Saturday, September 24, 2016

How to get Photoshop for FREE

Photoshop

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is..."What photo editing app do you use?" And to be honest, I can't even pick a favorite because  I use several on a regular basis. And with the variety of phone apps now at our fingertips that create masterpieces in seconds, why not take advantage of those as well? But there's always those times when we've got a great digital photo that we want to tweak, crop, or edit in some way on our computer before printing it or sharing it with others. Unless, of course, we just want to use Instagram filters and be done with it, photo editing software generally costs money.
The good news is,  you don't have to fork over a lot of cash for a monthly Photoshop subscription. Why? Because there is a perfectly good Photoshop version available for editing images and photos that is FREE to use! 

Photoshop

No way!, you might say: Photoshop is not free. But what you may not know is that you can download a perfectly good copy of an older version of the software, CS2, from Adobe without paying a dime. This became available right after Adobe made its software subscription-based, but most people still don't know about it.
So how do you get a free copy of Photoshop? Go to Adobe.com and sign up for an Adobe ID.  Then log in to the site, accept the terms and conditions (that basically says that Adobe doesn't recommend that you download an older and unsupported version of the software). Then search for Photoshop CS2 Download, and choose the language you wish to download Photoshop in.(You may have to scroll down some to find the download for Photoshop CS2).
Windows Serial number: 1045-1412-5685-1654-6343-1431
Mac OS X Serial number: 1045-0410-5403-3188-5429-0639
Even better? Adobe offers the entire CS2 suite for free, including Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign and more.
Yes, it's outdated. Yes, it's unsupported. But if you want this free version, ignore Adobe's warning because people have been successfully running this software on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 since it became available (the CS2 suite is also available free for Mac)




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