Thanks JKL,
It's entirely possible (if not likely) that my Elements info is out of date. I like curves, want 16-bit, would like access to a few lens correction features without having to buy plug-ins, fairly extensive masking features, cloning, and probably other things that I can't think of right now. I use Neat Image and will be using RawShooter.
I don't need the extensive data base capabilities of Aperture/Lightroom, so far as I understand that they do. I don't have that extensive a collection of photos and probably won't for some time to come, only a few thousand. (An aside: being an ex old-time software developer I viscerally detest modern do-it-all bloatware.)
If current Elements does what I need, well then great, but I was under the impression that it didn't. The last version of it that I tried, about 2 years ago, was unacceptable. I have been using Microfax Picture Publisher, which is virtually unknown, fairly advanced and no longer supported.
I'll take a quick look at the package you suggested.