[Ambowife Designs]

I agree, the elements are a lot cheaper than full on ps
I started out with photoshop cs2, then went to cs4 and now have cs5, it was a bit cheaper cause I already had the previous version so I just upgraded.
But it's really expensive to buy pscs5 outright.
I also have pse7 and find it does most things and many designers design on ps elements too.

hope this helps you some hun