I have just joined this group, and look forward to learning and sharing. I am one of the editors of The Sea Chest, journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, and spend much time optimizing old photos from a variety of sources for illustrating articles for publication in our journal. I use Photoshop 5.5. In my spare time (!) I also am working on my massive collection of photos (family, personal and travel) taken over the years. I no longer use my home darkroom as I go digital. I will probably lurk here for awhile to get my bearings with this group. Hopefully, there are others here who still use PS 5.5. I am by no means an expert, but am learning as I go along, and so far have found it adequate for the kind of restoration I am doing.

Welcome to Retouch Pro!
PS5.5 can do a lot but PS has come many light years since 5.5 with respect to more sophisticated tools designed to make your work go a lot faster. If you plan to spend a lot of time at it, it may well be worth your while to upgrade. I would recommend you download the 30 trial version of CS3 and check it out.
Regards, Murray

welcome to RP, Kulshanmom.

i've moved your thread down here to our welcome wagon area :)