installing/using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

While there is an Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 plugin update for G5 (OS X) available
from their update web page, I am not certain about where that would fit in this
situation where the app itself acts oddly, when installed in your computer system.

In fact, two plugin updates for G5 running OS X are listed; one is 11MB & another
is 1.4 MB; both of these are from the years 2004 and 2003, respectively. And they
are specific to version 7.0.1, not 7.0. (Appears to be a retail step, maybe?)

So, that makes the updates and the application itself rather old and probably suspect.

Even though there is some evidence of a Photoshop 7 that runs under a Mac OS X.
There should be some information on the product's retail box as to what system specs
it was made to run within the year that Photoshop version was written.

The current version of Photoshop is at least v. 11 now; there are updates at Adobe for it.
The latest would likely be for the latest Intel-based Mac and not Universal build anymore.

And Leopard 10.5.8 does not support a Classic (a captive non-boot OS9 ran under OS X)
as that was dropped after Tiger 10.4.11. If the Photoshop retail installer offers an OS X
version installer, or one for use in Classic/OS9, an OS X version still may not work in 10.5.8.
Since the G5 did not support dual-booting directly in OS 9.2.2, the other aspect is also out.

Perhaps someone who has gone this path will contribute relating to their experienced findings.
While I have a complete Adobe suite including Photoshop, a vintage one that I still could use,
I have found less in-depth software that does most of what I'd ever need, newer, in freeware.

{For simple edits outside of iPhoto, I've found the free-running ToyViewer to be adequate; it has
more tools than I need, since I try to use the camera settings to create a reasonably fair original.}

Hopefully there's an easy answer...
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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