{"id":17894,"date":"2013-01-07T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=17894"},"modified":"2016-05-10T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T13:40:58","slug":"adobe-cs2-photoshop-illustrator-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/adobe-cs2-photoshop-illustrator-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Releases CS2 for FREE (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"adobe-is-giving-away-the-cs2-version-of-their-powerful-suite-of-video-photo-and-design-apps\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Adobe is giving away the CS2 version of their powerful suite of video, photo and design apps.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE from Kevin Monahan,\u00a0Sr. Content and Community Lead for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems. But to ensure that any customers activating those old versions can continue to use their software, we issued a serial number directly to those customers. While this might be interpreted as Adobe giving away software for free, we did it to help our customers.&#8221; <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for letting us know, Kevin!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mac and PC users rejoice, Adobe has recently offered up a <strong><a title=\"Adobe CS2 Free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/cfusion\/entitlement\/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads&amp;PID=4485850\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">FREE download of their professional Creative Suite 2<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Although CS2 was intially released in 2005, many of the apps still have the same powerful features as their newer\u00a0successors. \u00a0Included in this suite is:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Acrobat 3D<\/li>\n<li>Acrobat Standard 7.0<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-17895\" style=\"float: right; border: none; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"Adobe Creative Suite 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Adobe Creative Suite 2\" width=\"272\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png 453w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png?resize=300,179 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png?resize=277,166 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png?resize=359,215 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-shot-2013-01-07-at-12.59.02-PM.png?resize=150,90 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>Acrobat Pro 8.0<\/li>\n<li>Audition 3.0<\/li>\n<li>GoLive<\/li>\n<li>Illustrator<\/li>\n<li>InCopy<\/li>\n<li>InDesign<\/li>\n<li>Photoshop<\/li>\n<li>Photoshop Elements<\/li>\n<li>Adobe Premiere Pro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: If you have a newer computer\/operating system you may have a bit of trouble running this version. \u00a0Lifehacker points out <a href=\"http:\/\/slickdeals.net\/f\/5784982-Adobe-CS2-Premium-Plus-giveaway-for-PC-Mac-Creative-Suite-2-Photoshop-CS2-Photoshop-Elements-4-0-5-0-Acrobat-Pro-8-0-Acrobat-3D-1-0-Premier-Pro-2-Audition-3-more\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">this forum<\/a>\u00a0for tips on getting it\u00a0working\u00a0on <strong>Windows 8<\/strong> and new <strong>Mac systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You will have to <a title=\"Adobe CS2 free\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/cfusion\/entitlement\/index.cfm?pid=4485850&amp;e=cs2_downloads#\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">signup for an <strong>Adobe account<\/strong> to download<\/a> (if you don&#8217;t already have one) but signup is free. \u00a0A great deal on a powerful software package for graphic designers, video editors and creative content creators!<\/p>\n<p><em>via<a href=\"http:\/\/9to5toys.com\/2013\/01\/07\/adobe-cs2-premium-plus-for-pc-or-mac-downloads-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"> 9to5 Toys<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5973750\/download-adobe-creative-suite-2-including-photoshop-and-illustrator-for-free\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Lifehacker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fstoppers.com\/have-an-older-computer-download-adobe-cs2-premium-plus-free?utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=&amp;utm_campaign=\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">FStoppers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe is now giving away it&#8217;s Creative Suite 2 free! 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