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.

Only legal way is to be a student or educator and get the EDU price.

Hm... and how much would it cost for the EDU price, still a lot.

Lovely Photoshop.

If only I could afford the damn brilliant program.

Either way, GIMP2.2 is alright, although I preferred the old interface of Gimp.

Obviously you should buy it legally.

There are, however, solid illegal methods of obtaining it.

But just sit down with yourself and ponder the hours and resources it took to create such a program.

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.

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...

Perhaps is he is talking about possible Student and otherwise keys for those licenses, hoping there is a cheaper one.

How would you qualify as a student though?