good alternative to Photoshop CS2?

[alkemyst]

all that said most here will be better suited with a $80 graphics tool unless pirating or with an edu discount.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
all that said most here will be better suited with a $80 graphics tool unless pirating or with an edu discount.

Yeah. If you absolutely *need* Photoshop, you're probably doing it professionally and should be able to afford investing in purchasing it at full price or with an educational discount.

I'm happy with GIMP, though I've used Photoshop in the past (trial and...otherwise ) and would prefer to own and use that.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
http://www.getpaint.net/

It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

So close in design to ps surprised they haven't sued.


Make sure you get all the plugins off the forums, there are over 100.
Also just noticed it runs in native 64 bit mode.

This, this, a thousand times this.