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You truly cannot beat this deal! I purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Scrapper's Guide separately for quite a bit more. Scrapper's Guide really got me into the swing of things with Adobe Elements in a very short period of time. The video tutorials were very easy to follow and gave me the ability to do "hands on" side-by-side as the tutorial played. It is a great way to learn the ins and outs of Elements that would normally take a lot longer to figure out on your own! Adobe Elements is a great tool for the digital photographer and scrapbooker. I love the fact that I can produce a digital CD slideshow or scrapbook that will play in most DVD players. This is awesome when sending photos or digital scrapbooks to friends and relatives. Makes a unique and inexpensive gift! I am now a true "convert" to digital scrapbooking, as well as dabbling with creating my own graphics. I cannot recommend these products highly enough!

I upgraded from PSE2 and am very happy. The Scrappers Guide CD is absolutely wonderful. It is so easy to follow. I know I will be whipping through PS in no time.

I purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for its easy interface and compatibility with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, the video editing software. Photoshop 4.0 has a great cataloguing system that allows for easy tracking and sorting of videos and photos. This feature is particularly flexible because it allows you to create your own ways of identifying and grouping photos and videos which are easily cross-referenced and retrievable. The Scrapper's Guide was an unexpected bonus because it's got a video tutorial which goes much further than a manual can alone in teaching techniques. The Scrapper's Guide teaches the basics that you need to know for any Photoshop project -- not just scrapbooking. It's more fun to watch a demonstration than it is just to read about it in my opinion. Minor drawback: Photoshop 4.0's customizing email function for sharing photos is not compatible with all email address books. I still have lots to learn about this software, but overall I think it was a wise and worthy purchase.

Pricey but worth it. The software is very easy to use. I have made VCD's for family members who LOVE to watch it over and over. Its easy to add the pictures and the music.

If you are intrigued by the concept of digital scrapbooking, but bumfoozled about how to get started, there is an old cliche which applies here. LOOK NO FURTHER! You've found the answer to your bumfoozlement! :) I have both of Linda's CD's on digital scrapbooking, and would not have learned nearly so much about Photoshop Elements and digital scrapbooking, in as short a period of time, as I did following along with her on the CD's. A good thing, is the fact that you can print out the instructions for all the projects if you just need a little refresher on how to do a particular technique. But it's also easy to go back and find what you need on the CD and watch her do it all over again. Another good thing, is that you can join her Premier Scrapbooker's monthly club for even MORE awesome techniques and projects. Believe me when I say, Linda, and Photoshop Elements, (I have Elements 3) have got you covered when it comes to digital scrapbooking and photo fixing and enhancement. This combo deal is an excellent buy saving you lots of money in lieu of buying each one seperately.