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My wife is a teacher so I might have her pick up a copy of CS3 Extended Teacher/Academic Edition (324.95 CAD). Are there any functional differences or feature limitations with teacher editions? Will there be some form of water/digimarks embedded in images? How can there be such a price difference?
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Paul
 
Functionally, the software is identical to the retail version.

The only caveat is that you cannot use an educational version as the basis to buy the retail upgrade package when the next version comes out.

Grimmwit
 
grimmwit said:
Functionally, the software is identical to the retail version.

The only caveat is that you cannot use an educational version as the
basis to buy the retail upgrade package when the next version comes
out.
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Not true. You can upgrade from the academic version same as if you bought retail. And there is no longer any 'profit restrictions' on the academic version.
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Kent

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http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html
 
Nir correct!
I've just upgraded PSCS-Academic to PSCS3 with no problem.
 
I asked about the upgrade path at academicsuperstore and they told me that when upgrading you have to purchase the full academic copy of the newer version at the academic price. You have to present academic credentials to qualify at that time.

They say that if you qualify for an academic version now for CS3 and then X number of years later want to upgrade to CS4 but are not qualified then to purchase the academic version, you must then buy the full retail version (non-academic).

Reading prior posts in this thread, it sounds like what I've been told might not be totally accurate. For those of you who have upgraded from academic in the past using the standard retail upgrade version, does it use the academic serial number and then process the upgrade, or does the upgrade disk come with a new serial number? Were there any kind of "hoops to jump through" to make the upgrade happen?

Thanks


C.A. Fields

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Hi Kent C,

I was wondering if you could explain what you meant by "profit restrictions". I recently won Adobe CS Design Premium Education version in a local photo contest. I had purchased Adobe CS2 Creative Suite earlier in the spring while attending a local community college course. I read through the CS2 license and it states that the license for the education version cannot be transferred. I guess that means I can't sell it or even give it away for that matter. When I saw your comment about profit restrictions, I was wondering if that is in any way related to my situation. It's a shame to have a full CS2 suite sitting around.

Thanks,

Mike
 
yodog said:
Hi Kent C,

I was wondering if you could explain what you meant by "profit
restrictions". I recently won Adobe CS Design Premium Education
version in a local photo contest. I had purchased Adobe CS2 Creative
Suite earlier in the spring while attending a local community college
course. I read through the CS2 license and it states that the
license for the education version cannot be transferred. I guess
that means I can't sell it or even give it away for that matter.
When I saw your comment about profit restrictions, I was wondering if
that is in any way related to my situation. It's a shame to have a
full CS2 suite sitting around.
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There used to be a restriction of using the academic version for profit - ie selling prints, etc. That is no longer the case. The Adobe store, which is where the academic links are for this stuff was down last night, but that is where the docs are on this stuff.

Selling your version of CS is another matter.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15281&sliceId=1

Registration transfers are not allowed on educational versions of adobe products, but if the version isn't already registered, I'd call adobe and explain the situation.
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Kent

http://www.pbase.com/kentc
tutorial archive:
http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html
 
CAFields said:
I asked about the upgrade path at academicsuperstore and they told me
that when upgrading you have to purchase the full academic copy of
the newer version at the academic price. You have to present
academic credentials to qualify at that time.

They say that if you qualify for an academic version now for CS3 and
then X number of years later want to upgrade to CS4 but are not
qualified then to purchase the academic version, you must then buy
the full retail version (non-academic).

Reading prior posts in this thread, it sounds like what I've been
told might not be totally accurate. For those of you who have
upgraded from academic in the past using the standard retail upgrade
version, does it use the academic serial number and then process the
upgrade, or does the upgrade disk come with a new serial number?
Were there any kind of "hoops to jump through" to make the upgrade
happen?
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The academic store site is down right now. I found this:

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/pdfs/adobe_student_licensing_option_expanded_faq.pdf

.... that may answer some questions. The other link tells that you can upgrade to a 'regular' version at the regular upgrade price (priorly @$150-200) from the academic version and many people here have done that. Although, with CS3, the 'academic version' is offered only in CS3 extended, which is a bit more and how much the CS4 upgrade will be isn't yet known, of course.

If I happened to be a student and happened to have a version of Photoshop Elements, and didn't need the functions of CS3 Extended - video and other stuff - I'd be more tempted to upgrade to CS3 'standard' through the Photoshop Elements upgrade offer - the price is about the same - $299 to upgrade from Elements and @$285 to buy an academic CS3 Extended.

Of course, if you do have the need for Extended's other functions that that is a pretty good deal, but you may be paying a bit more when the next upgrade is available and it is likely (just because one can't upgrade to Just Photoshop - from the CSx Suitei - you have to upgrade the whole Suite- $$$) that you will be fixed into upgrading to CS3 Extended forever ;-)
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Kent

http://www.pbase.com/kentc
tutorial archive:
http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html
 
Kent C said:
If I happened to be a student and happened to have a version of
Photoshop Elements, and didn't need the functions of CS3 Extended -
video and other stuff - I'd be more tempted to upgrade to CS3
'standard' through the Photoshop Elements upgrade offer - the price
is about the same - $299 to upgrade from Elements and @$285 to buy an
academic CS3 Extended.

