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This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
to be the first to post it here.

Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

Including:

- the instalation package
- Photoshop CS2
- Acrobat 3D v1.0 (for Windows)
- Acrobat Standard 7.0 (Win & Mac)
- Acrobat 8.0 (Win & Mac)
- Audition 3.0 (Win)
- Go Live CS2 (Win & Mac)
- Illustrator CS2 (Win & Mac)
- In Copy CS2 (Win & Mac)
- In Design CS2 (Win & Mac)
- Photoshop Elements 4.0/5.0 (Win & Mac)
- Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 (Windows)

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Donchano wrote:
> This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
> to be the first to post it here.
>
> Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
> product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
>
> http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
>
> Including:
>
> - the instalation package
> - Photoshop CS2
> - Acrobat 3D v1.0 (for Windows)
> - Acrobat Standard 7.0 (Win & Mac)
> - Acrobat 8.0 (Win & Mac)
> - Audition 3.0 (Win)
> - Go Live CS2 (Win & Mac)
> - Illustrator CS2 (Win & Mac)
> - In Copy CS2 (Win & Mac)
> - In Design CS2 (Win & Mac)
> - Photoshop Elements 4.0/5.0 (Win & Mac)
> - Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 (Windows)

Hey, thanks.

I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just want to
play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and Elements? Maybe
Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation package' as well?

Cheers.
--
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:44:00 +1300, "~misfit~"
<> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Donchano wrote:
>> This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
>> to be the first to post it here.
>>
>> Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
>> product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
>>
>> http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
>>
>> Including:
>>
>> - the instalation package
>> - Photoshop CS2
>> - Acrobat 3D v1.0 (for Windows)
>> - Acrobat Standard 7.0 (Win & Mac)
>> - Acrobat 8.0 (Win & Mac)
>> - Audition 3.0 (Win)
>> - Go Live CS2 (Win & Mac)
>> - Illustrator CS2 (Win & Mac)
>> - In Copy CS2 (Win & Mac)
>> - In Design CS2 (Win & Mac)
>> - Photoshop Elements 4.0/5.0 (Win & Mac)
>> - Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 (Windows)
>
>Hey, thanks.
>
>I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just want to
>play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and Elements? Maybe
>Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation package' as well?
>
>Cheers.

Don't think you need the whole package. Just those components you want
to use. The complete Windows download is a little over 7gigs (just
small enough to fit on a DVD). So let me check ....

Photoshop CS2 is just under 350MB
Illustrator a little over 640MB
Elements just under 450MB

And In Design - a programme I find indispensable for designing and
laying out things like brochures and booklets - is just under 760MB.

You see the check-sums for each file in the PDF document you can
download here:
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/...nstall_Win.pdf

On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:45:59 +1300, Donchano
<> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>
>On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:44:00 +1300, "~misfit~"
><> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Donchano wrote:
>>> This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
>>> to be the first to post it here.
>>>
>>> Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
>>> product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
>>>
>>> http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
>>>
<snip>
>>
>>Hey, thanks.
>>
>>I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just want to
>>play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and Elements? Maybe
>>Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation package' as well?
>>
>>Cheers.
>
>Don't think you need the whole package. Just those components you want
>to use. The complete Windows download is a little over 7gigs (just
>small enough to fit on a DVD). So let me check ....
>
>Photoshop CS2 is just under 350MB
>Illustrator a little over 640MB
>Elements just under 450MB
>
>And In Design - a programme I find indispensable for designing and
>laying out things like brochures and booklets - is just under 760MB.
>
>You see the check-sums for each file in the PDF document you can
>download here:
>http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/...nstall_Win.pdf

If that turns out not to be the case just ping me here - or email me
at dropzone09 AT gmail dot com - and I can burn the whole lot onto a
DVD and mail it to you.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Donchano wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:45:59 +1300, Donchano
> <> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:44:00 +1300, "~misfit~"
>> <> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Donchano wrote:
>>>> This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm
>>>> surprised to be the first to post it here.
>>>>
>>>> Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with
>>>> the product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
>>>>
> <snip>
>>>
>>> Hey, thanks.
>>>
>>> I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just
>>> want to play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and
>>> Elements? Maybe Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation
>>> package' as well?
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>
>> Don't think you need the whole package. Just those components you
>> want to use. The complete Windows download is a little over 7gigs
>> (just small enough to fit on a DVD). So let me check ....
>>
>> Photoshop CS2 is just under 350MB
>> Illustrator a little over 640MB
>> Elements just under 450MB
>>
>> And In Design - a programme I find indispensable for designing and
>> laying out things like brochures and booklets - is just under 760MB.
>>
>> You see the check-sums for each file in the PDF document you can
>> download here:
>> http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/...nstall_Win.pdf
>
> If that turns out not to be the case just ping me here - or email me
> at dropzone09 AT gmail dot com - and I can burn the whole lot onto a
> DVD and mail it to you.

