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Tom

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At home, I'm running CS3 on Win10 with no problems... It was installed on Win7 and then I upgraded.
I agree that Adobe suck. At work we used CS3, 5 and then 6 with no problems until Adobe pulled a plug somewhere. Then they died. Now we have to lease the software under Creative Cloud and have a real bugger of a job to get some of it to load and run on the network PC. At least it means I never have to hot desk... So there is a silver lining to that cloud
Really?? How'd you get CS3 to run on a 64-bit OS? It just refuses to open on mine. I'm thinking about getting CS6 instead, since it's the version I learned on in high school and my laptop isn't compatible with Adobe's CC software.

Speaking of CC, I still can't believe Adobe has stuck with the subscription-based model after all the criticism they've gotten for it. What a ripoff.

Gimp and Krita are both really good. IMO Krita is a better painting program by far than photoshop, if a bit clumsier to learn (I am a beginner with this, so take what I say with a grain of salt.) both are free and opensource, part of the GNU project, and will run on windows, mac, and most linuxes I think you can even use Gimp through your browser. If you have a chromebook, though, you would probably need to switch to linux.
I used GIMP for a while. Didn't like it. It's cluttered and the workflow wasn't intuitive. It also lacked some key features I needed for photo editing--the right color spaces, for one, and a couple of filters/layer options/etc.

I haven't tried Krita, as I have a couple of painting/drawing programs I got through tablet software bundles. I've heard good things about it, though.
 

CupofJoe

Myth Weaver
Really?? How'd you get CS3 to run on a 64-bit OS? It just refuses to open on mine. I'm thinking about getting CS6 instead, since it's the version I learned on in high school and my laptop isn't compatible with Adobe's CC software.

Speaking of CC, I still can't believe Adobe has stuck with the subscription-based model after all the criticism they've gotten for it. What a ripoff.
A Rip off it certainly is. But as they say... "It ain't my dime that payin'"
Adobe's CC is the industry standard for a lot of things and sometimes there is a reason you need to have one file that can be shared and opened in a dozen countries and languages.
I think my own CS3 software runs in the Win7 32bit emulation, but I don't see a difference. It just works for me...
I'd beware of anyone selling CS6 as I think it's been killed by Adobe. It was for us at work [hence us being ransomed into using CC].
If you have an urge, take a look at Serif Software. Admittedly I haven't used their new software but their older software was very good and very [very] cheap. Admittedly they gave me a full set of everything [for evaluation] that has let me upgrade to the newest version for the at least 15 years... So I do have a slightly warm Hygge* feeling for them, but I know of entire PhDs layed-out, graphed and image edited by Serif.
* Hygge is the Danish word for cosy, warm and comforting [and all things nice].
 
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Tom

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A Rip off it certainly is. But as they say... "It ain't my dime that payin'"
Adobe's CC is the industry standard for a lot of things and sometimes there is a reason you need to have one file that can be shared and opened in a dozen countries and languages.
I'd beware of anyone selling CS6 as I think it's been killed by Adobe. It was for us at work [hence us being ransomed into using CC].
I get why CC is a good idea, but the subscription-based model rankles me. To keep using Photoshop (and to keep your files from being locked) you have to pay a monthly fee that adds up to well over the full cost of CS6...PER YEAR. That's patently ridiculous.

Adobe don't sell CS6 or offer it for download anymore, but if you have a valid serial number and an installation disk they'll still allow you to activate and register it. With CS3, I found out that they took their activation servers for it and CS2 offline (because they were getting super old), and that's why my copy refused to work. They offer a service where you can trade in your original serial number for one that doesn't require the activation server. Unfortunately, the copy I bought had already been used so my serial number was rejected. Bah.

I'll have to look into Serif, though. I'm always up for alternatives to needlessly expensive stuff.
 

Adela

Minstrel
ADOBE! Wow! I forgot how one had to type in a serial number with every disk to get the software to upload. UGH! Graduated with a Graphic Design degree in college. It's done me absolutely NO good. Think I had ONE paying job and I used Illustrator. Does that one still exist?

Of course, all my training was on an iMac that has since crashed. I'm all about Windows now. How things change.
 

Insolent Lad

Maester
ADOBE! Wow! I forgot how one had to type in a serial number with every disk to get the software to upload. UGH! Graduated with a Graphic Design degree in college. It's done me absolutely NO good. Think I had ONE paying job and I used Illustrator. Does that one still exist?.
Still does, still sort of the 'standard.' But I've always used and preferred Corel Draw.
 

Adela

Minstrel
Still does, still sort of the 'standard.' But I've always used and preferred Corel Draw.

Surprised. We learned on other things like Quark and Flash in ye olden days. My web design professor just showed us Dreamweaver during our final exam! We didn't even get to use it.
 
No matter how long I am away this site will always pull me back in. I love all everyone here. Except Brian Scott Allen, he's a douche that is here too intermittently to earn my love.
 
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