Re: Legal Photoshop?

The Dave© wrote:

no_name wrote: 


The Dave© wrote:


PK wrote:
Any students in your household? - grab the education version if
they could use it at school. There were some great deals going
there on Adobe collection packages that included PS-CS2 and other
useful applications.



I have a high school student, but he doesn't do anything that would
require it.  Not sure if that means anything, though.


Legally, you could probably buy it "for" your student. Whether it
would be ethical to do so when you intend to use it yourself is
another matter. Something to decide between you and your own
conscience.

There's a place on the web called academic superstore that could help
you sort it out. They have the "student" versions, and a page
explaining what the various vendors require.

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/

Click the eligibility link.

Adobe requires student photo ID. You have to fax it to the store
after placing your order to verify eligibility before it's shipped.

Their price for the acedemic version of CS2 is $289.99. They don't
offer an academic version of the upgrade which is all I actually need.

Drat!! I could legally and ethically qualify for the academic version.
Guess I'll just have to pay retail for the upgrade when I get around
to it.

Phooey!

;-D 


So, if I understand this right, the student version is a fully
functional version.  And, conceivably, I could pay the $290 for it,
then when the next upgrade comes out, pay the regular upgrade fee, $150
or whatever it is, right?  Does it remain a student version after you
upgrade?


You'd have to get Adobe to tell you for certain, but I think the only difference between the academic version and the retail version is the price and who is allowed to buy it.

It's a full version, and as such upgrades like a full version.


To me, the upgrade price is a tad high, but not unreasonable.  The
full-blown retail price is unreasonable, though, hence my shopping
around.

I have been considering taking a photography course at the local
college.  More for fun, because I have the basics down ok, but iut
could serve a dual purpose.  :-)


Well, at age 56, I'm back in school studying photography for my 4th career. I won't actually need Photoshop for school until next year, this year is all film based and down to the basics at that (Med format, B&W ISO exposure method, hand processing & dry-mount presentation ... ya' gotta crawl before you can walk).

But I already own a full version of CS, having bit the bullet earlier this year, although I did take advantage of an offer that knocked about $50 off the retail price when I bought it.

Previously I owned Photoshop 5 LE that came bundled with my Nikon CoolscanIV ED. Photoshop 5 LE wasn't eligible for upgrade, CS wouldn't run on the computer I had available at the time (took a laptop, DSLR & two lenses to IRAQ when my Guard unit was mobilized), so I purchased a used copy of Photoshop 7 through Amazon.com.

I just wasn't comfortable with the legitimacy of that copy, so I went ahead bought the retail version CS once I was "back in the USSR" and had access to a computer that could run it ... actually built a computer to run it.

It was a lot of money, especially since I had already decided to try to get through the next 2 years on the combination of what I saved while I was in Iraq & my drill pay (although with 30 years TIS, my drill pay ain't nothin' to sneeze at).

Photoshop costs just too damn much.

But when you consider the limited size of the market, the cost of development (just look at the list of programmers on the logo screen - salaries and all that) and the need to not only pay off the costs, but make a profit, it's understandable. And reasonable.

But good quality tools are essential if you want to do good work. And I want to do good work. I hope to find some way to make money from my photography, supplement my income, before this year is out.

And once you get over the initial hurdle, the cost of upgrading isn't as much of a problem. I think the upgrade price is quite reasonable.

And I'm not claiming the quality of the tool makes me a better photographer, only that good quality tools make it easier for me to become a better photographer.

Good tools don't make you better, but poor tools can hold you back.
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