It also seems that the free download of CS2 is compatible with Windows 7 with a little tweaking.

Actually the CS2 installs without much problems on a Windows7 machine. The only thing it won't install is the Adobe PDF printer. It depends on if you can live with that, I personally use the PDF printer quite seldom, so for me it'd be no big issue.

You just have to tweak the path name and make sure all of the components live in the same folder. I'm having a problem with my icons not showing up, but hey, it's free.

Quote from: Slappy on October 02, 2014, 03:05:53 PMThere's a new kid in town! Affinity Designer, a vector app meant to be an Illustrator killer much like Pixelmator is to Photoshop. For $40, I'll get it, and if they're working on a page layout app as it seems, for home use at least, I'd do that before I'd pay out of pocket for an InDesign subscription.

I know that this is something I plan to get for my iMac at home.
I know my Ill CS5 will someday not be compatible.
I read somewhere that they plan to add Pantone support which would be great as I can't find any Illustrator like app that support Pantone.

Also read that they are working on a InDesign app that could be released this summer.

So anyone seen the preview of the new Affinity Photo?
It looks really really good, might have a new photo editor.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

I was looking at it this week, pretty awesome! I just got a copy of Pixelmator instead, finally having a Mac that can run it & felt NO desire to shell out for even the lowest subscription of Photoshop at home.

Check out the video overview on Designer too, if I was even remotely talented it would be a no-brainer to use over Illustrator:

https://youtu.be/j29POPiWN7M

Quote from: Slappy on April 11, 2015, 08:17:38 PMI was looking at it this week, pretty awesome! I just got a copy of Pixelmator instead, finally having a Mac that can run it & felt NO desire to shell out for even the lowest subscription of Photoshop at home.

Check out the video overview on Designer too, if I was even remotely talented it would be a no-brainer to use over Illustrator:

https://youtu.be/j29POPiWN7M

Slappy-
I got the Affinity Designer for replacement of Illustrator for my home Mac.
So far, I like it!

Cool! I'd like to get in on the Beta for their page layout app, not even sure what it's called, maybe it's closed now.

Quote from: Slappy on April 12, 2015, 05:31:31 PMCool! I'd like to get in on the Beta for their page layout app, not even sure what it's called, maybe it's closed now.

Page layout app is called Affinity Publisher.
It is suppose to go into beta this fall (2015) is what they say on their forum.

Awwwww, man. Couldn't they have kept "Publisher" out of the name? That's a dirty word.

Quote from: Syphon on April 13, 2015, 07:53:51 PM

Quote from: Slappy on April 12, 2015, 05:31:31 PMCool! I'd like to get in on the Beta for their page layout app, not even sure what it's called, maybe it's closed now.

Page layout app is called Affinity Publisher.
It is suppose to go into beta this fall (2015) is what they say on their forum.

Gadzooks! But someone had to do it, right? Enough brainpower and computing power to put together a challenge to the Cloud Gouge Juggernaut.
Thanks for the link.

Quote from: frailer on April 14, 2015, 05:59:47 PM

Quote from: Syphon on April 13, 2015, 07:53:51 PM

Quote from: Slappy on April 12, 2015, 05:31:31 PMCool! I'd like to get in on the Beta for their page layout app, not even sure what it's called, maybe it's closed now.

Page layout app is called Affinity Publisher.
It is suppose to go into beta this fall (2015) is what they say on their forum.

Gadzooks! But someone had to do it, right? Enough brainpower and computing power to put together a challenge to the Cloud Gouge Juggernaut.
Thanks for the link.

The weak link has always been an Acrobat replacement and even if they had that you would still need Enfocus to port Pitstop over to it. I'm pretty sure I'll be dead before I see all of that happen.

Sobering thought....

Quote from: Designia(o_O) on October 09, 2014, 01:40:38 PMIt also seems that the free download of CS2 is compatible with Windows 7 with a little tweaking.

I just did this today, because I'm a cheap bastarde and didn't feel comfortable paying into Adobe's monthly payment plan. It took me a couple tries and I almost gave up until coming across this post on - oddly enough - the Adobe support forum. Thanks Adobe! Pasting the instructions below in case they disappear someday. I downloaded the CS2 installers last year when the free offer was available, I don't think Adobe is still providing the download but there are other sources.

