Adobe Photoshop CS4 extended

[crystalb]

I just got one from EBAY for $130. :clap:
Now I will be able to get some tweeking done.........that is after alot of reading:D

[Bambi]

hi Crystal
be careful. I bought one too and the serial number turned out to be invalid. working my way through the dispute process now.

[tirediron]

Yep, I hate to say it, but "If it sounds too good to be true"... A MUCH more cost-effective option (Though perhaps slighly grey from an ethical perspective) is to purchase the educational version through a local university/college if you know someone with bookstore privleges. These run $2-300 and aren't upgradable, BUT a full-version upgrade usually costs about that, so it's no real loss.

I hope yours works!! Good luck with the dispute Bambi, let us know how it turns out!

[crystalb]

Ya it totally doesn't.
Not only is the serial number invalid, but the software cd was blank. It was sealed.
Oh well live and learn. :P
Bambi, did it happen to be from NB?
Thanks for the heads up Tirediron....

[tirediron]

Ya it totally doesn't.
Not only is the serial number invalid, but the software cd was blank. It was sealed.
Oh well live and learn. :P
Bambi, did it happen to be from NB?
Thanks for the heads up Tirediron....

Oh wow, does that suck! :(

[Bambi]

Ya it totally doesn't.
Not only is the serial number invalid, but the software cd was blank. It was sealed.
Oh well live and learn. :P
Bambi, did it happen to be from NB?
Thanks for the heads up Tirediron....


if you payed with paypal you will be able to get your money back. this is why I only use paypal on Ebay.
Cyrstalb, why yes it was from NB. I have an open dispute as they have 10 days to respond.

I think that I need to report this person to Ebay and have them removed. :mad:

[crystalb]

I only pay thru Paypal too. I did open a dispute, the person said they would send a new one. The dispute says open until Nov.17th, so if the new one they send doesn't work either, I'll just open a claim against them.

[Bambi]

I only pay thru Paypal too. I did open a dispute, the person said they would send a new one. The dispute says open until Nov.17th, so if the new one they send doesn't work either, I'll just open a claim against them.

absolutely! at least your seller responded. mine did not. which will, in the end make it easier. I have written documentation from adobe that it is not valid so I can make my point.

:mad: as my husband says: it's a bad idea to mess with me because I won't let go!

[crystalb]

I just got my refund:clap:
Now back to the drawing board......:headslap:

[Bambi]

YAY :clap::clap:

and

dang! :mad:

[Michaelaw]

For what it's worth I'm only so so about PS CS3. I should have stayed back at PS7 because as far as working with my images goes PS7 was just as capable and a lot faster. The Adobe products are just getting too fat and heavy for me but then again, I have a very simplistic work flow:)

[casil403]

I got a student version of PSE7 at SAIT for about $40 below cost. :)
I know they also sell CS too but that's way too much for what I need...I find PSE is even a bit too much too at times. I like Lightroom...seems to have more features i use.

[F8&Bthere]

I got PSE7 bundled along with Premiere Elements for $99 (for both) with my Dell computer and I'm really liking it. And this is after using CS3 for quite some time. Premiere, on the other hand, is taking some time to get used to. I don't do much video editing but in the past I had been using Sony Vegas and was finding it quite easy to work with.

When it came to Lightroom, I used my 6 year old son's educational status to buy from academicsuperstore.ca and I think it was around $129 if I remember correctly. I've read that I can't get any discounts on future upgrades with the educational version, and Lightroom 3 is already out in beta. But I haven't seen anything in the bit of research I've done on the new version to make me want it yet.

As a general observation about editing software with version to next updates it seems that new features are added but at the cost of becoming more bloated. So it has to be dynamite improvements for me to want to upgrade as I like my processing to be as snappy as possible without having to upgrade my hardware every other year.

[Michaelaw]

I think Vegas blows premiere clean out of the park. I started with Premiere, switched to Vegas and never looked back. It was weird at first because of the different workflow. Crossfades are very easy along with audio level control. Far better tool Vegas be!!

[F8&Bthere]

I have to agree with you but I was afraid to come to any conclusions about premier elements just yet since I really haven't given it much of a fair shake and was willing to write off the frustration I felt during my 1st editing session as learning curve.

Vegas was one of those "extended demo" installs for me .... errr ... cough ..... ahem .... well the darned demos or trials are never long enough or are so crippled it's not enough to properly assess it and most software is forced out to the market with bugs galore and no refunds so I don't feel so bad taking adequate time to assess the product even if it is a little warezy.

But I don't do enough video editing anymore to warrant any further purchases (and I spend too much on my photography stuff) so I'm going to have to plod along with Premiere or, more likely, use Windows Movie Maker when I don't need to do anything too big or complicated.