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When I bought my camera from B&H, they had a coupon for CS2 for $299 but even that was a bit too much for me at the time. They do sell an academic version, if you qualify, but I don't know if it's the full package. The lowest price I've see since is $499 to upgrade my Elemenst 3 on the Adobe site. There was a $225 offer from some company I never heard of but don't know if it's a legitimate copy - Seemed a little too good to be true.
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CJ in CA said:
They do sell an academic version, if you qualify, but I don't know if it's
the full package. The lowest price I've see since is $499 to
upgrade my Elemenst 3 on the Adobe site. There was a $225 offer
from some company I never heard of but don't know if it's a
legitimate copy - Seemed a little too good to be true.
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The acedemic version will be a full version but you will NOT be able to upgrade to a newer version at the usual upgrade price, when one is released. If you wanted to upgrade at that time you would have to buy a new version at either full retail price or the acedemic version if you still qualify.

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Steve
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The cheapest way is to take a college course and get the student discount. I got the entire Creative Suite CS2 Professional Edition for $399, includes Photoshop, GoLive, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc... the only difference is that it says Student Edition on the startup splash screen.

The website is http://www.campusestore.com , they have great prices on lots of software if you can verify your student status.

They check with the University to make sure you are a student, so you can't fake it.
 
For anything in computing, buying used is a great deal, and unless you have to have the latest features, used or discontinued software may be the greatest deal.

The retail price for the CS2 suite is steep. The academic price is barely fair for amateurs and other mortals. I have an academic version and it is labeled as such but otherwise it is identical.
 
This will only be of interest if you have 35 mm slides to scan. A few months ago I bought a Microtek scanner because I have thousands of slides (40 yrs plus) that I want to digitize. Was happy to find scanner included coupon that gave me Photoshop for I believe $300. Scanner also came with copy of fractal progam for enlarging pictures--have not used program yet but will soon. Software savings almost paid for the scanner!
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Older versions of Adobe Photoshop (up to 8.0 aka CS) did not require activation. There are many copies out there which have never been registered or used for upgrade. You can buy one of these older versions from someone who has not registered it, who is not using it any more and who has not used that version for an upgrade, and it would be a legal transaction. Then you can upgrade it to CS2 for $149.

Even though Adobe claims CS2 will upgrade any PhotoShop version, it does not upgrade PhotoShop LE versions or versions older than 5.5.
 
you qualify for a sizable educational discount, and it's legit. If you have a friend who's a student or teacher, they can buy it for you ... and it's, well, sort of legit. But even taking a single adult ed class will qualify you. All you'd need is a student I.D. Typically, educational discounts on software are 40%- 60% off retail.

Just Google educational software discounts and you'll find several web sites. Once again, it's strictly legit.
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NOTE: Education versions do not allow commercial use, though. But if it's for the hobbyist even after education, I believe the license is fine.
 
Adobe runs upgrade specials from time to time for people with older versions.
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