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September 1, 2020
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Closest product to CS3 [CS3 is dead]

  • September 1, 2020
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I can't register CS 3 on my new hard drive, as I was told we now need to purchase photoshop again. What is the closed option to CS3? I am scaling my photography business back and really don't want to spend alot. I would like to be able to use Camera Raw though.

 

Thank you,

Laurie

 

I also need all correspondence to go to my current e mail 

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as my old e mail is still on my account, I'll see if I can find a way to update it.

 
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Nancy OShea
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September 1, 2020

A professional photography studio still using 13 year old CS3 is rather surprising.  Creative Suite is no longer legally sold by any vendor, retailer or country. 

 

Incidentally, a forum moderator removed sensitive information from your original post because this is NOT Adobe.  This is a public user-to-user forum.  To change the e-mail address associated with your user ID and password, log-in to your account below.

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Photoshop Elements 2020 -- a slimmed down version of Photoshop.  While it doesn't have all the bells & whistles of modern Photoshop CC, it's still a light year or two ahead of CS3 which is officially dead & gone since the activation servers were retired years ago.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

 

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-- 20 GB cloud storage (upgradable to 1 TB).
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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Legend
September 1, 2020

Or, Creative Cloud Photography Plan is Photoshop & Lightroom for a bargain $10 per month (yearly commitment).

John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 1, 2020

Photoshop Elements http://www.adobe.com/products/elements-family.html is a one time purchase