Photoshop CS2 Free from Adobe :: Not pirated :: Woohooo

mrking

Cheers,

I am an avid reader of many tech blogs, one of them being gizmodo.com.

They announced today that it looks like Adobe is "... tired of keeping the activation servers running to support legitimate installs of the 10-year-old CS2, so it's decided to just give it away." - Gizmodo.com

So if you create an account on the Adobe site you can download Photoshop CS2 or the entire Creative Suite for free now.

Since this news was released the Adobe servers are being overworked, so be patient or try later.

"Update:The install for Mac is actually for Power PC devices, so you'll need Mac OS X v.10.2.8–v.10.3.8 or Rosetta to get it working." - Gizmodo.com

PC users are fine.

Hope this helps a few people.

Link: Adobe Downloads :: I believe you'll need to create an account if you do not have one already.

Make sure you copy the serial number down!!

Gary

For those of you that have not given Photoshop a try for various reasons, Mike has provided a wonderful opportunity. It takes a bit of time to get use to the program (like most software) but there are tons of free videos on YouTube and other places that will walk you through any aspect of the program. It's worth the time and effort in my opinion! Thanks Mike!

cynthiagwilson

Great :-bd \:D/ Thank YOU!

Christel

Thank you

CharleyBoy

mrking,

So does that mean it won't function on a Mac OS X v.10.6.8?

Keith_A1

thank you so much for that link......this forum just gets better and better !!!!!

Martin_J_Crane

Downloaded - Thanks!

Amrit

Thank you!

mrking

CharleyBoy said:

mrking,

So does that mean it won't function on a Mac OS X v.10.6.8?

Charley- I am not a mac techy so I do not really know. It would be worth to try the install to see if it would.

LizONeal

Yay! I had it on an old computer but did not get the install discs and lost it with a bad hard drive. Really miss that program! Thanks for sharing this great news!

[Deleted User]

@CharleyBoy 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) is okay, but 10.7.x (Lion) will not work. It does not support Rosetta. You may need to install Rosetta from your Snow Leopard installation disc as it is not part of the default installation. Also, it will not run as fast as it would if it were running natively.

Alternatives are GIMP or a $20/month Photoshop subscription (you always get the latest version with the subscription). The $20 subscription option is on the right sidebar of this page: adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

drawmyface

This seemed too good to be true, and it turns out it is. They're not actually giving it away for free, apparently - http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/01/07/download-adobe-cs2-applications-for-free/

Dan

drawmyface

More on this http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/why-adobes-massive-photoshop-fail-couldve-been-a-clever-business-move/

Vangie

It's only free for 30 days trial period.

Martin_J_Crane

Weird. I downloaded it and it works fine with no 30 day warning or anything.

mrking

Vangie said:

It's only free for 30 days trial period.

Did you use the serial number provided?

Vangie

Sorry, correction. I got sidetracked by going into the Adobe Creative Cloud page https://creative.adobe.com/plans, which mentions the 30-day plan.
You're right, mnsrc and mrking. Thank you! >-

I'm downloading the apps now.... see what happens... hopefully it works in my Windows 7 64-bit... The link states that the CS2 is good on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This will be really handy if it works on my Windows laptop and for free because as I mentioned in another thread, I do have Photoshop in my MacBook, but not in my Windows laptop (I've been using GIMP in my laptop).

So, if it does work, I don't understand all this hype/blogs about not being true! Beats me!