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4980474

Installing CS2 on a Windows 8 64bit systems worked for me using the instructions below, followed to a "T".

"Be aware, this won't be for everyone. These are old programs, intended for use on Windows 2000/ XP and Mac OS X v.10.2.8–v.10.3.8 (PowerPC® G4 or G5 processor). We've managed to install CS2 on a 64-bit Windows 7 system, but this is unsupported and there's no telling what issues might crop up.

If you'd like just to try, though, here's what to do. Follow the download link to open a page at the Adobe site, and at a minimum download CreativeSuiteCS2Disc1.exe, CreativeSuiteCS2Disc2.exe and CreativeSuiteCS2Disc3.exe from the links at the top of the page (that's a bulky 1.07GB in total, so choose a system with a fast internet connection).


Run CreativeSuiteCS2Disc3.exe, make a note of the default extraction folder (it was C:\Creative Suite CS2 for us), and click Next > Finish.

Run CreativeSuiteCS2Disc2.exe, change the default extraction folder name to whatever it was for the previous file, and click Next > Finish.

Run CreativeSuiteCS2Disc1.exe. The extraction folder should be the same as it was for the Disc3 file, but change it if not, and click Next. (The aim of all this being that all the CS2 content should end up in the same folder.)

The installer will appear. Click Next and accept the licence agreement.

The "Personalization" screen then asks for your registration details. Enter your name, (optionally) company, and the serial number 1130-0412-8377-1896-9751-5759 (you can paste this from the clipboard).

Next, the installer asks where to install Creative Suite 2. By default this was C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe on our Windows 7 x64 system, but it immediately complained that "The path your selected for installation contains unsupported characters". This is misleading; the real problem is just that the installer is using a long file name. Manually enter C:\Progra~1\Adobe as the folder name on 32-bit Windows, C:\Progra~2\Adobe on a 64-bit system, press Tab > Next and all should be well.

Read more: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/3328873/adobe-creative-suite-2/#ixzz2TI45RP5Z

You then get to choose to install some, or all of the suite's components. Your options are Adobe Illustrator CS2 (600MB), Adobe InDesign CS2 (400MB), Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe ImageReady CS2 (450MB), and Adobe Version Cue CS2 (300MB).

We opted for the "Entire Suite" option, and clicked Next.

A Summary screen appears listing all the choices you've made so far. If there's a mistake, click "Back" and change it, otherwise click Install.

If a message appears telling you to "Insert CD 2 to continue installation", open Explorer, and switch to the default extraction folder (we'll assume it's C:\Creative Suite CS2). Manually copy the C:\Creative Suite CS2\Adobe InDesign CS2 and C:\Creative Suite CS2\Adobe Version Cue CS2 folders and their contents to C:\Creative Suite CS2\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0. Switch back to the installer, click OK and it should now continue.

Once installation is complete (which should only take 3 or 4 minutes, not the "up to 20" suggested by the setup program) a Registration dialog will appear. There's no need to bother registering, really - these are free tools, you're not going to get any support running them on modern PCs anyway - so the best option is probably to choose the "Do not register" option, and click Next > Done.

And with any luck, you should now have installed CS2. The issues may not end there, but you should at least now be able to launch and try out its various applications.

Read more: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/3328873/adobe-creative-suite-2/#ixzz2TI3v0aP3

The download of the CS2 version is actually only legal for those who have purchased a CS2 licence before. It became a free download because Adobe shut down the activation server for that software. Since it's an old version, Adobe does not to care too much about illegal use, but in the end they could still sue you if you cannot provide that licence upon request. Actually most of the people I know won't even think about installing a CS2 since there are plenty of cracked CS6 out there (I've heard it said that people already found a way to crack the CC).

Affinity seems to write software for Mac only, which is pity, because I'm on Windows machines both at home and at work. Talking about the Acrobat replacement, I'm pretty sure Enfocus has something in preparation already since there is obviously a demand for a "standalone Pitstop".