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Stupid question, but...
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:53 am
by Psychobroker
Is there such a thing as a freeware version of photoshop?I just ordered a demo of Adobe's Photoshop CS, but I don't need/want to buy the full version. Is there something out there that's comperable, at least in its simplest form (even just for making sigs, adding text to pics)?Thanks in advance!
Re: Stupid question, but... (Psychobroker)
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:15 am
by AKLGT
i picked up photoshop elements. works great and that's what i've been using. not sure how to do all the things, but for the main functions, it's working just fine. dman helped me out in figuring if it'd work. and i got it for like $50 at walmart, best price around.
Re: Stupid question, but... (trdvibe)
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:45 am
by Kari
I have Photoshop Elements too. $50 with the student discount, and I haven't found a photoshop feature yet that elements doesn't have.
Re: Stupid question, but... (Kari)
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:41 am
by Psychobroker
cool, thanks
Re: Stupid question, but... (Psychobroker)
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:22 am
by wicked1981
Quote, originally posted by Psychobroker »Is there such a thing as a freeware version of photoshop? Yeah (from the darkside) download imesh (
www.imesh.com) do a search and you will find the FULL version.
Re: Stupid question, but... (Psychobroker)
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:05 pm
by kostby
If you don't need THE Photoshop, there's JASC PaintShopPro from
http://www.jasc.com that has lots of capabilities. The full version is often less than $100.00.A new version (9.0) is scheduled for release in September.There's usually an older but full version available as a free trial (30 days after installation) to download.
Re: Stupid question, but... (Psychobroker)
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:44 am
by delmardale
The closest thing to a true Freeware photoshop is GIMP. You can get it from here. It is a windows port of a Linux program.
http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/
Re: Stupid question, but... (delmardale)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:38 am
by ColonelPanic
Cool, you beat me to recommending it. The GIMP rocks! I've been using the Linux version on my machines for years, and it has served me well. At first it looks simple, but once you start digging around, you'll find some really neat features. And you can't beat the price. For commercial software... Back when I had Windows, I also used Paint Shop Pro quite a bit. I think it was on version 7 or so when I was messing around with it. That was a nice program indeed, may be worth looking into.
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