Certainly, for newcomers to the digital photo-finishing is certainly not to understand comprehensively in one day this program, but the world was not created in a day. Did you once recognized the logic of the program, find the various tools and can deal with multiple levels, you can not get rid of this program. The function "assistant" get your pictures from the very beginning a professional touch. This software provides both the novice (Lighten, Darken, Contrast change ...) as well as for the advanced - and certainly something for the professional. If you work for a while with PHOTOSHOP, you understand why models have (at least in the pictures) as long legs, a sensational figure, no blemishes on your face, always white teeth and ... and ... and. Tell 'but none of your friends and acquaintances that you now work with Photoshop (Hollywood filter); Your credibility with pictures would certainly suffer under it. I myself came from the camp of "COREL" -Verehrer (Corel Draw ....) but can no longer me today imagine back then.