photo software

[Jacob]

Oh yes they did! It was well out of date.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Yes I seem to recall it was aimed at existing licence holders now you mention it. Having said that I do have a legitimate copy of PSE from many years ago so that download site was actually a version upgrade for me I remember because the version I got hold of supported RAW for the first time.

 

[Rhossydd]

Oh yes they did!

NO, read the link. It was never "free".

 

[Rhossydd]

I seem to recall it was aimed at existing licence holders now you mention it.

No it wasn't 'aimed at' it was only intended for existing licence holders to avoid Adobe keeping their activation servers running indefinitely.

 

[Jonzjob]

What has packed up on your laptop and is it a Mac? Is it the HDD? If not then why noy get a 2.5" external HDD caddy, put your laptop disk init and copy the Photoshop onto your Mac Mini!

Even if your HDD has died, if your copy is a legal one and for Macs you should have the key. You can download the version you had before and use your key to open it up. If it's a pirated copy then hard luck.

I have used Photo Shop Elements for years now and have PSE 13. Easy, good and not expensive.

 

[Jacob]

It won't run off the adaptor without the battery.
It doesn't charge properly - have to wait a day or so after the battery is flat for some reason.
Runs hot. Might have fixed the heat - I had the top off and vacuumed all round. *
Keyboard worn out (must learn to touch type).
My CS3 is probably illegal.
Is 8 years old.
Have bought a new external hard drive (that was fooked too) and hoping to do Time Machine before it dies on me. Could I copy CS3 from ext HD to my mac mini?

*Technically you need a torx T6 for this but a filed slotted jewellers screwdriver was OK

 

[Harbo]

I record my photos in RAW and have just upgraded my camera to find that the latest Canon RAW doesn't work in my CS5.
I would need CS6 for it to work!
Fortunately there is a free conversion programme available but it's something extra to run.
There was nothing about RAW compatibilities when I bought it?

Rod

 

[Harbo]

Internal and external drives are pretty cheap now. I've just replaced my MacBook HD with a 1Tb one for £76. External ones are even cheaper.
I backed up my old drive using Time Machine and copied everything back to the new one without any problems - everything worked without any messing about.
You just need a cheapo £10 caddie to run the drives.

Rod

 

[Rhossydd]

There was nothing about RAW compatibilities when I bought it?

Photoshop's web site lists what files it's compatible with. In the case of CS5 it would have only been compatible with files available at the time the software was written. Adobe will have offered updates to it's raw compatibility for a while via updates to ACR, but they don't keep updating it forever.

 

[DiscoStu]

I can't see how you can blame Adobe for CS5 not being compatible with the new Canon software. Maybe you should be blaming Canon for not making it compatible with the old Adobe software?

 

[Jonzjob]

they were advertising free downloads of all their software but the versions were 2 releases out of date.

Just to be clear, the CS2 downloads are for existing licence holders, they aren't "free".

These people seem to think it's free?

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689- ... p-cs2.html

 

[Rhossydd]

I can't see how you can blame Adobe for CS5 not being compatible with the new Canon software. Maybe you should be blaming Canon for not making it compatible with the old Adobe software?

It's not Canon's software that's the problem, but the latest file format of it's cameras.

Personally I don't think it's that unreasonable to be unhappy that Adobe don't continue to support new cameras for it's recent software for a LOT longer. A full copy of Photoshop was an expensive investment that ought to be supported for a lot longer than it has been.
Canon also deserve a moan for continually changing the file format with each new camera, it wouldn't be a problem for them to use a longer supported format like DNG.

 

[Rhossydd]

These people seem to think it's free?

They're wrong. Read the links I've posted.

Or you could look at one of Adobe's own support sites https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1131001
where they say:
"The software is not free, and is only being made available for those who already purchased a valid license."

 

[John15]

I've just tried downloading Picasa and Gimp, and Norton Security is saying both are not safe. Perhaps I have my settings too high.

John

 

[DiscoStu]

Personally I can't stand norton. Is there not an option that allows you to bypass it for the download?

 

[Rhossydd]

I've just tried downloading Picasa and Gimp, and Norton Security is saying both are not safe. Perhaps I have my settings too high.

Are you downloading directly from the authors ? ie Google and Gimp.org ? If so, the downloads should be fine, anywhere else and they may not be.

 

[Harbo]

I wasn't blaming Adobe - it's Canon that keep changing their firmware but it would be nice if Adobe offered an upgrade especially on such an expensive programme.
Adobe do provide the free conversion download but that means running an extra process and pictures don't show in Bridge initially unless you record in JPEG as well?

I upgraded from a 40D to 70D - the batteries are identical in shape apart from the terminals so I cannot use my old ones. Another money making exercise?
Luckily I've found a cheap compatable one (£8) that works. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

If you have a Mac, why not use the supplied iPhoto?

Rod

 

[DiscoStu]

CS5 is 4 years old, that's a long time in technology terms. To continue the support of old versions is costly and Photoshop is very much a professional product. Companies expect and budget for licensing and expect to pay annual maintenance etc. £500 for Photoshop is not a big licence cost for someone making a living out of the product. Adobe do make a product which is a cut down version of Photoshop that is aimed at home users.

The issue here is that I suspect you're a home user and unfortunately software isn't like buying a tablesaw it goes out of date and has to be upgraded. You may find that CS 5 also won't work on Windows 10 or the next Apple OS etc. If you want Adobe to pay their engineers to make the version work then you'll need to pay them. (You can still pay Microsoft to support XP for example). Adobe offer a creative cloud option and it was fantastic value as an upgrade for those with CS 4. I don't know if it still is. I think it's about £40 a month now but that is for the full suite of programmes. I think you can just do photoshop.

The full suite is great value for users who use Illustrator, in design, photoshop, acrobat etc. Again it's a professional product and isn't cheap.

There's a reason why people on here use Sketch up rather than Autocad.

 

[DiscoStu]

Good that you've found a cheap option.

My Nikon batteries were the same. They had a slightly different capacity but voltage was the same and I couldn't see why they couldn't be used. That said, I can't imagine that Nikon or Canon make much money out of additional battery sales. If they really wanted to force users to buy new things that they made money on they would change their lens mounts!

 

[Eric The Viking]

Oh dear, and there's me with my inexpensive Corel AfterShot 2, and GIMP, just happily getting on with stuff...

I don't expect anyone cares, but I use RawDroid as a Canon file viewer on Android, when out and about. The tablet tucks into the back pocket of my camera bag, and RawDroid picks up most of the metadata (including focus points now, I think). I've got a registered copy (not expensive), and it beats lugging a laptop about. I admit that's no good if you want to edit as you go.