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Title: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Methuselas on January 07, 2013, 08:54:51 PM
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57562515-263/adobe-releases-creative-suite-2-for-free/


Someone might find some use in this. It's for both Mac and PC, but the Mac version is still PPC, which is a boon for MorphOS peeps that dual boot.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: kedawa on January 07, 2013, 08:59:30 PM
I've long since dropped PS in favour of Paint.NET, since it's perfectly adequate for my needs, but it's about time they did this.  Now people just starting out in graphic design can get their feet wet without pirating CS.  I hope schools are on top of this.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Methuselas on January 07, 2013, 09:10:38 PM
Quote from: kedawa;721645
I've long since dropped PS in favour of Paint.NET, since it's perfectly adequate for my needs, but it's about time they did this.  Now people just starting out in graphic design can get their feet wet without pirating CS.  I hope schools are on top of this.


Yup. I just updated to CS6, but it always annoyed me that Adobe was so greedy with their products. Macromedia wasn't like that. Shame they got bought out.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: zylesea on January 07, 2013, 09:21:01 PM
Quote from: Methuselas;721643
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57562515-263/adobe-releases-creative-suite-2-for-free/


Someone might find some use in this. It's for both Mac and PC, but the Mac version is still PPC, which is a boon for MorphOS peeps that dual boot.

Cheers.


While most Adobe software is rather bloatware I really like Illustrator and InDesign. Will put those on my OS X partitition.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: cunnpole on January 07, 2013, 09:41:49 PM
Aparently Adobe made a booboo when shutting down the activation servers for CS2. These files are only for owners of CS2 and are not free to the general public. Seems the cat is out of the bag now though as the serials and direct links are widely available
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ilwrath on January 07, 2013, 09:43:06 PM
Quote from: kedawa;721645
Now people just starting out in graphic design can get their feet wet without pirating CS.  I hope schools are on top of this.


Well, I doubt Adobe was too concerned about students pirating their products, as Adobe is earning the same for a pirated CS6 as they are for this free CS2.  

Personally, I think Adobe was getting concerned that people WEREN'T pirating their products, anymore.  The kids in school weren't learning on pirated Photoshop.  Pirating Photoshop was more pain than it's worth.  They were learning on Gimp or other free or cheap alternatives, instead.  Failing to hook people on the entry level was starting to hurt Adobe's bottom line in lost sales later.  Hook 'em early, then reel 'em in to pay later when they can afford it is a smart strategy.  A lot smarter than trying to strong-arm a $1000 package on someone who can't pay it, and then wondering why they resent you later.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: kedawa on January 07, 2013, 09:48:03 PM
Well, they did have student discounts and 'lite' versions of PS at various times, but the ubiquity of pirated CS certainly does help them remain the standard.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ilwrath on January 07, 2013, 09:53:14 PM
Quote from: cunnpole;721656
Aparently Adobe made a booboo when shutting down the activation servers for CS2. These files are only for owners of CS2 and are not free to the general public. Seems the cat is out of the bag now though as the serials and direct links are widely available


Of course, that could also be Adobe's strategy.  Dominance through incompetence.  That also sounds like them.  :D
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: cunnpole on January 07, 2013, 10:02:46 PM
Quote from: Ilwrath;721662
Of course, that could also be Adobe's strategy.  Dominance through incompetence.  That also sounds like them.  :D


We can measure that incompetence by waiting to see how long it takes them to change the published file link paths... I'll be surprised if they bother (where's the tinfoil hat icon?)
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: LoadWB on January 07, 2013, 10:09:12 PM
The Gimp.  Learning Inkscape.  The Gimp has a script for making Glow Icons :)
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: amiman99 on January 07, 2013, 10:18:57 PM
Quote from: cunnpole;721656
Aparently Adobe made a booboo when shutting down the activation servers for CS2. These files are only for owners of CS2 and are not free to the general public. Seems the cat is out of the bag now though as the serials and direct links are widely available
Try to activate my CS2 over the web and it did not work, so I found a serial generator and did it myself.
Tried the link and it's not working anymore.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: cunnpole on January 07, 2013, 10:25:50 PM
Quote from: amiman99;721670
Tried the link and it's not working anymore.


