Free CS2 Premium Plus Suite from Adobe

Mr E

Apparently it was a mistake by Adobe - they deactivated activation servers for CS2 and wanted to give genuine CS2 owners the ability to access their software.

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4974662

Seems to have turned into a huge publicity coup for them though.... it worked out well for everyone.

Amalgam

Mr E wrote: »

..it worked out well for everyone.

You don't want to know how much I payed for a boxed Photoshop CS (which I still use), over the counter, VAT included, Dublin.. when it first came out.

I know it wasn't Adobe's intention, but I am delighted.

Mr E

I'm still on Photoshop 7 (and it still does the job!). Delighted to upgrade.

BroLo

I'm still able to access the page?

donnacha

Yep - the official adobe page appears to be back online.

Worth following the wiki page on slickdeals as its being updated with solutions to install issues - they are also saying:
To update the programs once installed: Change system date to before 10/01/2011, run Adobe updater, download/install updates, then change system date back to current

m4rkiz

Kenny Logins wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82564946&postcount=12

You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!

i doubt that they can enforce that (i mean in legal terms, because by publishing those files and one generic serial for everyone they already resigned from any chance of controlling that from technical perspective) as they made it widely available, they don't require any type of authorization or verification to access either program or serial number to install it

so far files and serials from there can be legally used in (at least) most of european countries as legislation only prohibits from obtaining copies of programs\games in illegal manner ( i.e. from 3rd party that is not authorized to share it), and here we have producer making it available to anyone (again, this page displays even if you don't have adobe account) and it is clearly not a mistake on their side as they didn't took page down when they were notified about that

this seems to be carefully prepared publicity stunt to hook up people on adobe products - one can't argue that photoshop is industry standard, making it available for anyone 'by mistake' will get them more copies sold in long term

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

Pique

Easier to kill a dozen or so generic keys that everyone has instead of generating and assigning unique keys for each new user too.

Corholio

Anybody know how complicated Premiere Pro is? Always heard good things about it in terms of video editing. Id be a novice to intermediate in that terms.

blackplum123

hi, am getting not valid serial number for ps cs2. have I missed out?

lensman

blackplum123 wrote: »

hi, am getting not valid serial number for ps cs2. have I missed out?

Installed cs2 at 12:30 today, still active on adobe site as long as you login, there a 2 s/n's, one for the full package incl CS2 but I went down the page & got CS2 for Windows on it's own which has a different PW, perhaps you used the wrong PW?

blackplum123

got it thanks!!!!

zom

Did anyone knows if it will work with any version of CS2 (I have it downloaded years ago, without licence/serial) or I have to download and install files listed on the website?

Mr E

Should work with any version. See my post from earlier this morning about why this was made "free" in the first place....

melekalikimaka

Corholio wrote: »

Anybody know how complicated Premiere Pro is? Always heard good things about it in terms of video editing. Id be a novice to intermediate in that terms.

if you are handy with photoshop, its grand, its a world easier than final cut anyway,

CastorTroy

So just to be sure. If download just the CS2 files, that includes all the programs that are listed separately? Or do you have to download all the files?

Standard Toaster

jakdublin wrote: »

Good find. Word of warning to Mac users on Mountain Lion (and Lion I think), CS2 won't install.

Bugger....lack of Rosetta support.

coffee to go

CastorTroy wrote: »

So just to be sure. If download just the CS2 files, that includes all the programs that are listed separately? Or do you have to download all the files?

I think the bundled CS2 files just include Acrobat Standard, Not the Acrobat 8 Pro that is a separate download. I've also read on other forums that the bundled CS2 install can be a bit of a pain, so maybe just going the individual file route is simpler.

coffee to go

zom wrote: »

Did anyone knows if it will work with any version of CS2 (I have it downloaded years ago, without licence/serial) or I have to download and install files listed on the website?

Not so sure - Would your old version be one that needed to call Adobe activation servers? The new files for download seem to be simple serial code activation only.

Alanstrainor

I know this is the bargain alerts forum...but how and ever, thought I would ask anyone if they know how to get CR2 files to open in photoshop CS2? Have tried downloading patches and the likes but they wont work for what ever reason. Bit of a pain, and potentially makes CS2 completely useless

Kenny Logins

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I know this is the bargain alerts forum...but how and ever, thought I would ask anyone if they know how to get CR2 files to open in photoshop CS2? Have tried downloading patches and the likes but they wont work for what ever reason. Bit of a pain, and potentially makes CS2 completely useless

Only the latest versions of Adobe Camera RAW will allow you to open/import recent CR2 files.

Use the software that came with your camera to make a TIFF for Photoshop editing.

PC CDROM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I know this is the bargain alerts forum...but how and ever, thought I would ask anyone if they know how to get CR2 files to open in photoshop CS2? Have tried downloading patches and the likes but they wont work for what ever reason. Bit of a pain, and potentially makes CS2 completely useless

You just need a RAW plugin. I AM NOT SURE IF THE ONE BELOW IS FOR CS2

http://www.adobe.com/ie/products/photoshop/extend.html

This might do?
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3587

Then you can open in say light room and choose "edit" to edit on PS.

Adyx

Anyone got Premier Pro working on 64bit Win7 or 8? I just about get the splash screen but that's it. Compatibility options were no use.

Thraxen

Thank you so much for the link

Alanstrainor

PC CDROM wrote: »

You just need a RAW plugin. I AM NOT SURE IF THE ONE BELOW IS FOR CS2

http://www.adobe.com/ie/products/photoshop/extend.html

This might do?
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3587

Then you can open in say light room and choose "edit" to edit on PS.

Yeah, tried doing that, but didn't seem to work...unless I did something wrong.

Kenny Logins

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Yeah, tried doing that, but didn't seem to work...unless I did something wrong.

CS2 is too old for your camera. Adobe don't update Camera RAW for obsolete versions of Photoshop.

EDIT: ...but you can use a DNG converter - http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2011/03/why-doesnt-my-version-of-photoshop-or-lightroom-support-my-camera.html

sergik

Adyx wrote: »

Anyone got Premier Pro working on 64bit Win7 or 8? I just about get the splash screen but that's it. Compatibility options were no use.

yes,working perfectly on W8,64bit

Alanstrainor

Kenny Logins wrote: »

CS2 is too old for your camera. Adobe don't update Camera RAW for obsolete versions of Photoshop.

EDIT: ...but you can use a DNG converter - http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2011/03/why-doesnt-my-version-of-photoshop-or-lightroom-support-my-camera.html

Aye, I assumed as much, but had a hope in my heart! Ah well! Cheers for the response, much appreciated.

fl4pj4ck

No, You Can't Download Adobe CS2 Applications For Free

CastorTroy

coffee to go wrote: »

I think the bundled CS2 files just include Acrobat Standard, Not the Acrobat 8 Pro that is a separate download. I've also read on other forums that the bundled CS2 install can be a bit of a pain, so maybe just going the individual file route is simpler.

Yeah, am downloading all files(for windows) was thinking would need to when the combined size of the CS2 files was smaller than the individual Audition file

Kenny Logins

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

No, You Can't Download Adobe CS2 Applications For Free

That was linked on the first page.