best price for photoshop please

[simbo]

has anyone seen any good offers on photoshop cs3 extended.
there is a guy selling on ebay for 200 boxed retail version, he says its usa ver, is this an issue that will affect usage...

evaluation about to expire, superb programme, fireworks is history.lol

[Duncan Rounding]

ebuyer.com has it for about 480.
I doubt the one for 200 on ebay is original.

[pinbrook]

have you tried open source "the Gimp" in my view just as good as photoshop with a big fat zero price tag - although a donation is `appreciated to the OS movement

[TraceyHand]

it's possible the 200 ebay version is a student copy..something else to watch out for

[RuralWeb]

Adobe Elements 6 does most of what Photoshop does and only costs £65

[pinbrook]

Elements is a great tool, it was primarily introduced to the market as software for digital photographers to manipulate images `with - thus for a shop owner you can manipulate product images and do some basic image creation.

Photoshop is the real mccoy for designers/graphic artists etc to create high quality graphics/vector images etc for web/print and so on..these features are not necessarily in elements

so look at your requirment and pay accordingly

[RuralWeb]

Elements is a great tool

It certainly is - Ive just done a course on it and now tend to use it more than I do Photoshop!!!

I include a copy of it in most of my design packages for clients as IMO its the best value for money out there for web design work.

[Goz]

Hi Malcolm

Which course did you do? I've just started looking for a course and personal recommendation is always best.



Andy

[RuralWeb]

Which course did you do

It was a 6 weeks one run by the local community development center (100m from my house) so it will be a bit far for you to travel I expect!!

[simbo]

thanks guys

im messing with the gimp now jo... heart set on photoshop though am just getting to grips with it after few weeks.. still a hell of a lot of untapped stuff there to learn the thing seems to go on for ever when you delve into the menus..

[RuralWeb]

still a hell of a lot of untapped stuff there to learn the thing seems to go on for ever when you delve into the menus

IMO if you are just using it for website work then its a waste of money as 99% of it you will never use.

[pinbrook]

I prefer using the Gimp to shelling out £400

there's loads of other stuff i'd rather spend my dosh on including a holiday in the sun, a crate of champagne, 12 pairs of crocs, iphone or a few ipod nanos

[RuralWeb]

there's loads of other stuff i'd rather spend my dosh on

Exactly - most digital cameras come with software that is good enough for web work as well.

[Goz]

RuralWeb said
It was a 6 weeks one run by the local community development center (100m from my house) so it will be a bit far for you to travel I expect!!

Yeah.... but a great place for a 6 week holiday!!

[TraceyHand]

Yeah.... but a great place for a 6 week holiday!!

hey Andy, maybe Malc would put you up too!