HI!!! anyone have a adobe photoshop they want to sell!?!?!?!

[BackdoorArts]

There is also the option to lease via the adobe cloud.

I haven't explored this option, but I also see this as a way of checking and rechecking credentials. "What, you graduated?! Congratulations!! Your monthly fee is now..."

My cable company blessed me with a new box that relies heavily on cloud distribution. Lets just say that I've had it miss 10-15% of all scheduled DVR recordings, lost access to the recordings on my box temporarily while they fix software, can't watch stations because of software bugs. Give me something released with the option to upgrade when my problem is fixed and not suffer through daily patch releases in the cloud. I know it's all dependent upon the s/w company, but it's hellish.

 

[Geoffc]

Jake, you install on your PC as normal even with Adobe cloud. You download once and install. You then get notified of updates which you can choose to take or not. It is not dependant on the web each time you use it.

In addition to LR and CS6 I've actually found myself using Dreamweaver as I maintain a website, Premiere for my new D800 video capability, Acrobat Pro for work stuff etc etc. I'm very pleased with what I get from the cloud by helping out the teacher. Given what I use now I would have to consider the full price option if this one went away, although I still think they should have a home use price.

You can also install on two machines although not officially for simultaneous use. On the odd occasion I've been using two it didn't cause a problem. I don't feel bad about that as it is rare that my wife comes in and uses the same app as me at the same time.

 

[AC016]

What matters to Adobe, is that the software is being delivered to someone who is either a student at the school or a faculty member. They scrutinize the email address and the delivery address. Keep in mind as well, that many states have State Contracts with Adobe. For Example, the State of Texas has their Sate Adobe contract through the Texas DIR. These are contracts that are negotiated every few years or so. The State will then get their own CLP number for all state and local government entitities to use. Education facilities have to get their own, but their CLP numbers are attached to the master Education CLP number under the state. These contracts are held by VARs and it is the VARs that state, local and education facilities will call to get their Adobe licenses. The VAR processes the order, which then goes to an Authorized dealer (such as Douglas Stewart for Education) and then is passed off to Adobe for the final processing. The pricing on these mass CLP contracts is insane - on the most part, a few points below cost! There are other avenues - as most of you know - for students/teachers to get their Adobe at low prices. A personal purchase on a schools CLP number is not the best thing to do. If Adobe audits the school - and they can - and see that a certain license is not being used at the school, but rather outside the school, there could be issues. And dealing with Adobe on a corporate customer level (im not talking about dealing with the CS people that you get when you dial the 800#) is frustrating to no end.