Aperture 2 and Photoshop Elements 6

I'm wondering how Photoshop Elements 6 and Aperture 2 play together.
I'm considering purchasing PSE 6 to do some layer editing. I use Aperture 2 for photo organization, minor edits, printing, emailing, web publishing, etc. So Layers and some of the filters are really the only aspects that I'm interested in in PSE.
I demoed PSE 6 prior to getting Aperture, so now it will not let me re-trial it to determine how Aperture and PSE 6 interact together. I understand the gist of external editing with Aperture, so I'm specifically wondering about PSE. Anyone have problems or complaints? Is it a relatively smooth transition out of Aperture and back in from PSE? I've searched the forum and have not found anything to set off any warning bells for me... Thanks for your answers.
I did test Pixelmator, but it is just not "there" yet for me.
Thanks

You first have to set Elements as your external editor under Preferences -> Exports in Aperture. I'm exporting as regular tiff (not 16 bit), but I too would be interested in an answer on why tiff is better than psd. as stated earlier in this thread) You then export either by right clicking the photo you want to edit-> Edit with -> Elements (should be top on the list). Or I now use the keyboard shortcut to export: commandshiftO.
Elements then opens the image. I have had no problem then editing and command+S saving an image back into Aperture. The edited image will be next to the original and have a double-circle bullseye in the corner. Any further exports into Elements on that image are done on that same file, that is, no further versions are made as was done the first time.
good luck. And I am very impressed with the smooth interaction between Aperture and Elements. And am enjoying playing around with the power of Elements, although most of my basic edits will still be done in Aperture.

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