Based on our experience with a beta copy, only Elements' native support of Mac OS X justifies spending $69 to upgrade from version 1.0 or from a competing product.

But as a next step up from newbie image editors such as Microsoft Picture It, Photoshop Elements 2.0 misses the mark it's still too complicated.

In fact, Adobe's Elements 2.0 even tosses in a few interesting new features and enhancements. For $99, this stripped-down version of Photoshop delivers all of the digital image-editing tools that most graphics enthusiasts need.