Cheap! Photoshop CS for Canon users

[bkriete]

FYI, Adobe/Canon recently extended their $299 deal for Canon purchasers who got Elements 2.0 with their camera purchase to November of this year.

link to Adobe store (http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catCanon)

[davev]

FYI, Adobe/Canon recently extended their $299 deal for Canon purchasers who got Elements 2.0 with their camera purchase to November of this year.

link to Adobe store (http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catCanon)
Now for the big question. I've been using photoshop 5.5 for long time, is there
a big learning curve involved with the upgrade, or will I adjust fairly easily?
I did get elements 2 with the D Reb, and I just started to use it. I kind of
like the "fill flash" effect to lighten dark areas the easy way. Does CS have this?

Thanks.

dave.

[Andy]

Now for the big question. I've been using photoshop 5.5 for long time, is there
a big learning curve involved with the upgrade, or will I adjust fairly easily?
I did get elements 2 with the D Reb, and I just started to use it. I kind of
like the "fill flash" effect to lighten dark areas the easy way. Does CS have this?

Thanks.

dave.

cs has "shadow / highlight" a killer tool dave :deal

[fish]

cs has "shadow / highlight" a killer tool dave :deal
Elements 3.0 has that too. :deal

[wholenewlight]

I'm not recommending anything dishonest here but I tried a "purely academic" test.

I have PS Elements 2.0 but I'm a D70 owner. Just for grins (analog grins, not digital grins :): ), I put my serial number in and tried adding the $299 Photoshop CS offer to my shopping cart. I pressed continue. It processed for a couple of minutes and then gave me a shopping cart with a -$350 discount and CS for $299.

I then backed out. My daughter is a college senior and I've not chosed to use her purchasing power to get me a cheaper CS copy. I've worked for software companies for years and have used derogatory terms to describe those who cheat the system (really bad comments about the true software pirates).

Just the same, the canon purchasers are sure getting a better deal than the nikon users (yeah, I know that elements was part of their canon purchase but I paid my $70'ish extra for elements).

It's mostly curiosity but how closely is Adobe watching this purchasing process?

:dunno

[david_h]

It's mostly curiosity but how closely is Adobe watching this purchasing process?

:dunno I would think Adobe is quite happy with this process. It must sell a lot of copies of PSCS that would not be purchased otherwise. Once you're in, they will happily sell you upgrades, because you are not likely to downgrade. Pretty good marketing I would say.

I'm sure that without this sort of incentive, many would stick with lower margin Elements or go with PaintShop Pro or similar.

It is certainly a good deal for you Canonites. Us N guys have to fork out $100 for Capture then PS on top. Actually the Adobe RAW plug-in and other RAW converters are getting to the point that Nikon Capture might not be needed much longer. Maybe N will start giving it away, as they should have from day one.

[wholenewlight]

Actually the Adobe RAW plug-in and other RAW converters are getting to the point that Nikon Capture might not be needed much longer. Maybe N will start giving it away, as they should have from day one.
Agreed, I haven't paid my $100 for Capture 4.1 yet. Unhappy that they want an additional fee for what I consider a utility program (albiet a very useful and feature laden utility).

Anyway, to shoot RAW fulltime I need a bigger card.

[bkriete]

FYI, this offer has been upgraded to CS2. Same link (http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catCanon) as before.