One othert thought Joel with regard to your budget. I don't know how much you own and how much you need to buy for this project, but as a NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) member, you can glean enough discounts on stuff to more than pay for the $99 membership fee and have money left over in your pocket.


For example NAPP members (through May 31st) get 20% off products from the Adobe store (like Photoshop, Lightroom, etc). There are lots of companies that participate with NAPP to provide discounts to their members on Hardware, Software, Training, etc. MacMall for example has NAPP member prices on MAC products. I joined NAPP last year when I wanted to upgrade to CS4 and have more than paid for my membership with their member discounts on things. The magazine is very well done with lots of learning help and their website has tons of tutorials that also very well done (free for members).


Just some food for thought and here's NAPP's website:


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Rick