xlr8tn Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Is the newest photoshop the only one that works with windows 8? Any shareware or freeware out there that can accomplish the same job photoshop does that's compatible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 CS5, CS6 and CC are compatible with Win 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted September 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 cool....I think I have CS5 here somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 didn't have it......decided to look on ebay for it. Holy Shit!!! I can't believe how much photoshop goes for. I don't do the download thing anymore (haven't in years) but the price of all this stuff is making me re-think my position on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 If its for hobby reasons the price is hard to justify. My wife is currently using the creative cloud. Which is a monthly pay and you get access to all of the adobe programs and every update as soon as it comes out. She has a hefty discount and we only pay 19.99 per month right now. But after the 2 year contract is left over I think normal rate is 49.99 per month which I think is a little silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 try gimp it can do allot of the same stuff and its 100% free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 If its for hobby reasons the price is hard to justify. My wife is currently using the creative cloud. Which is a monthly pay and you get access to all of the adobe programs and every update as soon as it comes out. She has a hefty discount and we only pay 19.99 per month right now. But after the 2 year contract is left over I think normal rate is 49.99 per month which I think is a little silly. This is what we do. You can use as many programs as you like, they will always be updated to the latest and greatest, plus it saves settings and any actions you might have in the cloud. It's a pretty good deal, beats spending 2G's every time there's a new Creative Suite out. Just depends on how heavy of a user you are. http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 paintdotnet Does 99% of PS and is completely free. If the vanilla install doesnt have what you need there are 10 billion add-ons people are pumping out regularly to do anything you need. http://www.getpaint.net/ (Not affiliated with MS or MSPaint) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 People pay for photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8tn Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thanks guys....those will help. It's just to dick around on so there's no way to justify that much for it. Office is the same way although much cheaper that photoshop. In the past I've always just downloaded what I need but like I say.....been trying not to do that anymore but at these prices they make it tough. I'll give those links a try & see if those will work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 People pay for photoshop? Yes. Professionals, etc. The cc plans aren't that bad but they will eventually jack up the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Yes. Professionals, etc. The cc plans aren't that bad but they will eventually jack up the price. Well professionals sure, that is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhobbz Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 try gimp it can do allot of the same stuff and its 100% free Gimp sucks for 90% of anything you'd ever want to use Photoshop for. I've used both for quite a while. Gimp works but its fair unintuitive and takes forever to get the same quality/effects of Photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 People pay for photoshop? :ninja: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag wagon Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 I run CS3 on Windows 8 just fine. (paid $150 for it a long time ago.) GIMP is terribly unintuitive if you have to switch back and forth between using it at home and Photoshop for professional reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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