New Photoshop (CS4) will use GPU power

[x1m]

Adobe get away with the pricing because thats what people will pay and value the software at. The cost of the software is negligible to most businesses compared to their turnover. If you want the cheap version then buy elements.

Proud to be owning an illegal copy is like being proud of shoplifting. Still if thats what floats your boat...

 

[Adrianr]

Oh please not another high horse piracy thread.. Can we keep this one on track for once?

 

[tsinc80697]

Student version of the design premium package, £235ish

Cant argue with that if you're saying you would pay £100 per program as that includes illustrator, photoshop, fireworks, flash, dreamweaver and a few more.

Waiting for my copy at the moment Using a package worth less than £250 and I can make that back in a week doesn't sound bad pricing for me, and that's part-time freelancing.

As someone already said, Adobe can get away with it because its worth a lot more for companies. Likewise Apple can charge whatever they want for mac's because people will pay it.
Would you sell something for £50 when you could sell it for £500?

 

[Alex53]

I do some wedding photography, just the occasional jobs for selected clients because I already have a career and wouldnt want to end up hating photography through having to live off it, but even with that small turnover, Photoshop is more than justified and paid for in no time.

That said, I have CS2, it does everything and more than I need, and feel no need to pay more for a new version.

Once you see software as one more work tool, you will be happy to pay for it, but not to upgrade just for bells and whistles.

This 'it uses the GPU' feature sounds good, but in practice, what will it do for me that has any impact on my photos? Nothing. I dont think I will go further than a trial, unless theres some major new workflow features that could reduce the hours and hours editing after a wedding.

 

[MR.B]

Its out? Or is the illegal copy out and not the legal one.

It's been out since around the 17th, think all CS4 products have. You just cant yet download the trials on Adobe's site.

Proud to be owning an illegal copy is like being proud of shoplifting. Still if thats what floats your boat...

LOL hardly. But if you liked being massively screwed over by a company because of where you live then thats fine with me, a fool and his money are soon parted...

 

[reflux]

CS4 is really expensive because there's no competition and it's the industry standard for creative software (bar a few programs).

It's not like each iteration is essential anyway; I mean, what significant has actually changed since Photoshop 7?

 

[Alex53]

It's not like each iteration is essential anyway; I mean, what significant has actually changed since Photoshop 7?

Dependsd what you do with it, but yeah for most people theres nothing in upgrading other than maybe workflow is more convenient.

In my case a lot of the time 90% of the job is done in Adobe Camera RAW and I end up just saving after the image is opened in Photoshop.

 

[GM2]

...I have CS2, it does everything and more than I need, and feel no need to pay more for a new version.

Although the upgrade pricing is far more reasonable than buying it outright.

 

[uv]

Student version of the design premium package, £235ish

Cant argue with that if you're saying you would pay £100 per program as that includes illustrator, photoshop, fireworks, flash, dreamweaver and a few more.

Awesome.. now all I need to do is go back to Uni and become a student again!

 

[Alex53]

Although the upgrade pricing is far more reasonable than buying it outright.

I'd still be paying something for (in a purely practical sense) nothing.

EDIT: I'll be fair. The vibrance setting in the RAW converter in CS3 was nice when I trialed it. That was it though.