Cheapest way to upgrade

[Ann Bens]

You cannot upgrade to a suite from Elements.
You will have to pay the full amount.

[Chris Knight]

Adobe allows you to rent their software on a monthly basis as well…could be a great way to decide if it’s worth the overall investment.
FYI, the student discounted version of CS5 is not eligible for upgrades (as my students soon discover when they graduate).

[Tom Jackson]

Buy a older version from e***. Then pay for the upgrade.

[Ann Bens]

The older version needs to have a valid serialnumber, otherwise it won’t work.

[Alex Gerulaitis]

e-what? 🙂

That’s a great idea – here is something that might help:

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/buying-guide.displayTab3.html

Apparently you can upgrade to CS5.5 Production Premium all the way from Premiere Pro or just “Premiere”, for $1099. If “Premiere” means any version of Premiere including v.1.0 from 1991 then it’s a pretty sweet deal, as those should be available for next to nothing – I might even have one or two copies lying around.

As Ann Bens mentioned, make sure that serial number is valid and not used already for an upgrade – otherwise Adobe won’t let you use it.

I haven’t been able to find a competitive upgrade that would let you cross-grade directly from FCP for less money than the full version – I’ll keep looking though.

Finally, subscriptions are here:

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/buying-guide.displayTab4.html

$129 per month for Production Premium.

Alex (DV411)

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Alex Gerulaitis] “I haven’t been able to find a competitive upgrade that would let you cross-grade directly from FCP for less money than the full version – I’ll keep looking though.”

Adobe runs a great special – $799 for FCP owners, through dealers only (i.e. not through Adobe website). Videoguys have it:

https://www.videoguys.com/Item/Adobe+CS55+Production+Premium+Upgrade+for+FinalCut+Pro+Owners%2c+Mac/0534640555050553533534.aspx

One source told me this deal requires to own a point product, yet Videoguys’ page doesn’t seem to indicate it.

Alex (DV411)

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Alex,

Yes, the FCP upgrade deal is a “Point Upsell” – you must own a copy of Premiere, Photoshop, etc. to upgrade from.

This is a good price and is available through end of month

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Ron Pestes]

Dang! I have Photoshop CS but it says I must have at least CS2 to upgrade. Grrrrr!

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