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Flow
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Sun May 05, 2013 10:26 pm |
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A buddy of mine got PhotoShop CS5 for $200 a couple years ago because he was a college student. Now that I'm in college I was wondering if this deal still exists? The adobe website isn't that user friendly for searching for this. It offers CS6 at a discounted price, but a little bit out of my budget range. I'm willing to spent $200, maybe $250. That would be the majority of my cash, but seems like a worthy investment. I saw an interesting thread on this. Unfortunately all the links redirect to CS6.  Is CS5 obsolete? I remember using it in photography class and was very impressed with it.
Any advise on this would go appreciated.
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Flow
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Sun May 05, 2013 10:40 pm |
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I've never used version 3. In what regards is it bad? I been working with photoshop elements 6 which CS5 does way better with image selection. Plus I love the ability to cut out things which at first sounds like over manipulation. But if used for the right reasons can be a great tool for over exposed photographs with taking out the sky from a under exposed shot.
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Sean T
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Sun May 05, 2013 10:49 pm |
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If you are already familer with PS then you really won't be able to tell the difference. Other then a few tool placements. I learned photoshop on 7. To me 3 has all the upgrades but I'm still comfortable since its similar to 7. I don't use Mac have never done anything with over exposed pics. I do a lot of DVD covers, banners and stuff like that.
Adobe eliminated some of the shortcuts in 6. Stuff I learned over the last 9 years. I went back to 3 after about a week.
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You can also try The Gimp (free) and see if it does what you need before springing cash for Photoshop.
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My own personal preference would be for CS2 over GIMP. Adobe's interface is just way easier to deal with. Of course, I'm a longtime Photoshop user so maybe that's why I like it better...?
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Flow
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PhotoShop CS2 installed just fine and is working.  One issue that I'm finding is that I cannot find the manual lasso tool.  This is important in cases where I want to select a over exposed snowfield but want some pieces of it unselected. It's auto lasso does pretty good, but control is good as well. Perhaps I just didn't dig around enough?
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| yea, i can give you a copy of 3 as well...the whole suite |
I might have to take you up on that. Would you happen to know the major difference between CS2 and CS3?
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CS2 is pretty decent. Adobe makes minor tweaks with each version.
Adobe announced today they are going cloud-only, so you have to rent the software from them for $50/mo. instead of buying it. I'm glad they are giving the older ones away for free. |
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| Flow wrote: |
| PhotoShop CS2 installed just fine and is working. One issue that I'm finding is that I cannot find the manual lasso tool. This is important in cases where I want to select a over exposed snowfield but want some pieces of it unselected. It's auto lasso does pretty good, but control is good as well. Perhaps I just didn't dig around enough? |
Use either the Color Range tool (under the Select menu) or the Magic Wand tool. Both will give you much more accurate selections (based on the value of the color you're selecting) than doing it by hand.
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| Conifers wrote: |
CS2 is pretty decent. Adobe makes minor tweaks with each version.
Adobe announced today they are going cloud-only, so you have to rent the software from them for $50/mo. instead of buying it. I'm glad they are giving the older ones away for free. |
I noticed that.
This is a very sad day. I bought a copy quite awhile ago(first year they got the intelligent cloning) and hate the idea of renting software. I tend to lock into a revision and get to know it and I am too cheap to upgrade often.
$50 a month is a ridiculous price to pay, unless you are a pro using this for a major source of income. Or a hobbiest that has money to burn. Total ripoff IMHO.
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$50 a month is a complete ripoff.  |
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