The direct file links are still working and plenty of bloggers published the serial numbers. You found a keygen that isn't riddled with malware? they must be getting sloppy!
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: bbond007 on January 07, 2013, 10:28:46 PM
Quote from: cunnpole;721656
Aparently Adobe made a booboo when shutting down the activation servers for CS2. These files are only for owners of CS2 and are not free to the general public. Seems the cat is out of the bag now though as the serials and direct links are widely available

Keep in mind that Apple dropped Rosetta support so you'll also need an older copy OSX to run this CS2

I still use 7.0 :) so the PC version would still be an upgrade for me.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: amiman99 on January 07, 2013, 10:46:48 PM
Quote from: cunnpole;721671
The direct file links are still working and plenty of bloggers published the serial numbers. You found a keygen that isn't riddled with malware? they must be getting sloppy!
Found it, downloading just in case for future reload. The keygen I used was recognized as virus, I'm not sure if it was real, but I used VirtualPC to generate the response key for my s/n.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: zipper on January 08, 2013, 11:32:29 AM
It's a nice one, 6.5 years in use and moved from XP via Vista to Win7 laptop, still works.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ral-Clan on January 08, 2013, 06:29:21 PM
Sorry, but what's the catch here?  Any why is one of the posters above using a Keygen?

I just downloaded Photoshop from the Adobe website linked to in the article mentioned by the original poster, used the serial number provided by Adobe on that site and everything ran fine - no registration required.

Am I missing something?

I am using Windows XP still.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: amiman99 on January 08, 2013, 07:43:40 PM
Quote from: ral-clan;721795
Sorry, but what's the catch here?  Any why is one of the posters above using a Keygen?

I just downloaded Photoshop from the Adobe website linked to in the article mentioned by the original poster, used the serial number provided by Adobe on that site and everything ran fine - no registration required.

Am I missing something?

I am using Windows XP still.
I have an Original CD with a serial number, when you install it, it ask you for a serial number, then you need to connect to the Internet to Activate it, which gives you another serial number that you need to enter (or enters it automatically).
This is what the problem is, the Activation Server is taken off-line and no longer working. and w/o it the software is only usable for 30 days.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: psxphill on January 08, 2013, 08:19:57 PM
Quote from: amiman99;721803
I have an Original CD with a serial number, when you install it, it ask you for a serial number, then you need to connect to the Internet to Activate it, which gives you another serial number that you need to enter (or enters it automatically).
This is what the problem is, the Activation Server is taken off-line and no longer working. and w/o it the software is only usable for 30 days.

Sounds like you need to download the new version and grab the serial number.
 
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html?PID=4485850
 
The 3rd post in this thread has links to the files in case they take down the page again
 
http://slickdeals.net/f/5786762-Freely-Available-Adobe-Creative-Suite-2-CS2-Download
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ral-Clan on January 08, 2013, 11:09:46 PM
Quote from: amiman99;721803
I have an Original CD with a serial number, when you install it, it ask you for a serial number, then you need to connect to the Internet to Activate it, which gives you another serial number that you need to enter (or enters it automatically).
This is what the problem is, the Activation Server is taken off-line and no longer working. and w/o it the software is only usable for 30 days.

But the version I just downloaded said nothing about needing to register in 30 days.  It just runs.  

So I'm trying to get a clear answer .... is this newly released CS2 (linked to in the article) a version with the on-line re-registration removed?

I don't want to download gigabytles of CS2 applications and find out I have to register online in 30 days (with a non-existant server).

I've seen several people mention that you need to have an Adobe account to download the CS2 files from the Adobe site, but I haven't had to do that.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: amiman99 on January 08, 2013, 11:23:27 PM
simple,

Old version on CD, needs online activation,
New download version, does not.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: takemehomegrandma on January 08, 2013, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: Ilwrath;721657
Personally, I think Adobe was getting concerned that people WEREN'T pirating their products, anymore.  The kids in school weren't learning on pirated Photoshop.  Pirating Photoshop was more pain than it's worth.  They were learning on Gimp or other free or cheap alternatives, instead.  Failing to hook people on the entry level was starting to hurt Adobe's bottom line in lost sales later.  Hook 'em early, then reel 'em in to pay later when they can afford it is a smart strategy.  A lot smarter than trying to strong-arm a $1000 package on someone who can't pay it, and then wondering why they resent you later.


There is *a lot* more to the CS suites than just Photoshop. I'm a CS6 Design & Web Premium owner, and would have a hard time living without it.

BTW, funny to see these days how Adobe takes steps to make Flash kind of a HTML5+JS authoring tool as a complement to their proprietary Flash format (work with Flash "as usual" when authoring your content, but render it to HTML5+JS if you want to). I'm sure we will see more of that in the future. Makes sense.

:)
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: danwood on January 09, 2013, 12:36:08 AM
No you can't download CS2 for free: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/01/07/download-adobe-cs2-applications-for-free/

Then again the Adobe page appears to be back and has full serials...

