Cheapest LEGAL Photoshop?

tomstickland

Yes, paint.net was a student project. It's now developed by one person.

Regarding getting it right in the first place, I've found that digital compacts struggle a bit as soon as the light levels are low. I take a fair few action photos when out on mountain bikes and because the camera is slow to react I generally have to crop them when I get home.

laurel7172

Join a level 3 course at your local college.

Qualify for the teacher/student discount and expand your horizons at the same time

(I also have an ancient version of Photoshop, but I'm on a qualifying course, and making sure I upgrade before I finish is *definitely* on my to-do list...)

newfoundglory

When buying Adobe software, it can often be cheaper to buy a much older version on ebay (eg, a sealed software package, perhaps CS2 or CS3), and then pay to upgrade to the latest version.

patman99

OP, you might try using a trial version of GhostSurf to fool Adobe into thinking you are in the states, then you can obtain Adobe software for US prices.

newfoundglory

patman99 wrote: »

OP, you might try using a trial version of GhostSurf to fool Adobe into thinking you are in the states, then you can obtain Adobe software for US prices.

Assuming the US site would accept a UK registered credit card - which I can almost guarantee it wont.

Mayflower10cat

My dear husband really, REALLY wanted CS5 for Christmas.... We already had Elements 7 and with shed loads of Nectar points, the upsell, totally legitimate version from Amazon, minus £120 Nectar discount, meant it cost well under £500.... Not cheap I know, but his face when he opened it was a picture!

judderman62

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

My dear husband really, REALLY wanted CS5 for Christmas.... We already had Elements 7 and with shed loads of Nectar points, the upsell, totally legitimate version from Amazon, minus £120 Nectar discount, meant it cost well under £500.... Not cheap I know, but his face when he opened it was a picture!

see what you did there

WhiteChristmas

judderman62 wrote: »

call me an old traditional trousers if you will but I prefer to just get as much right as I can "in camera" and do the most minimal of after shot tweaking... but then I'm into photography not desk top publishing

For years, I resisted the transition to digital because it "wasn't real photography". I stuck by my trusty ME Super and Ilford FP4 (Cibachrome was for the very rare times when I was flush)!

I spent hours in the darkroom; choosing the right paper for contrast then cropping, burning, dodging; you know the sort of thing. Used to cost a fortune in time and paper.

Now I do it in Photoshop in a fraction of the time, at a fraction of the cost, and once it's done, I can produce as many copies as I need.

Does that make me a desktop publisher? Should I surrender my AoP membership?