The 'forever' could be fleeting as at some point, there could be an incompatibility with current software (OS, drivers, etc). So while it may work today, because it is so old, it may not work in the future - just don't know when that might be.
-- Bruce Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2014, at 4:02 PM, J C OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > yes IM SURE as I myself downloaded and registered PS CS2 and also saved a > copy to CDR forever. > there is a web page ( sorry didnt save the url, dont need it anymore) with > the download links > and the serial numbers to use for PS CS2. > jco >> On 10/21/2014 6:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> are you sure. All i found is some 2013 info on deactivating CS2 >> application. Mine you i clicked on the Canada-English so it may not be >> available to us Canucks >> >> >>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:12 PM, J C OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> correction, you need to download photoshop CS2 from adobe.com and they >>> provide a SERIAL number to go along with it, no activation is required. >>> its freeware, no strings attached. >>> >>>> On 10/21/2014 5:59 PM, J C OConnell wrote: >>>> I get by fine ( quite nicely actually) with older versions of PS, so when >>>> my hard drive crashed without backup recently >>>> I purchased a sealed copy of photoshop CS off ebay for $70. It registered >>>> and runs fine on win8 but I had trouble activating the >>>> software past its 30 day trail period. To make a long story short, I >>>> found out the adobe is giving away photoshop CS2 >>>> at there website with a registration number and it needs no activation. >>>> yippie! Why buy PS when you can get a good working >>>> version from 2005 free forever? JCO >>>> >>>>> On 10/21/2014 4:40 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >>>>> Quoting Ed Keeney <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> I currently use and older version of Photoshop Elements (v5) to >>>>>> post-process my images. It works and I've been happy with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> I currently don't use the Organizer that is paired with the >>>>>> application. My organization is all in my head (I separate images by >>>>>> month/year). I don't have any tagging, so if I wanted to find an >>>>>> image of my father-in-law, I would need to know which image I want and >>>>>> then approximate the year and date. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was thinking about moving to the Adobe Cloud offering for >>>>>> photographers, $10/month and I get PS and Lightroom. >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I just continue to use the standalone PSE product and get >>>>>> myself into its Organizer product. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since I don't upgrade too often (version 13 is the latest PSE), I'm >>>>>> not sure its worth the $120/year for the full PS and Lightroom over >>>>>> the $79 one time cost for PSE or a switch to the standalone Lightroom. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> I opted for the Adobe Cloud for photographers subscription and I'm quite >>>>> happy with it although I rarely use the Lightroom component. I was never >>>>> going to be able to justify buying CS6 outright but the Cloud model is a >>>>> affordable way to get the latest version of Photoshop. >>>>> >>>>> Previously I'd been using a hand-me-down version of CS3 and, if I'm >>>>> honest, there's not a lot more that CC offers that I can't do in CS3. So, >>>>> if >>>>> Adobe increases the monthly subscription excessively I'd undoubtedly just >>>>> go >>>>> back to the earlier version even if that would involve an extra step in >>>>> post >>>>> processing to convert raw images to a CS3 readable format. >>>>> >>>>> As for organisation, I don't use Bridge CC either. I've been using >>>>> Studioline Photo Classic for years for image organisation and I'm more >>>>> than >>>>> happy with it. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
