MasterShake
03-03-2013, 03:17 PM
Just a heads up if anyone is interested. For a limited time you can get the CS2 versions of a lot of Adobe products for FREE. Pretty sweet deal if you want some powerful software that may seem a little dated to professionals but still has most of the best tools you will need. After Effects and Photoshop are worth it by themselves. Mac and PC downloads are available:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
Technically they are not a FREE GIVEAWAY per se... you need to have the original license and these are supposed to be for backup purposes, but I am not your dad so whatever.
The official explanation from Adobe is that, in December 2012, it shut down the servers that handled product activation requests for CS2. Following complaints from existing customers who needed to reinstall their paid-for copies of CS2 but were unable to activate them, Adobe then released the downloads and serial numbers. In a subsequent posting on its forum, it clarified the issue, and stated categorically that the software was only for those who already owned CS2 licences and certainly wasn't to be regarded as freeware.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/get-adobe-cs2-suite-free-not-officially.htm
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
Technically they are not a FREE GIVEAWAY per se... you need to have the original license and these are supposed to be for backup purposes, but I am not your dad so whatever.
The official explanation from Adobe is that, in December 2012, it shut down the servers that handled product activation requests for CS2. Following complaints from existing customers who needed to reinstall their paid-for copies of CS2 but were unable to activate them, Adobe then released the downloads and serial numbers. In a subsequent posting on its forum, it clarified the issue, and stated categorically that the software was only for those who already owned CS2 licences and certainly wasn't to be regarded as freeware.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/get-adobe-cs2-suite-free-not-officially.htm