this has me worried.... it's cheaper to get the upgrades to design standard and web premium than to get the design premium....
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Pricing and Upgrades
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this has me worried.... it's cheaper to get the upgrades to design standard and web premium than to get the design premium....
hi all.
i'm a legitimate academic user, and I was wondering if anybody has anything on education pricing for design standard. since the retail price for cs2 premium was 1199, and edu for cs2 premium was ~$400, I'm guessing that cs3 design standard academic will be ~$400? Thoughts on this are most welcome.
i'm a legitimate academic user, and I was wondering if anybody has anything on education pricing for design standard. since the retail price for cs2 premium was 1199, and edu for cs2 premium was ~$400, I'm guessing that cs3 design standard academic will be ~$400? Thoughts on this are most welcome.
This software isnt meant for hobbyist.
Actually the software in hobbyist hands is probably one of the worst things to happen to the software(increased pirating by lay people) and cranked out crappy "design".
Thankfully I don't use ImageReady's more advanced features... or at least aren't dependent on them. But I still do need some sliced images - though not for tables.
See, I will often create my site design in something like Illustrator, and then cut the various pictures from the master AI file using ImageReady. (Illustrator's slicing controls really really bother me - in CS1, at least, which is all I've got.) Sometimes what I do is as simple as cutting the logo out of the design, other times I need to use custom something-or-another and need to cut it out. Sometimes it is a bit more complicated - sometimes I have an element which needs to grow smoothly but has oddly-designed edges or corners. Rounded corners, anyone? What about rounded shadows?
So I do use it, but as I don't require it too dearly, I will decide to go without that instead of sacrificing InDesign...
What is your definition of "hobbyist?" Because most likely I agree with you, but some people do stuff like, say, create their own websites, or others, or do some photo touch-up even. They may be quite good designers, but they don't do it for a living. Are these people "hobbyists," because if they are, then there is a group of people who should be able to get the software but can't.
I'm not a hobbyist - at least not in my own definition. I spend tons of time each day working on websites. I've only had a couple of paying web design jobs, however (I'm still in school/College). Does that make me a hobbyist? I write very advanced code, spend many hours programming in PHP + HTML + CSS plus a language of my own invention which compiles to PHP. Is that the actions of a hobbyist?
I'm waiting for the academic pricing, actually. Hopefully that'll be a bit cheaper. (I wish it were like Autodesk's Maya - ~$390 for Unlimited, which costs $7000 otherwise...)
Does this mean GoLive is no more? I never liked Dreamweaver
GoLive is supposed to still be around, as a consumer-oriented package, and thus not part of CS3.
No one checks on you but it's still illegal. You might as well download it off the internet
I believe everything is in fact Intel-native.
No, I suppose I'd be more of an obsessor...
With the vector objects in Photoshop now, I've gotten into to habit of just dragging all the elements from illustrator into PS, and making my web graphics from there... don't see the need for imageready or fireworks anymore... (I never switch to imageready within PS unless I need to make an animated gif.)
wrong. you can legally use it to make money:
from the edu puchasing FAQ:
Professional/commercial use
Student question
"I'm very interested in buying the Education version of Adobe Creative Suite, but first I want to know if the software can be used to produce work for paying customers once I am working in the industry, or do I have to buy a different version of Creative Suite once I'm working in the industry?”
Answer
Good news! You can use Adobe Education software (any title!) to produce commercial/professional paid-for work when you leave school, or even while you are in school. In this regard, Adobe does not limit how student software is used. So students can use it to learn and to make money!
(Of course, students must agree to the terms of the End User Licensing Agreement — which appears during installation — just as every software customer must do.)
Confusing and expensive
Adobe needs to simplify their product line , and do something about the pricing.
Similar to what Apple did with Logic, only two versions now, and all the goodies thrown in, although I still see room for a midrange version with upgrade option to the real deal, to ease the financial pain. This is the way I did it in the Emagic days, I'd never be able to afford the full product in one go, I upgraded to it over 4 years. (We need a path from Express, to Expert, to Pro or something....)
Can't wait what Apple will offer in the Final Cut and Aperture department to counter some of the offerings Adobe has here, hopefully at better prices that mere mortals can afford.
Yes I understand that lots of these products are geared towards Pro's, but there is no inbetween so it seems, the products usually offered, are too simple, and if you want more, you end up spending $700,- plus.
Where are the midrange packages for $499,- ish?
In most product lines, 3 stages works best I believe.
Adobe needs to simplify their product line , and do something about the pricing.
Similar to what Apple did with Logic, only two versions now, and all the goodies thrown in, although I still see room for a midrange version with upgrade option to the real deal, to ease the financial pain. This is the way I did it in the Emagic days, I'd never be able to afford the full product in one go, I upgraded to it over 4 years. (We need a path from Express, to Expert, to Pro or something....)
Can't wait what Apple will offer in the Final Cut and Aperture department to counter some of the offerings Adobe has here, hopefully at better prices that mere mortals can afford.
Yes I understand that lots of these products are geared towards Pro's, but there is no inbetween so it seems, the products usually offered, are too simple, and if you want more, you end up spending $700,- plus.
Where are the midrange packages for $499,- ish?
In most product lines, 3 stages works best I believe.
True, but Adobe's spin has always been that it is better to get people to buy at least the edu version, because otherwise they' likely bootleg it somehow.
and all those edu user buy upgrades later on.
Wow! Less restrictive than Autodesk's Maya! That's certainly good news...
I hope it will be that easy. But I do every once in a great great while (I've had to do it once) have to create an animated gif. It was for a progress-loading indicator that I didn't want to reside in javascript (though that may have been easier).
It's the faking being a student part that's illegal, or at least somewhat immoral. But, as I said, Adobe wants you to purchase now, and then buy upgrades later...
I hope so, but what else did they change?.. (and will Flash finally support SVG, and did they redo actionscript, again....)