If you don’t care about how up to date your software is you might be interested in buying a second hand copy of Photoshop, or an old Mac with Photoshop installed. Many years ago professional Mac users might have owned a version of Adobe CS and used it for years, but the slow rate at which companies updated probably lead Adobe to switch to a subscription model. Understandably there are lots of Mac users who are disappointed that Adobe doesn’t sell a ‘perpetual license’ for the full version of Photoshop any more. If you want to take a look there’s also aħ-day free trial so you can take the software for a test run. If you’re a creative professional though, or are used to the full-blown version of Photoshop, then you may find too many tools missing from the box.

You will have access to features like masks, layers, colourisation, image manipulation and other useful, more consumer-level effects with Elements. However, I recommend delaying that uninstall to allow enough time to make sure the new version is working properly and not creating any problems.The benefit of Photoshop Elements is that you can buy it outright and install it on your Mac. That means after installing a major update you could uninstall the previous version. Generally speaking, you only need one version of a given application installed. This differs from a minor update, where the existing installation is upgraded. More Detail: When you install a major update for one of the applications in the Adobe Creative Cloud, the new version will be installed in addition to the existing version. Tim’s Quick Answer: After installing a major update to Photoshop (or other applications) I do recommend keeping the older version for a brief period while you confirm the new version is working properly and not causing any problems. Does this ring any bells? I’m going to replace my primary photo editing computer soon and this has prompted the question. Today’s Question: I seem to recall reading or hearing somewhere that there may be some advantage to retaining Photoshop 2019 on one’s computer even after upgrading to Photoshop 2020.

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