Hi, I am interested in buying photoshop for my POSER4 hobby project but have very limited budget. I have no clue to what minimum version I could use for Poser4 and still have a lot of option play. Help!!! Thanks MyMelanie

you may be able to get away with the feature set available in PS Elements, i'm not sure you can get earlier versions of PS, it may require looking around.

Thank you.

Check on Ebay for older versions. They often are available at very, very reasonable prices. I used version 4 for the longest time, and only picked up v.6 about a year and a half ago. I haven't found anything yet that I couldn't do with it for Poser post-render work. Your main needs are 1)layers, 2)masking, and 3)brushes. The bells-and-whistles of the current versions are nice, but the basics are all there in the earlier ones. Make sure you get a vendor that offers a sealed full package, so you can upgrade through Adobe, legitimately, as you need/desire to at a later time. Check out vendors ratings and comments, for reliablility.

"You understand that in order for FlashCorp Software to make you a copy of any software, you acknowledge that you are the legal owner of this same software, and are looking to just make a new copy for archival (backup) purposes only." As legitimate as the man down the pub with amazingly cheap videos - avoid like the plague!

Awwwww I didn't read the fine print but I guess if it looks too good to believe then avoid.

Unfortunately true. With cover CDs, hardware bundles and the odd cross-grade I've built up a good selection of software for about the regular upgrade prices or a little more. The only exception was the Adobe stuff, for which the best deal I could find was one of their old Collections (I suppose Creative Suite would be the current equivalent, but it looks even pricier).

Hey, Thanks a bunch.....I'll be camping at ebay etc....It's like big gambling place over there...What seem $1.00 could get terribly high, but I might get lucky....I have a gambling problem.......I never win!!!ha ha ha.. Thanks again.

sorry dreamer... had to kill the post... this time they buried the "archival (backup) purposes only" copy way deep into the Terms of Service.

retrocity

No problem. I really should have read through the whole thing first before reposting someone else's link. The Wacom Tablet is still an option for Photoshop Elements.

I think if you need a program just for hobby purposes, you'd be better off getting Paint Shop Pro, far cheaper and just about as capable. Mind you, I love Photoshop. I use both Pshop and PSP. But unless you're dead serious about graphics, why spend the large amount of money Pshop costs when PSP is a fraction of that. Well, unil Corel raises the price. PSP also uses the same filters and plugins Pshop does. Yes. Pshop has features PSP doesn't, but as a hobbyist you're highly unlikely to ever need those features.