Adobe Photoshop CS2: Worth the $300?

[Jondot]

It works fine on my laptop, and it has 512mb ram.

I love PS personally, but it's a lot of cash to spend if you're a casual user like me. That's why i didn't . It's up to you really, but you do use it a lot once you have it.

 

[donbenni]

Yes definitely Photoshop, but buying the full version is just too pricey. In the UK we pay around £350 for it and that's just bananas (#that shhh is bananas.... b-a-n-a-n-a-s).

Unless you really need Photoshop for work, i.e. as part of your job, you could probably settle with Photoshop Elements or PSP.

 

[AMG.]

(Copied and pasted from first post.)

Ok, new question. I have Paint Shop Pro 8 that's a few years old now, and I'm considering to upgrade to Photoshop CS2. Do you believe it's worth paying $300 for? Would you do it?

I would consider upgrading from CS to CS2 but then ive been using PShop since version 3 and I use it a lot. However my fellow (semi-pro) photographers are now going digital and are looking for a suitable graphics program. My advice to them is to start with Pshop Elements. Learning curve is not too steep and it comes with nice wizards etc. Later on they may decide to go all the way and buy Photoshop.
If youre a casual user go Elements. You'd be suprised at what you can do with it.

AMG

 

[440 CHARGER]

I'll give my 2 cents worth of opinion... Photoshop is the best, hands down. It's possibilities are nearly endless, and they keep making PS better and better with every new version. I am getting ready to drop $650 to buy a commercial version of CS2 so I can use it for a little income. I am not hyping PS up or anything, but it's all I have ever known, and I can almost gurantee (??? not sure if that's spelled right) that a person that has all knowledge of PS will have greater capabilities than a person that has all knowledge of PSP. But like has been said, if you are not going to be using PS to it's full capacity and you don't need all of the special effects and plugins and advanced layer options and stuff like that, than stick with what you are going to be able to use to the extent of that you need it for. If you are only needing it to do some color enhancements and levels and little special effects, stick with what you need, and not what you don't know. But if you are planning on expanding your knowledge of photo editing and having a blast with it, I must recomend purchasing Photoshop CS-2!

 

[DuckRacer]

Ok, I downloaded a Photoshop CS trial, and it's definately better than what I have now. I'll make the decision on wheter to buy it when the trial's finished. Thanks for everyone's help.