Computer software piracy, mystery solved!

[dawnrazor]

Well its taken a bit of research but I reckon I've worked out why computer software piracy is so rampant!

Popped into my local 'pooter shop with the express desire to pick up Adobe Photoshop, hopefully a multi license version. I reckoned it would be a couple of hundred bucks or something. Wow, was I wrong. $1200 single user basic version. $2400 single user for the full monty (PS, illustrator etc etc and others).

$2400 I'd buy a computer for that....


So you try to do the right thing and you get slapped in the face with that kinda crap, I'm in shock (and currently searching the web *ahem*).

As an aside, I mentioned this story to the I.T. bloke at work and he suggested looking for similiar software from GIMP, anyone got any feedback on GIMP. Seemingly its open source freeware copies of major current software names and products...all above board etc etc......

[outlawtorn]

I've only ever heard good things about GIMP, but at the end of the day Photoshop is better because of the volume of things it can do for you.

Tryout www.sourceforge.net to see if they have GIMP on there.....hope this helps....

[phaedrus]

Here you go. http://gimp.org/windows/ I like it, but i don't do anything "advanced" so i couldn't tell you what is lacking from photoshop

[idleidolidyll]

buy Corel Graphics Suite.
It has 90%+ of the components of photoshop and costs less than a quarter of photoshop with much cheaper upgrades.

Basically it will do everything most people need..

http://www.itdlogistics.com.au/products.aspx

[vifferman]

Gimp's OK. The price is right, but I find it more confusing to use than say PaintShop or PhotoShop.

[pervert]

Adobe Photoshop is piss easy to find off torrents or other P2P. Just do it...


http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=photoshop+adobe

[imdying]

GIMP is no photoshop. Good for cropping pictures, but not a lot else.

[dawnrazor]

Cheers folks...I'm currently looking at *ahem* other *ahem* avenues...ya haven't seen me roight......

[Ixion]

It's The Gimp . Graphics editing suite. Originally developed for Linux then ported for Windows. Like most Linux stuff, very powerful, but not as easy to use as Windoze. Under the GPL licence so free, legit, you can give anyone a copy. I use it. Get it from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html. Youll need the GTK package also .

[Dai]

Strictly for evaluation and educational purposes only

[Grub]

I mentioned this story to the I.T. bloke at work and he suggested looking for similiar software from GIMP, anyone got any feedback on GIMP. Seemingly its open source freeware copies of major current software names and products...all above board etc etc......

I am Vice Prez (emphasis on Vice) of the Wellington Photographic Society http://www.wps.org.nz and we suggest that people get GIMP for basic editing and formatting. It uses a fraction of the resources Photoshop does. Another really good alternative is PaintShop Pro which I have personally been using for the last 7 years. It does everythng Photoshop does with a quarter of the overhead and a quarter of the price. I have both Painshop Pro and Photoshop CS but never open Photoshop.

Brett

[Wasp]

I use Macromedia Fireworks (also costs alot) for my things - never could get my head around photoshop

torrentspy dot com for torrents
ircspy dot com for xdccs in irc

[Sam I Am]

the education version is a lot less !!!

[svs]

if you like the photoshop interface. try http://www.gimpshop.net/ - GIMP with a different UI.

[dawnrazor]

Thanks again folks...I probably should have mentioned that I'm on a mac.......tumble weed...................


Come back, I won't mention it again, anyone know good torrent sites for macs?

I unfortunetly need PS for compatability reasons with other people etc...