

I called the activation phone line at Adobe and was told the serial number is invalid. ADOBE CS2 ACTIVATION SELLING SERIAL NUMBER He directed me to general customer service, who said the same thing. So it looks like now I get to fight to get my money back.

If there is no money exchanged then it will be a bargain – The vendor wrote back to me and offered to exchange my cs2 for cs3, but he’s not saying anything about activation… I am hoping Amazon’s buyer’s garuntee will cover it. The appeal that Linux along with Gimp and other software that is free eliminates this kind of aggravation.

I am not advocating that Gimp is either better than or as good as Photoshop but it does appear that the next version of Gimp coming out shortly will be at the very least good enough. Adobe Creative Suite (CS) is a discontinued software suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems.Each edition consisted of several Adobe applications, such as Photoshop, Acrobat, Premiere Pro or After Effects, InDesign, and Illustrator, which became industry standard applications for many graphic design positions. If more people did the switch and soon they will be doing that the clear message to the software pigs will be given. Adobe Illustrator CS2 (v.12) is the version of Adobe Illustrator that was included with Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Creative Suite Production Studio Premium. I found Photoshop CS2 (Win XP) in the discount bin at a local military PX/store yesterday ($290 sealed in box with CD’s, serial, & users guide), decided to give it a try in spite of it being an older version (cheaper then CS3 in the same store), and installed it from the CD this morning. On December 15, 2012, activation servers for CS2 applications were shut down. No problems with the installation, serial number, online registration, or updates afterwards. The software seems to be working perfectly.
