Photoshop For Free - LEGAL! - NOT CRACKED!

[Factor8™]

FIRST OFF, THIS IS NOT ILLEGAL. THIS IS A VOLUME LICENSE KEY. IF YOU WANT THE KEY, PM ME, I WON'T POST SO ADOBE DOESN'T BLOCK IT IN THE NEXT FEW UPDATES.


To install-

1.) Download a trial of Photoshop EXTENDED at Adobe.com
2.) Mount open the disk image and follow the directions below.
3.) Locate and click on the file "Install" on the image
4.) Select trial serial and install
5.) Quit Photoshop if it opens after launch
6.) Open the 'Terminal' application and paste in the following:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

7.) Enter your password and a text document will pop open
8.) Paste in the following between 127.0.0.1 localhost and 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com

9.) Save the hosts document (command+s)
10.) Run the following in terminal to flush your DNS cache:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

11.) Open Photoshop CS5 and click on the help menu and select "Deactivate…"
12.) Select "Deactivate Permanently" then done. Quit photoshop
13.) Reopen Photoshop and enter the serial
14.) You're done!

 

[OliverE]

Not illegal but frowned upon lol.
Nice tut though

Perhaps upload the key to the downloads section ?

 

[Factor8™]

Yeah Adobe gets pretty butthurt, but nothing they can do.

Key is only available by PM. I don't want some AE rep downloading it, or demanding it.