I'm new here, hope it's okay to jump in!

I used PI 6 until about a year ago when I upgraded to PI8. It's great, but you'll find that most scrapbooking tutorials are written for more recent versions of PhotoImpact. My sister was able to find a copy of 8SE on ebay for under $20.00 including shipping so you may want to try that!

I'm very partial to PhotoImpact for scrapbooking. I think it combines ease of use with powerful tools and I really like that combination!