Upgrading from PSE6 to PSE9

[Fireball]

I've been using photoshop elements 6 for a couple of years and have downloaded many free filters, etc. I'm wanting to upgrade to elements 9 (my computer doesn't have enough room for CS upgrades) and wonder how to do it without losing all my freebies.

Also, would I first need to delete PSE6 and then install PSE9? Sorry, I'm a dummy when it comes to computer stuff...

[Rson]

1: If you do not have room for a PSE9 download you need to clean your drive up, most need some free space to use as paging space

2: I would do a clean install of PSE9

3: The filters should be able to transfer over, but since PSE6 is so out of date they might not be compatible

4: Have you thought of LR instead of a new pse9? You can still use pse6 for editing but LR has so much more.

[texkam]

you need to clean your drive up

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[Fireball]

Rich, I don't know anything about LR. My laptop has CS3, but I mainly use my desktop (PSE6) for editing because I have a wide screen monitor. How would that help me? Wouldn't I then be having to edit in two different programs?

[Rson]

Take a tour of LR and demo it.

I bet that you will never use PSE again unless you have to swap a head or something.

Photoshop CS5 Feature Tour - Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3; For Photographers | Adobe TV

[wildhorserunphotography]

Originally Posted by Rson

Take a tour of LR and demo it.

I bet that you will never use PSE again unless you have to swap a head or something.

Photoshop CS5 Feature Tour - Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3; For Photographers | Adobe TV

I was a loyal pse6 user. Note the word WAS. I now use LR3 and holy moly! I don't know what I saw in pse6. I still use it a little but LR is what I use 90% of the time now. Get it. Love it. :)

[Rson]

Thank you for validating my opinion. I too love LR and do 90 percent on it. Very much worth a look.

[onewingedangel73106]

I recently added PSE 9 from PSE4 and love it. I did not in my case do a clean install as I was not sure how well 9 would work with Mac which is what I use and have had no problems but I have alot of disc space since I have a backup. I'm still learning how to do a lot of things with it but love it.

[Fireball]

Thanks for the LR suggestion. I'll check it out. My biggest problem is learning a new program. It's taken me years to master PSE6, and I really depend on the filters I've downloaded over the years.

Always something to learn, isn't there?

[Fireball]

Originally Posted by Rson

Take a tour of LR and demo it.

I bet that you will never use PSE again unless you have to swap a head or something.

Photoshop CS5 Feature Tour - Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3; For Photographers | Adobe TV

It looks like you have to have CS5 or at least one of the CS programs to be able to run Lightroom? I don't have room for any of the CS programs on my desktop. That's why I have PSE6.

[groovyone]

Lightroom is independent of CS.

[Rson]

When you say "don't have room" what do you mean? Hard Drive is full?

LR is only 250 or so meg and runs totally independant of Photoshop/PSE. Also, you can have LR open PSE if you want by setting PSE as a external editor. Literally if you need to edit a picture in PSE you right click on it and select edit in PSE. Pretty easy.

LR also works with Raw files from your camera effortlessly.

[Hanky]

Hmmm, maybe it's time for me to leave elements 5.

[Fireball]

Not enough room means not enough RAM.

[Rson]

Clean up your system....Ram is cheap, grab a few more sticks. I bet you have 2 open bays