If your doing small freelance jobs for folks I doubt they care what you use. But if someone was doing work for me freelance it woudl have to be in Photoshop. Thats not about elitism... it's about workflow and compatability. I simply don;t have the time to risk a difference in how PS and PS handle color spaces, press serations or any of the rest of it. Besides, I doubt seriously PSP has all the same features - especially with the new features in CS... but let's jsut talk 7.0. Does PS do all the blending modes? handle the large file sizes? No reason to get all upset about this - you just need to realize that above a certain level the tools you use MATTER... and it is rare that a company needs/wants you so bad they will re-train you.