Photoshop 7 vs Gimp

I still can't believe that. Even used, noone would sell an original copy at that price. Since your post I've been looking at several offers of Photoshop CS, and I've found sellers who are selling multiple copies very cheap with few bids. This is fairly obvious to me that these are illegal bootleg copies, and can't be registered with Adobe, even if their customers are satisfied. Alas, too good to be true...

michapma wrote:
I still can't believe that. Even used, noone would sell an original copy at that price. Since your post I've been looking at several offers of Photoshop CS, and I've found sellers who are selling multiple copies very cheap with few bids. This is fairly obvious to me that these are illegal bootleg copies, and can't be registered with Adobe, even if their customers are satisfied. Alas, too good to be true...

I have attached soome screen shots. I found it during my first search for photoshop on ebay, so this either happens often, I was fortunate, or there are issues that I will find out later. The seller told me she is sending it out in 1-2 days. She has a high rating on Ebay from others who have bought her items. One with a similar "Buy it Now" price is at http://cgi.ebay.com …1344&item=71667​61134&rd=1
I think this link is more suspicious than the individual used copy I purchased.

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Be sure to scan the CD for Malware before you install. There have been a lot of stories of hackers using that sort of software to get into your computer.

it is called gimpshop

http://plasticbugs.com​/index.php?p=241

Cheers

arpi wrote:
it is called gimpshop

http://plasticbugs.com​/index.php?p=241

Cheers

Thanks!

the GIMP is good.. but photoshop is better.

not to promote warez there are other very cheap ways to get photoshop.

is that cheap and legal ?
would be very interested, as I often recommend photoshop, and because of the price then elements/ the gimp /PSP etc

great idea, was keen to download and try - as I know a lot of people who want a good editor - BUT its not available for windows

EDIT:
opppsss seen the update - off to try it out

Care to elaborate? I'm very interested, but only in both cheap and legal ways.

cheers

The new version isn't, but the old is still available on the site & it was pretty good.

Thanks photosGuy - I found a link with the windows version, I'm not sure which version is the latest or earlier "gimp background window version 2.1" otherwise from the tool bar about - it stats 2.2.4

seems to work OK

michapma wrote:
I still can't believe that. Even used, noone would sell an original copy at that price. Since your post I've been looking at several offers of Photoshop CS, and I've found sellers who are selling multiple copies very cheap with few bids. This is fairly obvious to me that these are illegal bootleg copies, and can't be registered with Adobe, even if their customers are satisfied. Alas, too good to be true...

I received the Photoshop CD in the mail today. I successfully activated the program, and everything seems to work correctly.

How does GIMP 2.6.7 fare now against PS7/CS/CS2?

Holy thread revival Batman!

Well, Gimp is free, so that's really sweet. Truth be told, more than likely the vast majority of PS users don't use the features that differentiates CS4 from PSE7.

I'd get the Gimp, use it a while to see if you like it, then look at what CS4 has that Gimp doesn't. Remember, Adobe has 30 day trials for its products, so you can use it a good bit before spending $590.

I'm a linux user, so PS is not an option for me. Unfortunately, GIMP 2.6.7 still uses 8 bit colors for most of its operations, so while some tasks work well, color correction works better in the 16 bit capable KDE photo tool chain (digiKam). GIMP is currently in the transition to higher res colors and I'm very anxious when GIMP 2.8 will be available and how well it will work with 16 bit colors. My recommendation for a free tool chain would be digiKam (includes RAW converter) for all tasks which operate on the whole image (rotation, cropping, color correction), then down convert to 8 bits, then optionally use GIMP for all the pixel manipulations (text insertion, healing, sharpening, other manipulations).

For all non-linux users: I assume there are KDE binaries available for Windows&Mac.