Kent
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I have a "Bundled" version of PS Elements 4. Is is possible to upgrade to CS3 (Standard) for $299? Do you have a link?

Thanks,

JM
 
JohnMichael109 said:
Kent C said:
If I happened to be a student and happened to have a version of
Photoshop Elements, and didn't need the functions of CS3 Extended -
video and other stuff - I'd be more tempted to upgrade to CS3
'standard' through the Photoshop Elements upgrade offer - the price
is about the same - $299 to upgrade from Elements and @$285 to buy an
academic CS3 Extended.

Kent
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I have a "Bundled" version of PS Elements 4. Is is possible to
upgrade to CS3 (Standard) for $299? Do you have a link?
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Yes. In the U.S.

PSE upgrade to CS3

http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=/SpecialPages/Photoshop&affiliateID=59949#loc=en_us&rangeUpper=6%2C0%2C65%2C0&HTMLVerRedirect=true&returnURL=%2Fcfusion%2Fstore%2Fhtml%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Fstore%3DOLS%2DUS%26affiliateID%3D59949%26event%3DdisplayProduct%26categoryPath%3D%2FSpecialPages%2FPhotoshop&store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=/SpecialPages/Photoshop&affiliateID=59949&viewName=Adobe%20Store%20%2D%20North%20America&pageNotFound=0

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Kent

http://www.pbase.com/kentc
tutorial archive:
http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html
 
Kent
Thanks for the link for the Elements upgrade to CS3, I ordered mine yesterday!
Greg
 
in all the acedemic versions we have had of photoshop over the years nothing has ever differed other than the lack of the "goodie" folder which i had gotten from other users but contained nothing important. this was on cs and cs2.

also we have never had a problem with upgrades be they to a newer version or to a retail version.

the short answer to your question is there is no difference in the educational version other than it saying "educational version on bottom right side of splash screen.

enjoy the $ savings... we have used journeys ed and campus tech amoung others... all that was needed was us to fax either a copy of student id or student schedule to them. i do believe you can also buy direct from adobe... on cs2 they were $10 more than journey ed when cs2 was first released. and from the bigger acedemics software stores cs3 has been carried in extended versions only.
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Kent C said:
Kent C said:
I have a "Bundled" version of PS Elements 4. Is is possible to
upgrade to CS3 (Standard) for $299? Do you have a link?
Click to expand...
Yes. In the U.S.

PSE upgrade to CS3

http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=/SpecialPages/Photoshop&affiliateID=59949#loc=en_us&rangeUpper=6%2C0%2C65%2C0&HTMLVerRedirect=true&returnURL=%2Fcfusion%2Fstore%2Fhtml%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Fstore%3DOLS%2DUS%26affiliateID%3D59949%26event%3DdisplayProduct%26categoryPath%3D%2FSpecialPages%2FPhotoshop&store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=/SpecialPages/Photoshop&affiliateID=59949&viewName=Adobe%20Store%20%2D%20North%20America&pageNotFound=0

Kent
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Kent,

I'm on the brink of ordering this upgrade, as I have Elements 4 that was bundled with Premiere Elements 2, but not as a bundle with any hardware. Since Adobe's website states "Must own the Photoshop Elements that came bundled with your product in order to install this version of Photoshop CS3 software" will the Elements 4 that I have work as a platform to from which to install this upgrade version of CS3 or is it possible that there's a special OEM serial number on hardware bundled versions of Elements?

Please let me know as I'm ready to punch the button! Thanks.


C.A. Fields

http://www.cafields.com

 
CAFields said:
Kent,

I'm on the brink of ordering this upgrade, as I have Elements 4 that
was bundled with Premiere Elements 2, but not as a bundle with any
hardware. Since Adobe's website states "Must own the Photoshop
Elements that came bundled with your product in order to install this
version of Photoshop CS3 software" will the Elements 4 that I have
work as a platform to from which to install this upgrade version of
CS3 or is it possible that there's a special OEM serial number on
hardware bundled versions of Elements?

Please let me know as I'm ready to punch the button! Thanks.
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CA,

Technically 'product' doesn't equal 'hardware' but that has usually been the case, however, there have been many here that have upgraded from any version of PSE and I don't think there is a problem when you punch the button - you'll probably just have to give the serial number of the PSE version you have, so go for it. Let us know what happened.
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Kent

http://www.pbase.com/kentc
tutorial archive:
http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html
 
Thanks for the quick reply, the button's pressed and the upgrade is on it's way. No previous version information was required for the purchase, so there will probably be a requirement to insert the PSE 4 serial upon installation. I'll post the results when I do the install.

Adobe has a 100% refund policy within 30 days of purchase even if the software has been installed, which takes some of the apprehension out of the purchase.

Thanks again.


C.A. Fields

http://www.cafields.com

 
Here's the update:

I received CS3 from Adobe and it installed without a hitch. It never asked about PSE, only required entry of s/n on the CS3 box, same as a full version install would. I'm not sure if the installation searched my drive for an Elements installation, which is possible. Thanks again for the info.


C.A. Fields

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