Thanks heaps, I really appreciate the offer. I'll see how I go - got to
calculate remaining 'quota' and time left until reset....

Best,
--
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

On 2013-01-11, Donchano <> wrote:
>
>
> This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
> to be the first to post it here.
>
> Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
> product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
>
> http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
>

For some background on this matter you might wish to read the article on it
here

http://arstechnica.com/information-t...be-almost-does
-something-amazing-by-accident/

The, We were only trying to help award for the month goes to Adobe.

In article <>, ,
Gordon says...
>
> On 2013-01-11, Donchano <> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This was posted in other tech newsgroups yesterday. So I'm surprised
> > to be the first to post it here.
> >
> > Adobe is giving away copies of their Creative Suite 2 along with the
> > product serial numbers. For Windows or Mac.
> >
> > http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
> >
>
> For some background on this matter you might wish to read the article on it
> here
>
> http://arstechnica.com/information-t...be-almost-does
> -something-amazing-by-accident/
>
> The, We were only trying to help award for the month goes to Adobe.

I don't really think so. It's an old version of Photoshop/Creative
Suite. The new version is *way* superior. A different product really,
it's that much changed and better.

--
Duncan.

In article <kcqbkj$ebq$>,
says...
>
> I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just want to
> play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and Elements? Maybe
> Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation package' as well?
>
> Cheers.

FYI: there's a very good free photo editor out there called PhotoScape
which I have trialled alongside Photoshop Elements 11.

I've both installed on my harddrive now. PhotoScape makes some things
damned easy (e.g. free form rotate, to fix the horizon or verticals on a
photo), except I haven't been able to figure out a good 'photostitch'
method. Elements probably goes some way deeper - at least some of the
tools look that way - but I'm still working my way into learning this
stuff here, so take that with a grain of salt.

-P.

In article <> ,
s, Peter Huebner says...
>
> In article <kcqbkj$ebq$>,
> says...
> >
> > I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just want to
> > play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and Elements? Maybe
> > Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation package' as well?
> >
> > Cheers.
>
> FYI: there's a very good free photo editor out there called PhotoScape
> which I have trialled alongside Photoshop Elements 11.
>
> I've both installed on my harddrive now. PhotoScape makes some things
> damned easy (e.g. free form rotate, to fix the horizon or verticals on a
> photo), except I haven't been able to figure out a good 'photostitch'
> method. Elements probably goes some way deeper - at least some of the
> tools look that way - but I'm still working my way into learning this
> stuff here, so take that with a grain of salt.
>
> -P.

There's also PixBuilder Studio which is similar to Photoshop - doesn't
have *all* the PS functions, but it's pretty damn good fer free.

http://www.wnsoft.com/


--
Duncan.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Dave Doe wrote:
> In article <> ,
> s, Peter Huebner says...
>>
>> In article <kcqbkj$ebq$>,
>> says...
>>>
>>> I'm new to this stuff (and have a restrictive data cap). If I just
>>> want to play around with pics can I just d/l Photoshop CS2 and
>>> Elements? Maybe Illustrator too. Or do I need the 'instalation
>>> package' as well?
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>
>> FYI: there's a very good free photo editor out there called
>> PhotoScape which I have trialled alongside Photoshop Elements 11.
>>
>> I've both installed on my harddrive now. PhotoScape makes some things
>> damned easy (e.g. free form rotate, to fix the horizon or verticals
>> on a photo), except I haven't been able to figure out a good
>> 'photostitch' method. Elements probably goes some way deeper - at
>> least some of the tools look that way - but I'm still working my way
>> into learning this stuff here, so take that with a grain of salt.
>>
>> -P.
>
> There's also PixBuilder Studio which is similar to Photoshop - doesn't
> have *all* the PS functions, but it's pretty damn good fer free.
>
> http://www.wnsoft.com/

Thanks guys, duly noted.
--
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)