Best "photoshop" type program under $250 suggestio

[wj_737_200]

Okay, i'm looking for a good photoshop type program that is under $250 bucks. Adobe photoshop is out of the question, because i'm broke as usual. I was thinking of Microsofts Digital Photo Suite 9 pro, but i'd like to hear from the experts

[Longreach747]

do you have soulseek or kazaa, pretty easy to get it from there! i have PS7 which i got for nada!

[jid]

kazaa !!! I would not put that on any machine !!! If you do want to pay however Jasc Paint Shop Pro Power Suite around £70 and will do most of the stiff that Photoshop will do and it will also take most Photoshop plugins.

Jid

[fallingeese]

Just get Adobe Photoshop Elements 2. It's nice and cheap here in Canada, especially at FutureShop.

[wj_737_200]

Is Photoshop elements what you use fallingeese? I was thinking about photoshop elements before I saw the microsoft digital photo suite. Oh I would never EVER download ANYthing illegally (seriously though I DO draw the line at downloading software, it doesn't bother me if other people do it but well they're not paranoid like I am about viruses. )

[fallingeese]

I use Elements 2, and when Chris Sands was looking for an imaging product I directed him towards that too, and he's thrilled with it aswell.

[Leftseat86]

Elements rocks. Does most of the stuff Photoshop will do minus the more advanced tools, but for uploading to A.net/jp.net/pp.net it works great. Its also much easier and faster to use when compared to Photoshop, to perform the same actions. (imo)

Also only 70$...and I bought a 60$ printer awhile back that came with it

Now I just wish it had a RAW plugin....

[G-MIDY]

Photoshop still falls well short of PSP9's noise removing power, well for my pics anyway.

[Longreach747]

anybody know how to activate PS8 ?

got the cracked version but i cant activate it

[Crazy764]

anybody know how to activate PS8 ?

got the cracked version but i cant activate it

It should have come with a separate info file. Open it with notepad. Don't ask me how I know...

[wj_737_200]

I think i'm gonna go with the photoshop elements. Thanks for your input everyone

[CheckSix]

Adobe announced Photoshop Elements 3.0 at Photokina a few days ago. I'd say unless your desperate, wait for 3.0 to hit the stores. Or you might be able to find 2.0 at a closeout price. Anyhow, Photoshop Elements 2.0 is extremely good. I use it all the time. Glad I went with it.

[QuebecAir]

Photo Filtre

There's is one program that I use sometimes instead of the more well knowned Photoshop or Paint Shop and it is free and complete.

You may want to have a look at : http://www.photofiltre.com/ although the first pag that will appear is in French Photo Filtre is also in English.

[CheckSix]

Speaking of free...check out GIMP 2.0. It's a free image editor much like Photoshop Elements. Do a Google search for it. I can't remember the site address. I've tried it out on my Linux computer and it is pretty well rounded.