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£1,004 for Adobe CS5 After Effects

Posted 03-05-2012 at 11:25 AM by AlexFili

Is anyone else seeing this?

And they wonder why internet pirates keep doing what they're doing. Jeez...

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	There's probably a cheaper version of it with fewer features for £30 or so for home use - Like there is for Vegas.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 11:39 AM by DarkHoodness

	Hope so.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 11:43 AM by AlexFili

	That’s professional software intended for business use, though. It pays for itself.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 12:01 PM by Manco

	I have about 190 thousand dollars worth of pirated software on my computer. Nearly every professional artist I know, even ones that work in Hollywood, have pirated copies of PS.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 12:26 PM by Sekto Springs

	If there's one thing where pirating is really acceptable, it's downloading software. You'll save thousands of dollars.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 12:35 PM by Dynamithix

	If they charged reasonable prices, they'd make as much or more that they do from those few loyal and mad paying customers.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 01:08 PM by Bullet Magnet

	Fraps looks like chump change compared to After Effects. Shame that video editing software is pretty low on the ground. We have about a billion image editing pieces of software but no video editors? No video editors for smartphones either I guess?
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 01:34 PM by AlexFili

	Must be nice for the people that can pay £1000 for this kind of thing. I have £10...and I'm gambling it on horses. -_-
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 01:50 PM by STM

	My (near) top of the range laptop cost 7/10 of this. Far more worth it.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 01:56 PM by Wings of Fire

	I'd gladly pay for Photoshop or Premiere if they offered it at a normal price. Hell I'd pay 200 bucks for it if I get all the updates and stuff. But over a thousand is just too much.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 02:35 PM by Havoc

	I got the entire Adobe Creative Suite for free. Not just the trial version either, I got the full thing.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 02:57 PM by JennyGenesis

	So do most people...it's called pirating.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 03:24 PM by STM

	Yes, Jenny. So do I. So does almost everyone... EDIT: STM you speedy shit :P
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 03:33 PM by Mudokon_Master

	: I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career. On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!!!!! .
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 03:37 PM by MeechMunchie

I prefer Jonathan Coulton on piracy:

Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan. The big content companies are TERRIBLE at doing both of these things, so it’s no wonder they’re not doing so well in the current environment. And right now everyone’s fighting to control distribution channels, which is why I can’t watch Star Wars on Netflix or iTunes. It’s fine if you want to have that fight, but don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff isn’t even available in the box I have on top of my TV. A lot of us have figured out how to do this.

Posted 03-05-2012 at 03:52 PM by Nate

	I always found adobe to be way over priced. What i don't get is why not make the individual products from the creative suite cheaper.(or it least cheaper than what they are now) $399.00 for CS5 design premium $349.00 for Photoshop alone. Am i missing something here?
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 08:15 PM by mr.odd

	The price is so high because it has a slow turnover rate, I guess. Piracy doesn't help that.
	Posted 03-05-2012 at 09:55 PM by Phylum

There's probably a cheaper version of it with fewer features for £30 or so for home use - Like there is for Vegas.

Except I've just taken the time to look and there isn't.

Sure, they could have a much higher turnover rate if they lowered their prices, but Adobe could argue that it's not an essential product for everyone to have. However, there is a huge demand for it, it seems - So having the price so damned high is a stupid business decision on Adobe's part.

Posted 03-05-2012 at 10:55 PM by DarkHoodness

	Doesn't Adobe allow these packages to be bought in bulk? I can imagine that would be cheaper for companies who are buying multiple copies. Obviously not for single users, but if that's the case, that could be how they make the money doing it.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 02:25 AM by Jordan Updated 03-06-2012 at 02:27 AM by Jordan

	There are hundreds of computers at my school with the whole master suite installed on them, so I would assume so.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 02:31 AM by moxco

	Not only that, but Adobe makes it painfully impossible to buy older versions of their software, keeping prices high because people can only find the latest versions. Ripoff if ever I saw one.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 02:43 AM by AlexFili

	Just trying out Lightworks. Apparently it's free.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 06:28 AM by AlexFili

	Problem is that Adobe makes the best software in their area of expertise. Yes it is professional software and 1000 bucks is nothing to a big graphics company. But there are plenty of students or freelancers for who it is a lot of money. I dunno, they should make a license for home use and an expensive version for professional use.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 06:44 AM by Havoc

	If they really overcharge good programs that much, just torrent them. Yes - I know it's wrong but for fucks sake I would not pay £100 for some software let alone £1,000!
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 09:36 AM by Crashpunk

	The image at the start of this blog should be used to advertise PCs.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 10:49 AM by Splat

	Another price related tip. Never buy an Android tablet PC for less than £100. You're only in for disappointment. (Make sure it's Android 2.3 at least!!!)
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 02:24 PM by AlexFili

	I just won't buy a tablet.
	Posted 03-06-2012 at 02:55 PM by Crashpunk

Problem is that Adobe makes the best software in their area of expertise. Yes it is professional software and 1000 bucks is nothing to a big graphics company. But there are plenty of students or freelancers for who it is a lot of money.

This, pretty much. It’s easy to moan about prices being high, but this isn’t a product aimed at your average web surfer. It’s a professional suite of software intended for use in businesses.

I dunno, they should make a license for home use and an expensive version for professional use.

Photoshop Elements fulfills this role for all the internet folks who need an image editor. As for the other apps in their range, I doubt any have a home use market large enough to justify a whole separate set of licences.
Also http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html

Another price related tip. Never buy an Android tablet PC for less than £100. You're only in for disappointment. (Make sure it's Android 2.3 at least!!!)

Or don’t buy Android.

Posted 03-06-2012 at 03:50 PM by Manco

	: Another price related tip. Never buy an Android tablet PC for less than £100. You're only in for disappointment. (Make sure it's Android 2.3 at least!!!) Make sure it's Android 3.0 at least. Android 2.X isn't designed for tablet use.
	Posted 03-07-2012 at 01:16 AM by Nate

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