I think I managed to actually resize an image in Gimp the other day. It was a proud day.
I eventually got round to telling it not to spread over my 2 screens when it started which made it much easier to use. One toolbar on the left of one screen and another on the right of the other screen isn't useful in the slightest, especially when one screen is 1024x768 and the other 1920x1080.
Adobe's never really said that I can see. And if it was a mistake on their part why would they keep it open for 3 days now?
Plus, as you can see on that page, the serial numbers are right there beside the products. I'd consider this much more legal than Jimming a copy.
They've gone all bloatware. I wish there was a way to disable some unneeded features (even better, not pay for).
The latest one has single window mode which instantly makes it like one billion times more usable. It's a lot more responsive and light feeling than later Photoshops. But yeah, the UI is idiosyncratic (though so is Photoshop's, I'm just more used to it).
quote:
On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated …
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.
Thanks!
So they just figured they'd release those on the honor system and everything would be fine?
So basically, what they're saying is... "We've turned off the activation servers so if you legally own CS2 here's a new version of CS2 you'll need to download along with a special serial number to let it install. The download and serial are freely available from our website and you won't have to prove your purchase to us to reinstall. We /really/ hope that /only/ people who have paid will download it."
Seems to me they're making it free but possibly can't say it for some legal reason of some sort.
(And to Ant...)
Yeah, I don't know. That's what I thought at first but then they're so emphatic about saying: No, we're not giving it away for free.
I can't see what legal issues there could be though. Maybe this is the only way they could get it past (or bypass) their board/shareholders.
Or maybe they really don't want to give it away but don't want to fuck over paying customers and this is the route which is cheapest since it requires no contact, support etc.
Could be. I'd definitely install this if I was doing a fresh install or something. Less hassle than pirating/cracking and does as much as cs5 (that I care about) while running better.