Which photoshop to buy???

Hello,
I am interested in buying photoshop and start learning how to edit photos for my boutique (online).
My main function would be to edit photos ( to make the clothes color look vivid, make models look slimmer. or etc..)
I have NO CLUE on what each photoshop would do. I see that in products description, there are Lightroom, CS5, CS6, Elements, and CC.
I am not sure which photoshop will be best for my use.
I would really appreciate your advices! Thank you in advance.

Actually, to get the features that's provided by software you get with a CC subscription, you'd actually need to buy a perpetual license for Photoshop CS6 Extended, which is $999.00
So let's think about this for a moment...
You COULD buy a "perpetual" license, ponying up that money TODAY, and you will be allowed to use the software forever - well, for as long as it's compatible with whatever operating system you're running, and as long as Adobe's activation servers remain online anyway.  And it will provide the same functionality it does today - no more.
Or for the same money you COULD subscribe for 100 months - that's about 8 YEARS, paying each year in advance (i.e., $120 now, $120 next year, etc.).  And you will get the latest features, and be compatible with the OS of the day.
You might claim that there's no guarantee that it will be about $10 a month for 8 years, and to that I'd counter with the following:  I'll guarantee you'll be out the $999 right now, and I'd wonder out loud what $880 invested in Adobe stock might grow to in 8 years...
-Noel

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    Hello,
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    My main function would be to edit photos ( to make the clothes color look vivid, make models look slimmer. or etc..)
    I have NO CLUE on what each photoshop would do. I see that in products description, there are Lightroom, CS5, CS6, Elements, and CC.
    I am not sure which photoshop will be best for my use.
    I would really appreciate your advices! Thank you in advance.

    Refer the answers to your same post in the main Photoshop forum
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