Features in Photoshop Elements

Hello:
I have a VERY old version of Photoshop. I rely heavily on drawing paths and recording and playing actions. I would like to upgrade to a newer version, but since mine is so old, I would have to pay full price for CS4. Does anyone know if Elements 7 has actions and paths? (I need to draw paths point by point, not just predefined shapes.) I also stroke the paths.
Thank you in advance.
paul

If you need to draw and work with paths, Elements is NOT going to do what you need.
The path selection tool, the pen tools, along with the path palette are all absent from Elements. Elements only has the basic predefined shape tools; custom shapes; and the direct selection tool.
Elements can't record actions. The latest version has an action player...to my understanding not only is it just a player but it is limited in just what it will play.

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