I know, I have the person show me this or that. I usually end up trying to follow procedures I don't understand at all. And I don't consider myself an idiot when it comes to using complicated software. Adobe has kept amateurs at bay by changing the interface to its software products every so often. Only amateurs like myself complain about the changes.
Pros seem to think change is fine.
Having said all this, we shouldn't all give up on Photoshop and use something easier or more automatic. Since I'm a digital photography maven, I probably have seen all the photo editing products, and I always return to Photoshop when I want to do something a little more serious. On the easy end of the image-editing software spectrum is Adobe Photo Deluxe, a product I have never liked because it was invented for idiots, apparently. You just felt the product was talking down to you when you used it. Luckily, Adobe has begun to promote Photoshop LE as the bundle du jour with digital cameras.