "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Support Files/Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor.app"(Seq 2)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCreateDirectoryCommand(Seq 2)
ERROR: DF001: Unable to get permissions of "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Support Files"(Seq 2)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCreateDirectoryCommand(Seq 2)
ERROR: DF015: Unable to delete symlink "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10"(Seq 1)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCopySymlinkCommand(Seq 1)
ERROR: DF001: Unable to get permissions of "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10"(Seq 1)
ERROR: DW063: Error rolling back command ARKCreateDirectoryCommand(Seq 1)
WARNING: DW036: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
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ERROR: DW050: - Adobe Photoshop Elements 10_AdobePhotoshopElements10_en_US: Install failed

*ERROR: DF024: Unable to preserve original file at "/Library/Fonts/NuevaStd-Bold.otf" Error 0(Seq 1586) - navigate to /Library/Fonts/ and check if NuevaStd-Bold.otf is a folder. if it is move that folder to your desktop
*ERROR: DF023: Unable to delete file "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Support Files/Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor.app/Contents/Info.plist" - delete Adobe Photoshop Elements 10(folder) from the applications folder.
try reinstalling PSE 10.
Good luck!

Adobe User Manual for Elements 6 for Mac

Good afternoon,
Can anybody help me and tell where i would a downloadable version of the Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac User Manual please. I have (somehow) found and downloaded the PC version when i was trialling Elements on my Windows Laptop but cant find Mac version. I use Elements on my Mac Desktop, hence request.
I downloaded the software but i am working away from home and thought i would use my spare time to read up.
Regards
Alan

I'm not sure if this will work, but it's worth a try. Go here:
http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html;jsessionid=92B80DB5BDE130C1D95EC50F0C909623?q= photoshop+elements+6&lbl=photoshopelements_product_adobelr&hl=en_US&lr=en_US&self=1&area=0
and right-click/control click on the Photoshop Elements 6 link directly beneath the Adobe TV link (the one that says mac in the small print below the link text) and choose to download the linked file.

Is it still worth getting Elements 6 for Mac?

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