I did it, PS CS2

Tonight I ordered PS CS2, finally. I bought a Wacom tablet, the Intuos3 6x8, in October. It came with Adobe Elements 3.0 and an upgrade to CS2 at a discount. After much I shouldn't... I should... I just did. Then I went over to Amazon and ordered several books on CS2.

You will be happy with your decision...have fun.

Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a book is the only book you should buy on photoshop to start out with.

If you install cs2 on one computer can you install it on another?

Well thanks to Scottes for helping me out getting a discounted copy of CS2. But after extensive use and not liking the Adobe Bridge or the RAW app. I decided against keeping it before the time limit expired. I feel kinda bad using Scottes help and not keeping the Software but $299 was just kinda steep since I find that 90% of my work flow is accomplished in RawShooter Premium and the remaining 10% can be taken care with PSE2 with various plug ins available.

CS2 is a fine program but way more than what I envision myself ever needing. Maybe one day but I just couldn't let go of the funds right now.

Ray, this is the software-tablet, that I use. Your gonna' love it. Unless you have experience with both, you may find "learning curve" a bit steep, but well worth it !!
Check out the tutorials at Wacoms site. Set the tablets buttons to "your" keyboard shortcut preferences and it will "knock" off a lot of time in PP. My current settings are:

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Don't forget "pen" pressure settings for each tool in CS2.
The ability to change brush size on the "fly" is great time saver, as are most settins on tablet.
And I can't play enough with:
CS2>filter>distort>Lens Correction
Have fun, I know I am, and maybe in a year or so, I can call myself "proficiant" with both !! LOL
Dennis

Scott Keby's CS2 book has been invaluable to helping me learn it. I also have Classroom in a Book (thanks, Tom) but I am stupid enough to need the picture tutorials as well. I started out with plain old PS years ago but it still had a big learning curve..... I am still figuring it out as I go.

Ray,
FYI screenshots of the rest of my wacom settings.
Just my 2 cents, but I found these to be good starting point.
Dennis

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Delinian - thanks for those screen shots, I will set those up. So far I have not been using the express keys or strip, but I will start.