Where to buy an older version of Photoshop?

[LSmith4285]

The GIMP isn't exactly something your Grandpappy could use for touching up a few photos, which is why I hesitated to mention it.

Yeah I was hoping to get Photoshop and then getting him the Dummies Guide, I'll take a look at GIMP myself but initially I was thinking the same as aidanjt.

I'll also take a look at PSP and Elements.

Thanks for the replies guys.

[aidanjt]

You might want to look at this:
http://picasa.google.com/features/features-edit.html

It's not bad, and it should do all he needs to do with ease.

[Flibb]

I would go for photoshop elements, easier to use the GIMP or the full PS. Have also heard good things about the microsoft photo editing package, ment to be very easy to use, just cant remember its proper name.

[Fabula]

I think someone has modded the gimp to have a layout much more like photoshop. Don't know if dev is still active, but I am sure I downloaded it a few years ago.
Look for gimpshop.

[Mithrandir]

I have little/no experience using photo editing packages, but I used the GIMP to create my signature (below) using online guides. I've had a play around Photoshop before but its no easier to use.

[UltraMagnus]

i have never seen where the whole " the GIMP is hard to use" thing comes from, i have always found its interface to be much more intuitive than that of photoshop.

and, seriously, its free, let him try it and see if he likes it, i have found people that have bee indoctrinated into the photoshop interface find the gimp hard to use because its interface is different.

[directhex]

i have never seen where the whole " the GIMP is hard to use" thing comes from, i have always found its interface to be much more intuitive than that of photoshop.

and, seriously, its free, let him try it and see if he likes it, i have found people that have bee indoctrinated into the photoshop interface find the gimp hard to use because its interface is different.

gimp makes it hard to do primitive things like lines & squares - partly due to the lack of handles (black squares you drag to resize stuff in most image-editing apps)

[Giraffe]

The GIMP isn't exactly something your Grandpappy could use for touching up a few photos, which is why I hesitated to mention it.

For that, FastStone Viewer is v. good. Once used to it, the interface is superb.