Journal #5392 by pepper

pepper

Posted 16 years ago2008-10-01 15:54:04 UTC

pepper

Adobe CS4 is deu in for November 08, certainly interesting for me. Would i mind having a legal version so i could actually sell my work? Yes. What is the price i would pay for that? Well, take a look at this stuff:

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/29/adobe-cs4-pricing-plain-wrong

Now, if we put this into google:

adobe CS4 pricing

Then:

http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=adobe+CS4+pricing&btnG=Google+zoeken&meta=

Something is seriously fucked up, and someone should smack those people at Adobe in the face. Offcourse you can apply this to many products like 3D studiomax, which even though is a really good product but also terribly overpriced. Somehow, i think this isnt going to change anytime soon, and it really isnt wise to startup a business with illegal software.

SpaG

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-01 16:38:32 UTC Comment #35121

What the hell.

raver

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-01 17:10:51 UTC Comment #35127

For big companies this is peanuts. They buy one copy and then the whole network can use it. Photoshop is build for the big ones. The rest just download it for free

Spike

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-01 17:12:11 UTC Comment #35125

Being a pirate is alright with me!
Do what you want cause a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!

And you can always say you've done the textures with Paint

Luke

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-01 17:54:30 UTC Comment #35119

That is pretty ridiculous.

Amazon FTW.

Strider

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-01 22:05:24 UTC Comment #35116

I know what you mean, Pepper. I'd gladly buy the two or three Adobe programs I like if they were reasonably priced.

Rimrook

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 01:19:56 UTC Comment #35120

CS4 has some nice bells and whistles on it, especially flash this time around. It's built towards Animators rather than artists. So you can make a 2D character rig that works like a 3D rig.

Of course, it gets easier as I'm nearing my graduation from uni.

as far as purchasing? likely not. I won't DL them either, I'm fine with what I have. The only advantage of getting the new CS4 Photoshoop is it can now use your GPU. (graphics card)

EDIT: quick rundown. see for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_nRFR3h0w

Daubster

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 03:14:10 UTC Comment #35122

I'll warez it.

pepper

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 03:56:48 UTC Comment #35114

Yes, but you cant warez it when your a company.

Rim, i indeed look forward to flash 10, 3D'ish stuff and all that jazz is going to make a big leap in the casual games market. Unfortunately its immensely overpriced.

Daubster

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 04:24:03 UTC Comment #35123

Those prices aren't high at all for your average company.

Strider

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 05:55:39 UTC Comment #35117

Perhaps not, but they're still ridiculous for what they are.

Fireworks alone is priced at over $400 full iirc, which is crap considering what a lot of FREE alternatives offer.

pepper

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 08:24:14 UTC Comment #35115

Daube, its only a single license, imagine needing to install that on every single computer...

Skals

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-02 15:37:59 UTC Comment #35124

wow. i understand if they made it ?300, but ?1,200? thats crazy. thats like $2000

Spike

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-03 05:58:34 UTC Comment #35126

buying is for profesionals, pirating for clever users.

Strider

Commented 16 years ago2008-10-03 14:38:40 UTC Comment #35118

Ssshh!

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