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| Thread ID: 44452 | 2004-04-19 12:06:00 | Which Photoshop Elements? | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 230522 | 2004-04-19 12:06:00 | Silly me. I thought that after reading last months PC World article on digital imaging, I might buy Elements 2 Good review. Sounds easy. So off to Dick Smith go my trusty electrons (nothing beats virtual shopping eh) to discover that this software comes as: Elements 2 $289 or, Album $229 or, Academic $139 What??? Couldn't Adobe just sell some really good software at the one price? OK, I sent the enthusiastic electrons off to Adobe - and rapidly developed a headache. Who could I share this with, I wondered? Naturalement - the good folk at PF1 will be able to explain the differences in the above and I will be a wiser and happier bear. Help please. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 230523 | 2004-04-19 12:14:00 | Academic is for students, album I would guess is a cataloger. Get Elements 2. |
metla (154) | ||
| 230524 | 2004-04-19 12:37:00 | Make that 2 for Elements 2. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 230525 | 2004-04-19 12:57:00 | The academic version of Elements is Elements 2 just as the academic version of xp, office, photoshop etc. are full versions of the respective retail programmes. Different criteria apply for purchasing different academic programmes. Office you can get just by claiming to be a student. XP pro, you usually need to supply I.D. showing that you are in the academic line of work. I dont know the criteria for purchasing academic elements or any of the adobe products but elements is a nice programme. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 230526 | 2004-04-19 17:17:00 | Yeah if you have a student card you can get the Academic version and save some roubles | Greg S (201) | ||
| 230527 | 2004-04-19 23:05:00 | So these academic or educational editions are the real McCoy? I assumed there would be something missing. $150 price difference seems pretty astonishing. Thanks for the explanation. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 230528 | 2004-04-19 23:24:00 | The Academic versions are exactly the same version as the full version. Licence restrictions apply: You must be a student (with Student ID) or employed in a tertiary institution (with ID) You cannot use it for commercial purposes. Its a cunning ploy to get people using the product from an early age? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 230529 | 2004-04-20 07:50:00 | Thanks GF. I'm a student of life so I'm sure to qualify. Alternatively I still have an old Otago University ID somewhere. I see someone on Trademe selling Elements 2 for $229 which I now suspect might be a canny student. Loopholes, loopholes.............. :D | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 230530 | 2004-04-20 08:28:00 | I have a question, If I purchased the academic version while at Uni, but I continue using it after I've finished uni, is that "legal"? |
KingWave (5517) | ||
| 230531 | 2004-04-20 08:39:00 | You need to read the EULA for that product. As a guide, MS Word EULA states: If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is identified as "Academic Edition" or "AE", You must be a "Qualified Educational User" to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. If You are not a Qualified Educational User, You have no rights under this EULA. and Notwithstanding the section of this EULA "Software Product Transfer" and/or any other inconsistent provisions of this EULA, You may not transfer this SOFTWARE PRODUCT. Which suggests that if you are no longer a "Qualified Educational User" you have no rights to use the software? Also you are not able to transfer (sell, give away, trade) the software. However, Winston001, our resident legal counsel, will no doubt be able to advise his version of these events? |
godfather (25) | ||
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