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Wow the forum is six months old already. That's amazing. You folks have done such a good job already with this forum that I'm not sure I have any suggestions to make it better. Anyway for what it's worth here are my comments.

I'm more of a 'scrapper' than a 'photographer' but I can and do enjoy trying to do different things with photographs and the 'Endless Possibilities' Challenge Threads are a favourite of mine. For example in the 'Lets Take a Stroll' challenge because Tom asked a question in relation to my submission I learned a bit about composition, light, perspective, blurring/feathering the edges of a cut-out to make it blend in more to new surroundings etc;
 
That's the kind of thing I like and need to learn and I like to try to do things with the tools already provided within the PSE programme. Some of the add-ons or plugins that I see mentioned from time to time are quite expensive and as I said I'm not really a photographer so can't justify spending a lot on those.

We have a Board for Digital Scrapbooking and it would be nice to see if more use could be made of that but I don't know how folks would feel about that!

Hopefully others will come along with their comments or ideas but that's all I can think of at the moment.

I think the forum is in great hands with the stewards, admins and moderators who are leading the way forward. I think it is progressing naturally in a very positive fashion and really can't think of anything that is needed to further its development. I am pleased to be a member of such a resource rich community and look forward to getting more active in it again as soon as I can. At the moment I have been quite busy with getting my home ready to be put up for sell and I can tell you it is never a dull moment with getting things ready - I feel like I would fit right in on 'The Walking Dead' and wouldn't even have to act!

This site is as helpful as the old site and the moderators do a wonderful job! Thank you!
...having said that, I have two items:
-when my computer crashed and I had to have it set up from scratch, I lost my bookmarks on Chrome, including this site. When I did a search using "photoshop elements" or some combination of those words, this site did not show up on my search results (...at least on the first or second page). I ended up going back to the old elements site which showed the name of this site and I was able to find PS&E again. It is now safely nestled in among my bookmarks! ....my point is that I knew this site existed, but for someone who had no knowledge and who had an editing question, they would not have been directed here.
-I really miss the old gallery in the old elements where the photos were thumbnails and you could see quite a few at once on a page. [having said that, I just LOVE how you can bring in a better quality image than the old site.....so maybe it's a tradeoff]

The moderators and administrators have done a fantastic job putting this forum together after EV closed. I appreciate the hard work, dedication, and many hours it must take to keep it going. Everyone is so friendly, helpful, and supportive. Right now, I can't recommend any changes.  As the forum grows, there might be some tweaks in the future. Keep up the good work.

I really enjoy the site, and would like to add my thanks to everyone that does such an excellent job supporting, managing and developing it.
My one regret about it (not a criticism) is that the challenges seem to rattle around so very quickly, typically in a week. Whilst I see the value in keeping people's interest up and providing reasons to keep returning to the site, I just do not get the time to enter anywhere like as often as I would like. I am a rather more active participant on another site, which is similar in terms of numbers of members and a very friendly and supportive environment, and their comps tend to run over 3 weeks to give people time (many of whom only have weekends at their disposal) to have a think and a play before entering. That said, they don't get any more entries than here, so I guess there is no reason to change as most on here seem able to support. I will continue to join in when I can, and I do check in most days.
Here's to another successful 6 months.

On the whole, I'm happy with the site, although I do agree with the comments regarding the order in which new gallery posts appear. I would like to thank the moderators for their work in maintaining a successful and useful site, and the other participants for being so unfailingly helpful and supportive. I seem to learn something every time I visit!
Angela