Photoshop elements?

[Ace02]

I just got photoshop elements that came with something else I bought, and I was wondering what exactly it is. Is it just a really waterded down version of photoshop? Can it even do anything photoshop can do?

 

[Rebel]

It does almost everything normal Photoshop does. It only lacks a few things, mainly the pen tool, and a few other not so important tools.

 

[dwarves]

I got Adobe Elements 1 with my wacom pad. And compared to Photoshop 7, it was quite horrible. But that was Elements 1, and I'm guessing you got Adobe Elements 2 which should be better. But you don't have as much control... It's similar just really toned down. Atleast Adobe Elements 1 is. Not exactly sure about version 2.