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How to Get a Free Trial of Photoshop
You can download Photoshop free for seven days
By Stacy Fisher Stacy Fisher Technology Educator Emporia State University Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on March 4, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Design Graphic Design Photoshop Animation & Video 3D Design Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing applications. Fortunately, you can take advantage of a trial period to avoid spending even a penny on it. Below are instructions for downloading an absolutely free version of Adobe Photoshop for your Windows or Mac computer. You get access to all the same features and tools as with the one you can purchase, with the only difference being that it will become unusable after seven days. Nusha Ashjaee / Lifewire Dozens of free online image editors have similar features as Photoshop but without the time restriction. We also keep a list of free downloadable photo editors that you can use in place of Adobe's. How to Get a Free Trial of Photoshop
Although the whole installation process takes a little while to complete, nearly all of it is automated, which means you have to click through just a few screens to install Photoshop. Your computer needs at least 8 GB of RAM and over 4 GB of free hard drive space in order to use Photoshop. You should check the remaining free space on your hard drive before moving forward. Be sure to use the trial when you'll be most apt to try out all the features. After having the Photoshop free trial for seven days, you cannot install the trial again, regardless of whether you actually used it every day during the free period. Open the Photoshop Free Trial page on Adobe's website, and select Try for free. Select the trial you want. To get just Photoshop for free, use the Start free trial button in that section. Or, you can grab some other Adobe programs during the same trial period, like InDesign and Illustrator. Enter your email address and then select Continue to log in or create a new account. This is required to get the free Photoshop trial. If you plan to pay for it after the trial, now is the time you can alter the commitment. Choose from an annual or monthly plan. Choose a payment method—credit/debit card or PayPal—and enter those details as described on the page, and then select Agree and subscribe. You aren't paying for Photoshop on this screen. As long as the "due now" price off to the right still says $0.00, you're just getting the trial. However, as you'll learn at the bottom of this page, you'll have to cancel the trial before the seven days are up unless you want to pay for Photoshop. If you're a new user, you'll see this screen where you need to enter a password for your account. Select Set your password and follow the directions on Adobe's site to make your new Adobe account. The download should begin immediately. When it's finished, open the installer. If you don't see anything, download and install Creative Cloud manually from Adobe's website. Follow the setup file's on-screen directions to install Creative Cloud and Photoshop. This involves selecting Continue in the installer, logging in to your Adobe account in a web browser, and then choosing Start installing. Wait for several minutes as Creative Cloud installs. Once installation is finished, Creative Cloud will open and begin installing Photoshop. Photoshop should open automatically once it gets installed. If it doesn't, use the arrow next to its button in Creative Cloud to find the Open option. How to Cancel the Photoshop Free Trial
If you don't want to actually buy Photoshop, you'll need to cancel before the trial period is up. Follow the steps below to end your free trial of Photoshop, or you can contact Adobe for help. Open your Adobe Account page and log in using the same information you used when getting the trial. Open the My Plans area of your account through the Plans tab at the top. Select Manage plan. Choose Cancel plan on the next page and then explain why you're canceling your trial, followed by Continue. Read through what cancelling your plan means (you won't be able to access Photoshop and cloud storage space is reduced), and then select Continue. An Offers page tries to get you to stay one last time. Select No thanks. Finally, end the Photoshop trial by selecting Confirm on the final page. More Photoshop Freebies
Plenty of free resources are available to use with this image editor. Whether you have the Photoshop free trial or the full version of the software, be sure to check out all the free add-ons you can get along with it. There are tons of free stock photo websites where you can find free images to edit in Photoshop. There are also full PSD templates available for download that include all the layers necessary to edit a project in the PSD format. If you'd rather use your own photos and just include some free textures, patterns, or shapes to spice things up, that's an option, too. Also available for free are tools necessary to do the editing, like Photoshop actions that can speed up your editing steps, and filters and plugins to add more functionality to the program. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire How to Get fuboTV on Fire Stick The 5 Best Alternatives to Photoshop for Android How to Cancel an Amazon Prime Membership 10 Best Free Photo Editing Programs How to Make a Pattern in Photoshop 8 Best Free Photo Editing Apps How to Get Ecards and Online Invitations at Punchbowl Microsoft Office Free Trial: What You Need to Know How to Change Background Color in Photoshop ACO File (What It Is & How to Open One) What Is Photoshop? How to Cancel Your HBO Max Subscription Fast GRD File (What It Is & How to Open One) The Best Mac Desktop Publishing Software of 2022 How to Get Netflix for Free How to Convert PDF to Word Files on Mac Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies