Is there a howto CS2 without existing windows install?

[SyCo123]

I've seen lots of information about how to install photoshop in wine if you have an existing windows installation but I installed ubuntu after windws went belly up so lost all data.

Is there a howto for CS2 in wine without a windows install?

[k|d<FuNkY>FrY]

Check here

http://wiki.winehq.org/AdobePhotoshop

Please note that wine-0.9.54 or later is needed to use Photoshop CS2

[SyCo123]

Thanks very much!

[SyCo123]

Wow that was simple! Just like in windows, however I did run into one issue. In windows you click the setup.exe in the unzipped folder but in Wine you have to first open the Photoshop CS2 sub-folder, one under the usual setup.exe. There's another setup.exe in there which installed the trial version just fine.

I thought I'd test it first in a VM at work. So even under Vista with Ubuntu in Virtual box through wine it still runs pretty well. I expect even better performance when installing straight on my ubuntu laptop.

Thanks again.

[k|d<FuNkY>FrY]

Wow that was simple! Just like in windows, however I did run into one issue. In windows you click the setup.exe in the unzipped folder but in Wine you have to first open the Photoshop CS2 sub-folder, one under the usual setup.exe. There's another setup.exe in there which installed the trial version just fine.

I thought I'd test it first in a VM at work. So even under Vista with Ubuntu in Virtual box through wine it still runs pretty well. I expect even better performance when installing straight on my ubuntu laptop.

Thanks again.

Yes, you are absolutely correct! I probably should have mentioned that in my initial post... Hopefully that minor quirk didn't set you back too much! ;)

Performance wise, it seems to run fairly quick... I haven't played around with it too extensively yet, but from what I've seen thus far, it seems to me to stack up pretty evenly against a comparable Windows instance.

Glad you were able to get everything figured out and working.

[SyCo123]

Hopefully that minor quirk didn't set you back too much! ;)

About 15 seconds of Google time I'll never get back.. but I can forgive you that :)

[Muscar]

Why does it say: Never use a cracked version of photoshop?
Is it because thy are trying to be legal or is there somthing that won't work if you have a cracked one?

Lets face it, 95% of al users that have photoshop have a pirated version.

[SyCo123]

I don't know why, but if you're thinking of pirating the software you can always use the Gimp and stay legal. I wrote a set of comparison tutorials for gimp and Photoshop . You can read them at http://goingmanual.com so please consider this before joining the ranks of the pirates. Gimp is great for photo touch ups. I don't think it's quite there for web site or print design but it is improving all the time.

[Muscar]

I've been using photoshop for over 3 years, and gimp for about 8 months. I really need photoshop.

[dmn_clown]

Why does it say: Never use a cracked version of photoshop?
Is it because thy are trying to be legal or is there somthing that won't work if you have a cracked one?

Lets face it, 95% of al users that have photoshop have a pirated version.

Because stealing is still stealing even if everyone does it. If you can't afford to pay the full price of Photoshop and Cinepaint doesn't meet your needs, find a version on e-bay.

Cinepaint, GIMP, and Krita are free alternatives (though GIMP is useless for anything but low end images and Krita will only handle 16bpp).

Pixel is a commercial alternative that is currently available for $30(US) but has a very slow development pace.

PS 7 is selling for around $50(US) with CS2 going around $200(US) (http://search.ebay.com/photoshop-cs2_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300) on e-bay, if you can't afford that then I suggest you learn to live within your means.

[SyCo123]

PS7 is enough of a program for most people and at $50 bucks you can't go wrong. Watch out for the ebayers though you could well end up buying a cracked version at near retail.

Why do you say Gimp is only good for low end images? I use a Rebel XT 8Mp Canon DSLR and have processed many images with Gimp. Some of them are on my website simonandrews.net (http://simonandrews.net)
Can you tell which ones were gimp processed?