pakled I am another one of those 20, I still use photopaint for some things. It will accept some filters that are designated for PS, like you can push it to accept the KPT series, although I never did try and work out how. I was lucky and got a 2nd user version of PS, and yes it was legal, have all the docs and the registration in my name. OK its version 5. There is a cheap, limited edition around, called PS elements, which has most of the stuff that most people use...not certain how much that one costs.

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