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I just upgraded to PSCS3 from PSE and it is a HUGE difference.
However, it's even more of a leap from DIP. A few years ago I upgraded from DIP to PSE and just now wore out all the features of PSE (hence the upgrade).
In my humble opinion, unless you are a designer, professional photographer or plan on earning some money with PSCS, I'd stick with PSE. On the other hand if you crave a learning experience, or plan to use it some where down the line to earn cash it will be also worth it. I know people who have been using photoshop for years professionally and still have not exhausted all of it's ability.
There are a lot of add-ons available for PSE - both free and paid - that do some of the same things as PSCS. I have PSE 3 and have add-ons to do curves, layer masks, selective coloring, alignment, distribution, some vector shape maniupulation, etc.
Keep in mind that layer styles and brushes for PSCS should also work in PSE and there are a growing number of actions available for PSE that further extend its usefullness.
If I weren't a designer, and had no intentions of using my knowledge down the road I would stick with PSE. Moving from DIP you will be astounded with what available in PSE. If it helps at all, I've been designing with PSE for nearly two years so it's capable of an absolute ton, once you learn it all.
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