Ever wanted to get Photoshop CC but were scared away by the $29,99/month? I know how it is. “Free Photoshop” sounds good when you are a student or newbie designer.

30 bucks per month doesn’t seem much, but for a newbie designer who doesn’t have projects on a regular basis, that seems a lot.

So, why is it so expensive? Consider that Photoshop has had its release date in 1990. Since that date, they’ve poured millions of dollars into research and into product development.

They have a great team of developers, artists, and others who expect to get paid for their work. The fact that so many people work for the product means they require to keep the price relatively high to compensate.

Over the years, they’ve improved the software and added more useful features with each version.

It’s a huge editing tool that can help you:

edit photos

create photo manipulations

design brochures, business cards, posters, and other print materials

design logos

design websites

and much more

How to get Photoshop for free

You read that right.

I’m offering you the chance to get Photoshop CC for free. I’m putting on the table a Photoshop license valid for a year.

How about saving $239.88? Or €285.37 with VAT included, if you’re from the European Union. Yaay!

And I’m not talking about the Photoshop free trial that many of us have used.

You could download the full version of Photoshop for free. Legally. :)

Are there any limitations? Nope. You can download it for Windows, 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Mac. Whatever you want.

Along with the app, you’ll get:

1. Your own portfolio website created with Adobe Portfolio

Over half a million creatives use Portfolio, from interaction designers to sculptors. Whatever your creative field is, they’ve got you covered.

Don’t know HTML or CSS? No problem. With Portfolio, you pick a layout, customize it, and your website is ready — it’s that easy. Your site is natively responsive so you don’t have to worry about making it look great on mobile.

Adobe Portfolio even lets you easily connect with Behance to import your projects. You can use your own domain name, and I’m sure you’ll want to.

2. The portfolio plan from Typekit worth $49.99/year

If you don’t know much about Typekit, I’ll shed some light.

Typekit is a subscription service for fonts which you can sync to your computer or use on a website. Instead of licensing individual fonts, you can sign up for the plan that best suits your needs and get a library of fonts from which to choose.

Fonts from Typekit can be used to make websites, t-shirts, books, posters, and more.

What you are getting:

Fonts for syncing

Bring fonts from Typekit into your applications and use them as you would any other system font. Synced fonts aren’t limited to Creative Cloud apps and work anywhere you need them.

Choose from 5700+ fonts

100 fonts synced at once

Use in any application

Fonts for the web

Choose from 7500+ fonts

500,000 pageviews/month

Unlimited websites

Unlimited families/website

3. 20 GB of cloud storage

Enter the competition

To enter the competition, use the widget below:

Win a Photoshop CC subscription for 1 year



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Enter the giveaway and grab a chance at getting an Adobe Photoshop subscription for free for 1 year.

Picking a winner

The winner will be picked randomly through Gleam.io.

I won’t pick the best looking person, the one with the curliest hair or the one with the most bad-ass beard.

The winner will be chosen randomly.

Trust issues with contests like this one

I’ve always taken giveaways with a grain of salt. I never knew if the contest admin will deliver what is promised.

So, I’ll make everything as transparent as possible when it comes to choosing a winner and delivering the product to him or her. Screenshots, screencasts and everything.

Say hello to the contest winner

And here’s me buying the license:

And handing it over to the contest winner.