Photoshop CS2 Free Download from Adobe

[texkam]

It made absolutely no sense for Adobe to be distributing CS 2, free or otherwise.

I beg to differ. Any somewhat serious to pro user is way beyond CS2 and would find it painfully lacking, but making CS2 freely available would reach out to many of the curious who could end up being hooked and later decide, after a little persuasion by the Adobe marketing folks, that all the improvements contained in the latest release are well worth the cost.

 

[rexbobcat]

I beg to differ. Any somewhat serious to pro user is way beyond CS2 and would find it painfully lacking, but making CS2 freely available would reach out to many of the curious who could end up being hooked and later decide, after a little persuasion by the Adobe marketing folks, that all the improvements contained in the latest release are well worth the cost.

Give CS2 away, cash in on all the subsequent upgrade purchases. Shablam!

 

[snowbear]

Do they still offer the 30-day free trials as purchase incentives?

 

[sm4him]

I beg to differ. Any somewhat serious to pro user is way beyond CS2 and would find it painfully lacking, but making CS2 freely available would reach out to many of the curious who could end up being hooked and later decide, after a little persuasion by the Adobe marketing folks, that all the improvements contained in the latest release are well worth the cost.

Give CS2 away, cash in on all the subsequent upgrade purchases. Shablam!

I might not be remembering this correctly, but I thought you no longer get any upgrade allowances unless you have the most recent version to upgrade from (i.e. CS5 to CS6, but NOT CS4 to CS6). I'm pretty sure you can't still upgrade from CS2 to CS3 (at least, not for a significant savings in cost), so you can't download the <not> free CS2, then do an upgrade through CS3, CS4, etc...
If that's true, then a free download of CS2 wouldn't allow you to "cash in" on anything.

 

[sm4him]

Do they still offer the 30-day free trials as purchase incentives?

Last I checked they did, but admittedly that was last year.
I think it was November when I downloaded a trial of LR.

 

[snowbear]

I might not be remembering this correctly, but I thought you no longer get any upgrade allowances unless you have the most recent version to upgrade from (i.e. CS5 to CS6, but NOT CS4 to CS6). I'm pretty sure you can't still upgrade from CS2 to CS3 (at least, not for a significant savings in cost), so you can't download the <not> free CS2, then do an upgrade through CS3, CS4, etc...
If that's true, then a free download of CS2 wouldn't allow you to "cash in" on anything.

I believe you are correct on this; it seems to me this came up with the release of CS6. Upgrading each step (CS2 -> CS3 -> CS4 -> CS5 -> CS6) would likely cost more than purchasing CS6 outright.

 

[KmH]

CS 3, 4, and 5 owners currently qualify for upgrade pricing for CS 6. Adobe no longer sells CS 5 nor any earlier version of Photoshop.

You would be hard pressed to find a Buy price (full retail or upgrade) on Adobe's website these days. Adobe is really pushing the monthly Creative Cloud rental option, which would go a long way to addressing the rampant theft of their software, while also eliminating upgrade pricing.

Many don't know that when you use an Adobe product to edit a photo, a record is made in the image metadata which Adobe product was used.
In that way Adobe can pretty accurately estimate that about 1/3 of all the Adobe software being used in the world is pirated Adobe software.

 

[Rick58]

Ok folks, I just downloaded CS2 free, completely legit. Now the question. I'm currently using Photo Pro 3. Would CS2 be a step backward?

 

[Rick58]

don't be so quick............
No, You Can't Download Adobe CS2 Applications For Free - Forbes

The Forbes article REALLY has me confused. The first half says "opps, these aren't free" then the second half says "If you can't afford Adobe stuff, you can dowload CS2, including Photoshop for free, just the cost of the time it takes to download it. It's old, but here it is"
I went to the link and downloaded it, installed the serial # and all seems fine. I don't get it. The same article says it's not free, but here it is free if you want to download it. Am I missing something?

 

[snowbear]

Yes - he is completely contradictory.

 

[Rick58]

Thanks Charlie, I re-read that several times because I thought I missed something. BTW, I registered it with my proper name and email address, so I'm out there for the world to see. I don't do pirated software, so if this comes up not legit, it will be deleted.

 

[snowbear]

Yeah - I'm not sure what he meant to write.

Son #2 has downloaded and installed PSE. This will work for him until he can get LR and a newer version of PSE.

 

[Rick58]

I still have a strong soft spot for B&W. All my Medium and Large format film photgraphy was B&W. 35mm was reserved for store process color prints and slides. I'd love to get Silver Efex and get back into B&W, but the requirements are insane for something that's no more then a hobby. I'd be better off going back into film.

 

[snowbear]

Want a bulk loader? I got three for $15 a while back when i was taking the photo classes. I've got Tri-X in one of them, but the other two are available. I've got to get them out of the closet and offer them here.

 

[Rick58]

Thanks Charlie, but I gave mine away years ago.