I have moved to the other side - iMac

[billspin]

I have recently purchased an iMac and want to leave my Windozzz behind. I edit photos as a hobby and currently use Photoshop CS2. I stitch sequence shots and make family photos. Usually many different shots put together on a 8 X 10 page like a theme shot for Holidays of the get together. I was looking at Aperture 2.1 to replace CS2 or I can upgrade to CS3 and transfer the license to the iMac. Can anyone shed some light on what would be the best route since I am not exactly sure of what to do. Thanks

[Matt Garcia]

Welcome to the "other side".

Do you still have your CS2 CD and if so is it Mac compatible? If it is I would install CS2 and then upgrade to CS3.

I have never transferred a license, typically I believe you can install the software 3-5 seperate times on any computer using the same info...at least that is what I have done but that may have changed.

I have never used Aperture though.

[TeamAllen]

Which iMac did you get? If you still needed some of those Widows applications I recommend using Allume VMWare Fusion.

I have heard great reviews about the new Aperture. I have the CS3 Suite. I didn't upgrade, just a full version. If your original CS2 isn't Mac compatible I think you can contact Adobe and they will replace it. I probably would try and contact Adobe anyway and check out the options.

Enjoy your new computer!

[ragboy]

I have recently purchased an iMac and want to leave my Windozzz behind. I edit photos as a hobby and currently use Photoshop CS2. I stitch sequence shots and make family photos. Usually many different shots put together on a 8 X 10 page like a theme shot for Holidays of the get together. I was looking at Aperture 2.1 to replace CS2 or I can upgrade to CS3 and transfer the license to the iMac. Can anyone shed some light on what would be the best route since I am not exactly sure of what to do. Thanks

I write software for a few photographic companies, and get just about all that software for free, including aperture, lightroom, photoshop, etc.

Aperture and lightroom are not really for editing at all. They are for organizing LARGE libraries of images and doing things like color correction and single image editing like that.

Photoshop is def what you need, and you may want photoshop + aperture or lightroom, its a good combo.

It is usually not possible to transfer licenses across platforms with adobe.

[billspin]

Thanks for all of your help. I knew this site would help.

matt-I currently have the pc only version ov cs2.

teamallen-I got the 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB ram 24", 500GB drive

ragboy-I checked with Adobe and they will let me upgrade to cs3 on the pc then transfer the license to the mac and they will also supply mac disks to load it. I just have to complete a certificate of destruction to them for the pc when I get done.