Customer Reviews

Adobe Photoshop 5.5

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For digital art, where images are entirely created in a paint program, Photoshop 5.5 is the absolutely the most efficient and easy-to-use version of Photoshop. The bugaboo of the later versions is the fusion of the Paintbrush and Airbrush tools. It seems like a small change, but those are the tools used the most in digital art and it saves an unbelievable amount of time when you don't have to flip through menus every time you want to change between them. And Imageready 2.0 is a wonderful program if you have to upload your images online for portfolios or archives.

This is the best version out there for combining functionality with learnability and ease of use. Perfect for people who want a photoshop but don't need anything fancy. I've tried versions earlier and later than this, but none were as easy to learn and easy to use as 5.5. Its straight-forward, does what you want, without the frills that can sometimes simply complicate matters.

I bought photoshop 5.5 for PC and thought that was what I purchased but then received photoshop for MAC. The next issue was the seller's return policy. He has a re-stocking fee which made returning the software not worth the postal fee nor the refund I would have received. Plus his re-stocking fee is such that he still makes money for this kind of retail sale from Amazon. It does seem likely he is in the business of re-stocking items to make money.