Photo editing

Not sure if is appropriate to post this, but need help with editing photos. I use PhotoShop Elements 2.0 now but would like to upgrade. The reviews on 4.0 are not complimentary but would like something a bit more than iPhoto. Any other recommendations for a low cost?
Thsnks
Connie

That review is the result of only two reviewers. One reviewer had been using Photoshop previously and went to PE 4. Duh! The other reviewer was complaining about the Bridge application (a browser and semi organizer) that comes with PE4. It comes with Photoshop also and I don't particularly like it very much. But it has nothing do do with the editor, either PSE or PS.
PSE has about 75% of PS's capabilities at about 20% of the price. Personally, if I didn't have Photoshop CS2 I would definitely have PE 4.0.
It is a complex editor and, as such, will have a steeper learning curve that iPhoto or some of the more basic editors. Here are a couple of examples of what you can do with it once you learn some of it's advanced capabilities: Example

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That would be great as tested further with a few files as not only have external drive backup I also use Backblaze remote service and just requested a few test files to be returned for uploading, which both worked fine.
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Hello,
THE SETUP
I have LR 3.3 and PS CS 4 Version 11.0.2 on a Mac running OS X.6.7.
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THE PROBLEM
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Message was edited by: GeorgTrakl

Lr 3.3 and CS4 are not fully compatible so your experience is the result of that.
You will have to bite the bullet and upgrade to CS5 if you dont want to "Render in LR".
I've worked for quite a while with LR 3 and CS3 and experienced similar problems - the only way out is that you select "Render in LR".
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