dilemma solved in another way. for now. Might be back with some more questions later.

Thanks to all who helped--I'm going to try a few suggestions here when I have a chance, primarily about using the Acrobat to extract and save individual pages.

Well...how did you do it m'dear?...You must not disappoint.

Seeing as how blue worked so hard to help.

boss will review slideshows . . . client will send individual jpeg files of the ones chosen as exhibits.

Okay, I just finished installing Elements. It looks like it can open PDFs the same way the full version of Photoshop does.

Instead of trying to open the PDF through the window that comes up when you launch Elements, close that window and choose Open from the File menu on the menu bar.

Browse for your multi-page PDF in the dialog box that comes up, and open it.

An "Import PDF" window will come up, allowing you to choose which page you want, plus a few other options like size, resolution, etc.

You might want to "flatten" it in the Layers menu before working on the page/image. You can save it as a PSD or JPEG or whatever format you need.

Well how do you like it? Anything I should know about it? :)

I am surprised how much you can do in it, being a limited version and all.

I have Photoshop Elements 6, which is about a $300 program (7 is a newer release). It's fully featured for my purposes. It has the Organizer, which I primarily use, because I cannot alter photos which we use as evidence.

What's the "trial" in the trial version? Does it expire? Does it have a reduced set of options/functions? Does it let you save your results? Are the saved images somehow "mangled"?

I notice you are using Mac, but perhaps you can tell: I'd like to test my self developed plugins (M$ WIN, 8bf) with the trial version. Would this work?

Thanks,
Scriveyn

On the Adobe.com site, you have the option of downloading trials of what appear to be full versions of their software, which expire in 30 days if you decide not to purchase. I don't think they are limited; they just stop working after a month.

Nothing weird seems to have happened to the JPEG I saved out of Elements, although I didn't look at it that closely, or try to use it in a layout or web program or anything.

If it is a full version as it seems, I don't see why your plugins wouldn't work with it...try it out and let us know what happens!

I would do a trial on something a little complex and awesome from that site if I were testing. Like photoshop itself or illustrator. But, that's just me.

Definitely let us know how it turns out!

The plugins should work as well as in the paid-up version. However, some Photoshop plugins won't work with Photoshop Elements.

I had several versions of photoshop which I replaced with elements a couple years ago... been very happy with it.

Really? Ok download back on! :)

Yes, I had 4.0 through 5.5, but because I really wasn't willing to spend the time, or had the need, to become proficient with all the bells and whistles, I found it slow and cumbersome.

When I bought a piece of hardware that had Elements on the software disc, for free, I tried it and found it would do way more than I needed/wanted. Sizing, color/contrast adjusting, arrows, talk bubbles, special effects, etc, are fairly easy to do, and the program is much smaller, so it takes less memory and loads faster.

It works for me, but remember, I'm no photo manipulating expert. :D

p'shaw.