Photoshop CS2 - best price?

[LongQ]

Think I may need to get CS2 but the best price I have found so far is £460 (Win version) Plus P&P

Anyone know of a more competitively priced source?

The second question is - since I don't expect to be using any of the features related to pre-press, commercial printing and similar, would Elements 4 offer enough to get along with? Does it have 48bit support for scans and RAW processing support for digital files?

I do have several other editors, most of which have some clever functions but I have not yet found one that covers all of the things I think I want so maybe I should try PS (Beyond the Elements2 which I have) and at least get a good base point for comparison to the other apps.

[poah]

download the trial to see if it is for you first.

[LongQ]

poah said:

download the trial to see if it is for you first.

Good idea but with only dial-up connectivity readily available I will have to plan carefully for the download.

Interesting that the Elements 4 download is larger than CS2's.

[Gemm]

I know some people have bought an older version of Photoshop cheap on ebay, then buy the upgrade to CS2. But I don't know how much cheaper that would be.

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Gemm said:

I know some people have bought an older version of Photoshop cheap on ebay, then buy the upgrade to CS2. But I don't know how much cheaper that would be.

Good suggestion. I might check that out later. I suspect it might be a similar cost to the 460, which seems to be quite a bit lower than most retailers.

[V6GTO]

CS to CS2 is £125 Outrageous for the little extra tou get.

Martin.

[krusty]

Apparently you can buy it in Baku for $6-00

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krusty said:

Apparently you can buy it in Baku for $6-00

I'll check out the cost of the flights tomorrow ....

[Polarbert]

Thanks for the email mate, I'm here if you need me.

>> Edited by Polarbert on Tuesday 30th May 02:42

[robdickinson]

Arnt adobe soon to b e releasing a new photoshop replacement more geared to digital photography than artists?