So out of those who have photoshop or similar do you have it legally, or not?

Or do you choose free equivalents like The GIMP?

Neither, ebayed an Imac and it had the full photoshop CS2 suite on it! And others programs adding up to £2,500 of stuff. Oh and a £1200 Imac. All for the princely sum of £620 Happy days indeed!

So if you buy a PC with copied software on (all be it unknowingly) are you braking the law by having it on your PC?

You probably are if you use it, but knowing how laywers work, you'd have to prove you didn't know about it being copied if caught! Not too sure on this one though. If in doubt blame the former owner.

Prefer Paintshop Pro TBH....

90% of the functionality for 10% of the price

I have Photoshop Elements.

About £36. It does everything I need to do.

Paul G

That's the bonus point. Was going to be getting a "cheap" version from where the other half works as a print techy. However, they 'only' use CS1. Wouldn't ever go and actually pay for something like a full verions of cs. Sod that, far to much money. I am building a locost after all.

had photoshop once for a short period and never got into it. fireworks is good for web stuff, used trial editions of paintshop pro for a while but now i use the gimp.

When you buy software a lot of it says the licence is non transferable.

SO does this mean

A) You can only install it on one computer and if you get a new one you have to buy another copy.

Or

B) you can not sell the software on to someobe elese even if you no longer us it

Or

C) You can not sell a computer with it installed and it to someoneelse

b)

and c if you keep the discs intending to reinstall on another computer.) I think that it is the person to whom it is non transferrable, ie you cannot sell an already registered copy, rather than single use only.

[Edited on 23/3/06 by Tim 45]

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I use Serif Photoplus which cost me £30 with a manual and extras disk and it does everything I need for editing pictures.