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OT: Adobe raising our costs by 600%
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Well, now–all I was doin’ was just directly quotin’ that suit and how he was respondin’ to the questions they was askin’. I did it from memory, so maybe I didn’t get it word for word, but I think I got the gist of it, all right.
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That’s a hoot!
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Ah yes the monthly cloud bill. Taking their cue from cable and cell companies. The problem here: in education, we tend to get funding as yearly one shot deals that may or may not recur. The rationale to buy certain equipment in order to offer specific training to students is that that is what the industry demands. When in fact industries are moving targets and the only important thing to learn is how to learn and the basic principals behind the need.
MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170, Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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Any chance we could cut back on the personal insults?
Steve Connor
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Love the Da da. Thanks.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
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Maybe Autodesk Smoke?
It’s free for students.https://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=14185424
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “Chris was quite a bit more straight forward in his reply.
“Don’t care in the slightest, we simply don’t call each other assholes on the COW whatever the attitude of other posters.
BTW I have invented a new drinking game where you have to down a shot every time you post the words “passive aggressive” It’s going to cost me a fortune in Jack Daniels at the rate you are going.
Steve Connor
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Personally I benefitted from Adobe’s educational discounts when I was a student, and it made a big difference when I graduated and was looking for work as an assistant editor (I’d do After Effects comps along with logging, syncing etc as an assist). To get to the point where some programs can’t afford the seats is really disappointing. In education, ideally (I understand that reality is quite different), one must never make choices based on cost and as Adobe’s package is full featured it makes sense for general media programs to teach some video editing, some effects work, and some sound editing to their students.
Hopefully Adobe will re-evaluate this policy. If, as it is claimed, Production Premium is making inroads into the FCP Studio market, then surely there is room to be flexible when it comes to the bottom line.
I also agree that Smoke is worth a look. It’s free as are all the Autodesk 3D tools for 3 years. And you’re entitled to all maintenance upgrades and service packs.
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If you’re looking back at this thread remembering a bunch of posts here that aren’t anymore, yeah, that was me.
A reminder of Rule #1 here: no postings about posters.
Overall, I think the thread reads better with the detritus excised, with apologies if you feel that I’ve overstepped. Maybe I’ve gone a post or two too far. Nothing personal. Inevitable to pull a few carrots when you’re trying to pull weeds.
Drop me a line if you want to talk about anything. tim at creativecow.net
Don’t make me stop this car,
Tim
Tim Wilson
Vice President, Editor-in-Chief
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[Miko Meloni] “Maybe Autodesk Smoke?
It’s free for students.”I was not aware of this. Thanks for the tip. Very impressive of Autodesk to go “above and beyond” like this.
Professor, Producer, Editor
and former Apple Employee
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