To buy or not buy!
By CaseyL
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
United States
August 27, 2016 11:51am CST
I have been debating on if I want to buy Adobe's photoshop system or not. This debate with myself has been going on for about three months now and I just don't know what to do. You use to just be able to straight out buy a program of theirs through there website, but you can't anymore. I understand that this way Adobe can make more money off of us and it makes it harder for people to get the program for free, but it just sucks. It has all gone to monthly or yearly payments. I just don't know if I want to buy it monthly, because I feel like if I don't use it enough in that month then I just wasted my money on it. If I could just buy it straight out then I know it would be worth it because I will use it the rest of my life. I want to have my own photography business on the side and I know one day buying it monthly will be okay because I'll be using it most of the moth. I just don't think it is worth it for me to buy it only use it 4 or 5 times the entire month. This whole thing just sucks because Adobe's editing apps are pretty much the only good photoshop/editing programs out there.
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8 responses
@ison_1 (1240)
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31 Aug 16
Photoshop is nifty, but you may want to check out Gimp (very much like Photoshop Elements) or if you are working with RAW files Raw Therapee is very good. (They are both free as well, definitely on Linux but probably on Windows and IOS as well). Hello :)
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
31 Aug 16
I am working with RAW files so I will check out the second one. Thank you.
@Letranknight2015 (52231)
• Philippines
29 Aug 16
Maybe you can ask a friend if they can ask people to help get one for free or with discount? these programs are indeed expensive
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@jateennilcamal (74)
• Daman, India
27 Aug 16
i also like the Adobe's photoshop system
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@LuciCJ (197)
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania
31 Aug 16
I've been using Photoshop Elements for some 4 years now. It's pretty awesome (at least for retouching photos) and it's way cheaper than the CC version. So if you're not too much into web design and do not need all the advanced features from the Creative Cloud, you can make a one-time purchase and go for Photoshop Elements.
Of course you can upgrade Elements, too, but you aren't forced to do it every year. If you upgrade it let's say only when you get a new camera and thus need a new version of Camera RAW, you will get far cheaper than with the full bundle.
