Elements is excellent. Elements 9 has been recently replaced by Elements 10. Which is only $99 on the Adobe website.
Don't buy the older version. They stop supporting the updates when the new version comes out. In the time it takes to have it shipped you can download and work with the trial http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-...
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, full $99.99 / Plus $139.99, upgrades differ per version http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshope... Elements is good if you are making basic prints or scrapbooking and adding effects, if you require advanced editing and color correction, you may require Photoshop, if you only need to correct colour, edit raw files, and organize sets, Lightroom may be better, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopl... Adobe - Photoshop CS5 http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/... ______________ check camera software and printer software as well, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X4 http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051#versionTabview=tab1&tabview=tab0 ACDSee Photo Editor http://store.acdsee.com/store/acd/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.104324800 ArcSoft PhotoStudio http://www.arcsoft.com/products/photostudio/ PhotoPlus X4 Digital Studio Serif http://www.serif.com/photoplus/ ..
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