any good editing programmes on freeware

[HowlinWolf]

Originally Posted by mart_d50

having bought Adobe Elements 5 a while ago and being very disappointed with it (powerful but soooo slowww)

Versions of Adobe Elements are not as memory-hungry as full blown Photoshop, but it's probably due to insufficient RAM installed on your computer that's making the software run slowly-not the package itself.

HW

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by HowlinWolf

Versions of Adobe Elements are not as memory-hungry as full blown Photoshop, but it's probably due to insufficient RAM installed on your computer that's making the software run slowly-not the package itself.

HW

Agreed, I have Photoshop CS2 on my desktop computer and Elements 6 on my laptop and both run fine. It depends on the speed of your computer, not the programme.

[mart_d50]

my pc is plenty fast enough

I reckon it's poor programming, I have used Photoshop 6 before (the old one) and that was quick enough, I can do similar tasks in paint.net and it's miles faster than the same functions in Elements 5.

[HowlinWolf]

Originally Posted by mart_d50

my pc is plenty fast enough

How much RAM do you have on your computer? Did you disable any anti-virus software before installation? Does your computer meet system requirements for Elements 5? There can be many causes why programmes don't run as they should.

I've not heard any reports of bad programming on Adobe's part. It would be all over the internet it that was the case.

HW

[mart_d50]

regardless of ram or cpu, I find the old photoshop and paint.net a lot faster than elements. Therefore ram or cpu is not the issue as other programs are doing the same tasks much quicker.