foolakadugie

Sep 16 2006, 06:21 AM

QUOTE(mayoman123 @ Sep 15 2006, 08:40 PM)

hey does anyone know were i can get a cheap key for photoshopcs2

The only legal way of getting photoshop would probably be to buy it full price, and discussion of any illegal methods are not tolerated on this forum.

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lorenza pietersen

Sep 29 2006, 09:15 AM

It depends on what you're going to be doing with your graphics. GIMP has some stability problems on Windows. And in all honesty, if you've got the money, Photoshop will always be better software.

QUOTE(WeaponX @ Sep 17 2006, 11:30 PM)

Ditto...asking these kind of questions (if you are asking for a illegal key that is) will get you in trouble here.

I recommend using either GIMP or Paint.net, which you can get at:

http://www.gimp.org/
http://www.getpaint.net/

They are not Photoshop, but can probably do very similar things.

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KDEWolf

Oct 11 2006, 03:16 AM

QUOTE(lorenza pietersen @ Sep 29 2006, 06:15 AM)

It depends on what you're going to be doing with your graphics. GIMP has some stability problems on Windows. And in all honesty, if you've got the money, Photoshop will always be better software.

Indeed. I also used last version of GIMP and didn't like the interface much, though I usually don't like much interfaces I can't customize like hell (very rare thing). But I get used to them anyway...

I still prefer Photoshop over GIMP and Paint Shop Pro, which is good as well though it's proprietary software (but many times cheaper then PS).

For amateur editing you'd better stick with GIMP or look for some more on Google (there are some I never really used, like Paint.net, and it's said to be good). Paying that much for this kind of software would be stupidity. You must already have a decent income to think on affording a program as expensive as Photoshop.

Also, money doesn't make any miracles. If you don't have knowledge or skill, it won't matter much which program do you use...

 

 

 

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