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Hurry: Adobe Giving Consumers Free Copy of Photoshop CS4


free photoshop.pngAdobe posted a page about 35 minutes ago allowing consumers to submit a request for a free Photoshop CS4 serial number, and I’ve been able to successfully use it activate the trial version of the app. They supposedly have a press release that will be posted soon, but the rumor is that they are only providing free product keys to the first 25,000 people that request them. I submitted my request for a key and received the email about 2-minutes later.

The site Adobe currently has up doesn’t give any specifics as to why they are actually giving the software away to consumers, and doesn’t say anything about how they will verify that you’ll be using it for personal use. Heck, with how fast I got my key there has to be little to no verification done (maybe they’re making sure your email isn’t coming from a corporate domain). I used my Gmail account, and if I were you I’d use some generic account, too (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc…).

At this point I’m not quite sure what will happen if you try to use the serial number with the Creative Suite, but I’ll probably give it a whirl a little later. My guess is that it will only activate Photoshop though, and the other apps will still need to be activated.

You can download the trial version of Photoshop CS4 here, and you can register for your free product key here. Don’t get greedy and register for multiple serial numbers either, otherwise it might come back to bite you in the butt.

Ginipic: Enhanced Image Search for Your Desktop PhotoFunia: Make a Fool of Yourself (and Your Friends) April 1st, 2009 Written by Ryan
  1. Michael DobrofskyAll-StarApril 1, 2009 at 5:05 am

    Ha…that was a pretty obvious one ;) As have all the others I’ve encountered this year.

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  2. PeteApril 1, 2009 at 5:30 am

    Can’t believe I actually clicked on the link.

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  3. RichardApril 1, 2009 at 6:10 am

    This is so stupid, but I fell for it.

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  4. Peewee CruzApril 1, 2009 at 6:16 am

    I wonder why the link is tinyurl. Clicked it anyway and got fooled. Never been fooled in April 1 in the net before. :o

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  5. KrisApril 1, 2009 at 6:24 am

    always the skeptic, I figured this was an April Fool’s Joke. But always the optimist, I clicked the link anyway.

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  6. NikolaApril 1, 2009 at 7:31 am

    I fell for it and clicked it. The moment I clicked I figured it was a prank, but yeah… :)

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  7. Omar UpeguiAll-StarApril 1, 2009 at 8:07 am

    You got me there Ryan. Forgot about April Fools Day. Feel like an idiot. Good prank! :mrgreen:

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  8. Milin PaulApril 1, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Nice thing.. I just forget about the day…. Cool thing brother….

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  9. steveApril 1, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I totally fell for this. When will I learn?

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  10. AndyDrumApril 1, 2009 at 9:45 am

    it’s even funnier because I’m sure Ryan can look up who clicked on the link and how many times. :)

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  11. Victor VasconcelosApril 1, 2009 at 11:28 am

    For the first second, I actually believed it. But it was not enough to make me click the link.

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  12. MilesApril 1, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    The 25,000 giveaway quantity didn’t sound possible, but I still looked for a free lunch!

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  13. DaveApril 1, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    I totally fell for it

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  14. CasinoMorongoApril 1, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    I clicked because I wanted to know if i will get Rickrolled or something else…

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  15. AnonymousApril 1, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    That’s not right. I’m such a sucker.

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  17. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 4:25 am

    Seriously unfair….it’s April 2nd where i am…and i STILL fell for it!

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  18. WykedengelApril 2, 2009 at 8:04 am

    This isn’t cool…I fell for it and I knew it was a joke but i couldn’t resist the possibility of being left out!

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  20. M1keAll-StarApril 2, 2009 at 11:05 am

    You should have RickRoll’d people instead :P

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  21. MarcoMRApril 3, 2009 at 6:33 am

    Well i hadn’t click it …

    But got curious … ;)

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  22. AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 11:05 am

    it’s april 2nd here.. and I fell for it.. :)

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  23. saadApril 4, 2009 at 2:37 am

    it’s 4th april and not i only fell for it … i also called my friends to register …and then i clicked…go figure…

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  24. RyanAuthorApril 5, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    I find it pretty funny that I got so many people to fall for this. This year I wanted to do something that was hopefully a little less obvious than what I did last year. So I played up to what every geek could hope for. :)

    In case people are wondering over 1,200 people clicked on the link on our site… and that doesn’t even count the likely thousands that clicked on the link from the feeds.

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  25. AnnaApril 9, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Good one. I’ll admit I for a little while thought that they could actually be giving a few away, as part of some marketing scheme…
    I clicked the link to see where I’d end up just in case :)

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  26. sebApril 22, 2009 at 2:21 am

    I always fall for stuff like that. I keep forgetting April Fools!

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