Adobe Photoshop is arguably the best photo editing tool available, better than any other professional program or suite. Photoshop is an immense program used by professional photographers and graphic designers, which requires months or even years of study before being able to become an expert, with hundreds of options and functions.
Obviously it is a paid program, with a not indifferent price, not affordable for those who just want to try it or learn how to use it to work on it and become a professional in photo editing.
As you can see on the official Photoshop website, the purchase of the latest version of the program requires an annual or monthly subscription to Adobe's Creative Cloud suite, with prices affordable only for schools and universities.
Those who want to try it can only install the free trial version, in Italian, which lasts 30 days.
Since, however, in this blog we do not write to make fun of it as happens elsewhere, if this article came out it is because a way to have Photoshop free, legal and complete without limitations on PC and Mac exists .
From the Adobe website it is in fact possible to obtain a free full version of Photoshop CS2 for free, with a regular unlimited user license.
Photoshop CS2 is version 9 of this program and dates back to 7 years ago.
Adobe, as it no longer provides an activation server for this product and having also ended its support (there will be no updates for CS2), still allows you to download the full version by providing the original serial number.
The only problem, besides the fact that it is an old version, is that it can only be installed for free in English.
However, the original Photoshop program remains, usable not only to make photo retouching, but above all to begin learning it, and then maybe buy the newer version, if you decide to do this work as a graphic designer or photographer.
To download Photoshop CS2 for free, go to this page and log in with an Adobe account.
If you don't have an Adobe account, create it and then log in to the site.
From the Acrobat 7 and CS2 products download page, open the section in English and scroll the list until you find Photoshop CS2, available for Mac and Windows, respectively, in the two files PhSp_CS2_English.dmg.bin and PhSp_CS2_English.exe.
Next to the file name there is the serial number which will be inserted during the installation phase.
In addition to this old version, you can always install the Photoshop Express special version, free for iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and 10 .
Photoshop Express is a simplified version of the original program, adapted for touch screens, not for professional purposes.
Everyone can use this tool to enhance photos, make basic edits and apply filters and special effects.
We had talked about this version when it was still available as a web app, to retouch photos and edit images with Photoshop online.
For iPhone and iPad there is also an app called Photoshop Mix, more similar to the original PC program, but which requires internet connection to work.
However, keep in mind that Photoshop, even if it is the number one, is not the only program to edit photos and make photo retouches.
In another article we have listed several free and excellent alternative graphics programs to Photoshop, which are worth trying and which can also be good for learning since, in the end, the tools are similar and equal.
