photoshop

cryingoutloud · Jul 6, 2007

just wondering if you could tell me which version of photoshop you get on the new macbooks??

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

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ukdmbfan · Jul 6, 2007

Whilst technically correct, that's not a very helpful answer.

MacBook's, or any Apple hardware for that matter, do not come pre-installed with a copy of Photoshop. If you'd like a copy, you'll need to buy the latest version from Adobe (Photoshop CS3) - which runs perfectly fine on a MacBook, although having as much memory as possible will help.

Mac's do come pre-installed with iLife, which contains GarageBand, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD and iWeb.

Stretch · Jul 6, 2007

Or you can download the free photoshop alternative, Gimpshop.

ukdmbfan · Jul 6, 2007

Seashore is good as well, if a lot more basic than GIMP (and more suited to beginners) and it doesn't require X11.

Stretch · Jul 6, 2007

ukdmbfan said:
Seashore is good as well, if a lot more basic than GIMP (and more suited to beginners) and it doesn't require X11.

Pretty sure there's a version of Gimpshop that doesn't require X11.

cryingoutloud · Jul 6, 2007

ukdmbfan said:
Whilst technically correct, that's not a very helpful answer.

MacBook's, or any Apple hardware for that matter, do not come pre-installed with a copy of Photoshop. If you'd like a copy, you'll need to buy the latest version from Adobe (Photoshop CS3) - which runs perfectly fine on a MacBook, although having as much memory as possible will help.

Mac's do come pre-installed with iLife, which contains GarageBand, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD and iWeb.

thanks, thats the answer i was looking for.

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

ukdmbfan said:
Whilst technically correct, that's not a very helpful answer.

True. Sorry about that.

cryingoutloud · Jul 6, 2007

Stretch said:
Or you can download the free photoshop alternative, Gimpshop.

i prefur photoshop, i use it at college and have it on my pc. i didnt realise that you had to purchase it when you bought a mac though, i assumed it would be on as standard. thanks for help peeps

GrEeKy · Jul 6, 2007

i have photoshop on my macbook and i dont kno what i would do without it

ukdmbfan · Jul 6, 2007

SoundsGood said:
True. Sorry about that.

Wasn't calling you out, just having a bit of fun

Stretch said:
Pretty sure there's a version of Gimpshop that doesn't require X11.

There might be, every copy I've ever seen requires you to have X11 already installed though.

ukdmbfan · Jul 6, 2007

cryingoutloud said:
i prefur photoshop, i use it at college and have it on my pc. i didnt realise that you had to purchase it when you bought a mac though, i assumed it would be on as standard. thanks for help peeps

It's a very expensive piece of software, especially in the UK (£570 retail). Not sure Apple could afford to take that hit in the MacBook margins

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

cryingoutloud said:
i prefur photoshop, i use it at college and have it on my pc.

In that case, it would be cheaper to buy Parallels to run the PC version. That's what I'll do if I go with a Mac.

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

Actually, what about Photoshop Elements? Is that made for Mac as well? If so, that would be cheaper still.

ukdmbfan · Jul 6, 2007

It is, believe it's around £60 (probably $99). Nowhere near as powerful though, depending on what you actually need it for. The chances are you either need one or the other, in which case neither is a particular good substitute for the other.

cryingoutloud · Jul 6, 2007

SoundsGood said:
In that case, it would be cheaper to buy Parallels to run the PC version. That's what I'll do if I go with a Mac.

parallels??

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

cryingoutloud said:
parallels??

Check this out:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rN9jNNeEd98

SoundsGood · Jul 6, 2007

Oh, you'll want this URL too:

http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/

cryingoutloud · Jul 7, 2007

thanks for your help and advice Soundsgood, i appriciate it, i know it can be tedious answering the same questions from different n00bs ;D

SoundsGood · Jul 7, 2007

cryingoutloud said:
thanks for your help and advice Soundsgood, i appriciate it

No problem.

cryingoutloud said:
i know it can be tedious answering the same questions from different n00bs ;D

Nah, I was just trying to be funny earlier -- but humor doesn't always go over too well on these forums. ;D