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Just can't afford Adobe CS5, looking for alternatives?

  • Well i have already asked if there is a better and cheaper way to get the CS5 suite for students but i guess $440 is the set price that they ask from students. I have already looked at the student discount on adobe's student site and still $440 dollars. I do not want to pirate so is gimp and any other alternatives stack up to photoshop or im just going to have to live with out some of the tools that adobe provides. I have been using gimp now for 2 days since my photoshop trial expired and im just wondering is there anything im going to not have when i use it. I do moderate advertising work for a club im in at College and i do texture work for video games. So is it even worth it to get CS5 now? For right now im just looking for alternatives, i pretty much gave up on adobe, so is there any good alternatives (don't have to be adobe clones or perfect, just usable). Also when i went on adobe's facebook there was some random person say just fork up the cash and ignoring everything else, please understand that i just simply can't afford it. Just asking for the free or better options that i have, anything is welcomed.

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    GIMP is good but Photoshop is slightly better and used by more people so it's easier to get help on it.

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Gimp is the most well known alternative. It's coming out with a new, intuitive version sometime soon. Here's a list of other alternatives. There are many good options, each with different specialties. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/11-free-alternatives-softwares-to-adobe-photoshop/

Steve

google adacemic software or student discount software and you will get a list of stores. They may have this software cheaper. Also there is Gimp. Gimp is like photoshop but it is free. I don't know if any program is like the total cs5 suite.

Selena

It's hard to find Adobe software further discounted than the Student & Teacher editions, which is already 80% off for Photoshop CS5 Extended If just need Photoshop most of all, just get that for $199. Or Photoshop Elements for less than half that amount http://www.AdobeStudents.com If you were not a student in school, the best you could do on Photoshop CS5 price for the full version would be $299 http://prodesigntools.com/buy-adobe-photoshop-cs5-full-for-299-dollars-discount.html In either event, once you get the software you may find useful the many hours of free online video tutorials that are available at Adobe TV http://www.CS5.tv Definitely a good idea to avoid pirated versions - most Adobe hacks these days are backdoored

techguru

If you look around, you can find academic pricing for just Photoshop alone. Extended goes for under $200 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=369&name=Academic-Software Getting the whole suite while you're still a student is simply the best bargain, and practically necessary if you're majoring in design. GIMP is very decent for a free program, and the most fully-featured option, but I agree it's hard to make the step down once you're used to Photoshop.

Nahum

GIMP is the freeware thing to 'replace' PS. there really isn't anything better that's free. there's like inkscape for Ai. Inkscape is probably about it for ID too, but I've never looked. it depends on which adobe thing you're talking about as to what your options are. Aside from illegal codes or illegally fudging things to re-set trial, there's GIMP or if your school's computers have the adobe stuff on them you can use that like I do. computer labs aren't bad places to live during the day. EDIT: found http://freeartsoftware.com/2d-application-software.htm by mistake really. It may or may not help, I had it recommended by a friend.

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