my account reset?

Noel,

Like you, I have learned a ton, in the forums, and by MY posts. I got Premiere Elements, though I had owned and used Premiere Pro from nearly its beginnings. Still, I needed Elements for some consumer footage, and wanted to learn to use it. I read the entire forum (prior to the Jive move), and where I could help, offered insights into video editing. In time, I began hanging out there more often, and found that I needed to launch the program, Open one of my test Projects, and see what was what, before I answered. I did much more in that program, as a result, and learned by doing, while answering others' questions. Still happens often, though I now need to upgrade (do not need it for my work), as many changes have been made, and my screen-caps and many answers harken back to earlier times and earlier versions. Same with PrPro, and PS, though I have CS5 just waiting for a new laptop, and then a new workstation.

If the OP's question is not on something that I have done most of my life, and nearly every day of that life, I'll quickly test, before posting a response. In that process, I often learn something new. Though I have used PS for 1/3 of my life, and professionally in that time, I have never fully explored everything possible. Unles one is both a developer, and then a teacher, it's just not likely to happen. One does what is necessary to produce the best results for the clients, and there is often not enough time to just go exploring. Answering the posters' questions extends my usage of a very "old friend," and keeps me sharp.This is a good thing for a buy at my age. This is NOT about newer versions either. i am talking about some of the core powers of the program, but ones that I have never had a need for.

Now, the forums have become some bit of a hobby, but better than sitting around in my jammies, downloading porn, or at least that's what my wife tells me...

Now, I sit around in my Hawaiian shirts, cargo shorts and flip-flops, drinking wines early, and smoking Cubans, while I gaze out over the High Sonoran Desert from the pool deck, with a couple of sleeping Bulldogs at my feet. Life is good. It's kind of like Jimmy Buffett, but with a computer, rather than a guitar, and the desert, rather than Key West. Yes, life IS good, and if I can help a single user of an Adobe product, I feel good about my day, regardless of the quality of my wine, or the Cuban.

Hunt