Photoshop Elements is essentially a "Lite" / hobbyist version of the regular Photoshop. It covers some basics but is scaled down and simpler. Photoshop Elements 10 is the current version and was released last month Photoshop CS5 is the industry "gold standard" professional editing/finishing tool that can do it all.
Here's some information on some of the more important differences between the two versions http://prodesigntools.com/version-compar... In your case, you can just download and run free trials of either or both of these products to see for yourself which best suits your specific needs http://www.adobetrials.com And there are dozens of video feature tours and free demos & tutorials of each on Adobe TV http://www.CS5.tv Hope this helps!
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