Yes, if you're a qualified student or teacher - it's 80% off
Yes, if you're a qualified student or teacher - Adobe will give it to you for 80% off the normal price
The cheapest is Photoshop Elements 9, which is frequently on sale However if you're a student, the most discounted version is Photoshop CS5 Student & Teacher Edition, which is 80% off the normal price see related links below
No Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements are separate programs.
Paintshop is no where near as good as photoshop CS5, however, if you are low on cash, paintshop might be cheaper
No. You do not have to have it to upgrade to CS5. CS5 can either be an upgrade if you already own an older version but it is also a fully functional program on its own. if you do not have any versions of Photoshop you would need to buy and install CS5. Then later on if another version comes out you then can upgrade to that version for cheaper.
CS5
After 30 days usually.
yes.
Photoshop CS5
Photoshop CS5
Yes, you can upgrade from Photoshop CS3 (or earlier) to Photoshop CS5 Extended, no problem.
cs5 is better