Adobe Creative suite CS2 (including photoshop $ illustrator) is free now

http://helpx.adobe.com/en/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html

by stewie2 • 14 years ago

5 6 14 years ago

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stewie22• 14 years ago

you need to register a adobe account to download.

tait• 14 years ago

Uhm, it requires registration and a known serial number. Were you advocating any particular actions to extrapolate that into "free"?

stewie22• 14 years ago

It gives you a serial if you download.

vitovito• 14 years ago

This may not be the value it seems to be. These are pretty antique as far as applications go, and might be okay to learn the basics with before getting a "real version," but you're going to have trouble working with industry folk using them. They were originally released in 2005. If you run OS X Lion or later, you'll probably have better luck booting into a Windows VM or using WINE or CrossOver than getting the Mac versions going:

Mac OS X v.10.2.8–v.10.3.8. PowerPC® G4 or G5 processor

Microsoft® Windows® 2000/Windows XP. Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor

They're also not eligible for upgrade pricing to Creative Cloud (CS3+). Most professionals I work with upgrade every couple of versions; I don't know anyone still using even CS4, for example.

lifeguard• 14 years ago

Wow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop#CS2

The Standard Edition included:

    Adobe Bridge (Since CS2)
    Adobe Illustrator
    Adobe InDesign
    Adobe Photoshop  
    Adobe Version Cue
    Design guide and training resources

The Premium Edition also included:

    Adobe Acrobat Professional (Version 8 in CS2.3)
    Adobe Dreamweaver (Since CS2.3)
    Adobe GoLive

thornkin• 14 years ago

Site seems down now.

Adobe Creative suite CS2 (including photoshop $ illustrator) is free now

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