Photoshop CS student version licencing agreement?

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swachtma
Jan 20, 2004
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I’m working on an associate’s degree in web development and this semester I’m taking my first graphic design course for the web. The last week or so I’ve been looking at various photo editing tools and ultimately decided to purchase a copy of Photoshop CS. Since I’m a college student I can get the software at student pricing, but as I came closer to purchasing the product I thought I had heard someone say that the licensing agreement of the student version of Photoshop was different from the standard retail version in that the student version could not be use for professional purposes. I was wondering if anyone had any information on this? If I won’t be able to use the software professionally then I think I’ll get a copy of MX fireworks to get me through school and then buy the retail version of Photoshop later on.

Thank you,
Scott
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john
Jan 20, 2004
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(Scott) wrote:

[…] I thought I had heard someone
say that the licensing agreement of the student version of Photoshop was different from the standard retail version in that the student version could not be use for professional purposes. […]

Never mind what someone said. Read the EULA on www.adobe.com where, by the way, you can get a free 30-day trial version. The student version of the software is the same as the regular version. The differences concern transfer of the license.
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J Warren
Jan 22, 2004
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Never mind what someone said. Read the EULA on www.adobe.com where, by the way, you can get a free 30-day trial version. The student version of the software is the same as the regular version. The differences concern transfer of the license.
AFIK, once you upgrade to a newer version (at the full upgrade price), the limitations on the academic version license are lifted. Not a bad deal overall.
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suzan
Jan 25, 2004
Macromedia doesn’t like Educational versions used for professional work. Their lic. says so. Adobe is not so nasty about Students transitioning to the work world. Read the link given in a previous post.

Macromedia doesn’t get it that when you are going from "student" to "making money", it’s rare that there would be money in the pocket to upgrade to the professional version just to say do a web site for someone for a couple of hundred bucks to pay the rent.

A software company will get students for the full professional version on the next upgrade when they are not in school and not able to get the student book store discount. Being restrictive, especially on struggling students, does not build good brand loyality. It punishes students. Adobe understands this long term relationship. They are into it for a long haul with thier users. Macromedia doesn’t get it. They are out for the short term.

Good for Adobe. Shame on Macromedia.
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cantexadian
Jan 26, 2004
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I’m working on an associate’s degree in web development and this semester I’m taking my first graphic design course for the web. The last week or so I’ve been looking at various photo editing tools and ultimately decided to purchase a copy of Photoshop CS. Since I’m a college student I can get the software at student pricing, but as I came closer to purchasing the product I thought I had heard someone say that the licensing agreement of the student version of Photoshop was different from the standard retail version in that the student version could not be use for professional purposes. I was wondering if anyone had any information on this? If I won’t be able to use the software professionally then I think I’ll get a copy of MX fireworks to get me through school and then buy the retail version of Photoshop later on.

Thank you,
Scott

Scott,

I would recommend you get Photoshop, just for the simple fact that it is the standard for image editing. MX fireworks is probably a good program also, but not a substitute for the for the power of PS. The learning curve on PS is several years, unless you have intensive tutoring, and even then it is probably a year before you get a handle on all the concepts. An analogy that comes to mind is PS manipulation is similar to playing a piano. Some play the piano acceptably and some are masters. The same thing is true about Photoshop. The one common factor is you will not learn Photoshop in a few days or even a few months. You should start now and by the time you are out of school you will at least know how to use Photoshop methods. There are lots of other reasons to use Adobe products(color management,
interconnectivity etc), but the learning curve is the biggie. Nikki

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