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: takemehomegrandma on January 09, 2013, 12:54:28 AM
Quote from: danwood;721825
No you can't download CS2 for free


Funny, I just did (for a friend of mine).

Quote
Then again the Adobe page appears to be back and has full serials...

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


Download away...

:)
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ami_GFX on January 09, 2013, 01:18:13 AM
It looks like they're giving away the software but not the license. I assume Adobe knows what it's doing. I've gotten on the download page without an Adobe account. Just started another download.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: toRus on January 09, 2013, 01:51:48 AM
Quote from: kedawa;721645
I've long since dropped PS in favour of Paint.NET, since it's perfectly adequate for my needs,


But Paint.NET runs only on Windoze !
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: psxphill on January 09, 2013, 02:03:49 AM
Quote from: takemehomegrandma;721830
Funny, I just did (for a friend of mine).
 
 
 
Download away...
 
:)

You can download it, but they aren't giving it away.
 
If you don't own the original then downloading it from adobe is in the same legal position as downloading it from thepiratebay.
 
They've just removed the protection for the benefit of legitimate owners.
 
Obviously people will download it who aren't entitled, but it is a very old version.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: mongo on January 09, 2013, 02:40:16 AM
The only official statement from the company about it appears to be this :

Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems. But to ensure that any customers activating those old versions can continue to use their software, we issued a serial number directly to those customers.  While this might be interpreted as Adobe giving away software for free, we did it to help our customers.

http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/01/update-on-cs2-and-acrobat-7-activation-servers.html

Which is incredibly vague.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Matt_H on January 09, 2013, 04:01:06 AM
I have a feeling that this is a case of "someone at Adobe screwed up, but the horse has left the barn, so they have to live with it."

I'd happily pay a few hundred bucks for unsupported, non-current versions of CS (with that figure getting progressively smaller the further back in version history we go). Adobe's current sales model is completely impractical for non-professionals who want to get their feet wet. They have the "elements" line at the low end and CS at the high-end, but nothing mid-range. I think that older versions of CS would be good mid-range products.

I'm reminded of the immortal Onion headline: "Photoshop Actually Bought"
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Ami_GFX on January 09, 2013, 04:46:58 AM
I've been using Photoshop 6 so CS2 is quite an upgrade. But what the heck, I'm still using Deluxe Paint and I have yet to find anything that can do some of the things it can do.

The actual statements from Adobe are vague and contradictory. Is this absolutely brilliant marketing or did someone slip LSD into their water coolers? There seems to be a mentality out there of download this while you can before they wake up and come to their senses. On the other hand, with all the piracy, it might be just a brilliant move to give real Adobe software to kids who can't afford to buy it yet but might be loyal customers when we get to CS10.
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: takemehomegrandma on January 09, 2013, 10:25:04 AM
Quote from: psxphill;721839
You can download it, but they aren't giving it away.
 
If you don't own the original then downloading it from adobe is in the same legal position as downloading it from thepiratebay.
 
They've just removed the protection for the benefit of legitimate owners.
 
Obviously people will download it who aren't entitled, but it is a very old version.


The original owners dowloading these versions will N O T be able to use their original serials, which is even funnier, they have to use these that Adobe kindly provides to the right of the DL link, on that open and unprotected page, open for everyone, not just their registered customers (they DO have log-in customer pages as well, trust me). It's de facto there, free for all to download and use, and as they say themselves, online registration removed (with product killing (yes they did that, and currently still do with newer versions) when serial doesn't check out online they kill the installed products).

So download away people! If you want this *terribly old* piece of SW that is...

:)
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: haywirepc on January 09, 2013, 08:23:44 PM
I don't know,Me? I don't care how terribly old a piece of software is, I care only if it works for my projects. I've been using cool edit for 15 years I think. Always works. I never upgraded to adobe audition's redone version because it really does not add much.  BUT here's the great news...

Adobe audition 3.0 works in wine on linux...

I can not tell you how happy that makes me.
Cooledit/audition is awesome, virtually unlimited audio tracks, good fx,
quick editing. Having 128 or 200 tracks of audio is awesome.

So I for one am really happy they released those. If not, I don't  think I would
have thought to try to install adobe audition on linux. (cool edit does not work)

Good for them, letting go some old versions. And thank the digital gods I
can work on music projects completely on linux now.

I'm going to go try some of the other progs now...

Steven
Title: Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS2 released for free.
Post by: Plaz on January 09, 2013, 09:46:51 PM
Quote from: haywirepc;721899
Cooledit/audition is awesome


+10

Plaz