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Do I need to own professional version of Photoshop to make it?

Although Elements is good, alas it does not have the Pen tool. It seems as though the pen tool and cmyk conversion are unique to the pro version. 

You can do some "layer masking" in Elements 5 if you can figure out how to set up a clipping mask there. I think this may have been improved in Ele 6 - not sure. But the best thing really is the pen tool.

iStock seems to see things I can not locate, and you folks have made me feel better.  On any other site, I have 80% of my isolations accepted.  iStock always says - "A few stray pixels", "A few artefacts", "Too much feathering" (Actually I selecte Feather - 1 Pixel for that one), and of course the too smooth or too rough bounces. 

I seem to get the selection done quickly in PS Elements 6 by using the Magicg Selection tool, and finish it off in 200% view using the Selection Brush with a hard edge.  Works for me. But even at 200% on a 24 inch monitor (Calibrated), I cannot see what those reviewers pick up. 

I thought about just sending straight photo images to iStock.  That would save me from getting killed with rejections.  Even when I do that they kill me!