Greg Bartle,
I have a Pentax and I'm not afraid to use it.
Pentax K5
Sigma 10-20 | Tamron 17-50 F:2.8 | Sigma 50 F:1.4 | Sigma 70-200 F:2.8 Plus a bunch of Ye Olde lenses
Would you like to see more?
http://flickr.com/photosbygreg
I'm another one that believes this is a really dumb idea. If they think it will prevent pirating, they're underestimating the public. If guys can jailbreak iphones with all the work Apple put into preventing it happening, they have more chance of falling pregnant through wind pollination than preventing guys from hacking their cloud software. I guarantee within a couple of months some 13 yr old with pasty white skin who does this sort of stuff for fun will break the security on it, post it online and the only people Adobe will have pissed off is their paying customers.
I'm lucky in that I get access to Adobe software through work but what Adobe needs to understand is their pirating has everything to do with their overpriced software. They'd be selling way more software if they halved their pricing, but it's the lack of competition that allows them to overprice the software. It's a little like MYOB (one of my other pet hates) who charge the same price as the initial software purchase for second rate support and tax table updates with no option to update your own tax tables.
Sorry Adobe, if I leave my company and have to buy my own software, you can guarantee I won't be buying it via your crapscription model.
Last edited by MissionMan; 08-05-2013 at 11:11pm.
Hi, I got into digital photography about 10 years ago, where the only software I could afford was a product put out by "Ulead" developers, I stuck with this until around five years ago (when 'Corel' took over Photoimpact X3) I then looked at CS5, used trial version for 30 days, but it was too expensive for basic photo post processing (great for graphic designers) I opted for PS Elements and until recently used it exclusively. Over the last few days I downloaded trail version of 'Lightroom' and will most likey buy it if I can confirm that Elements and Lightroom will not be going CLOUD!! Got another 3 weeks of trial left - Serif software has PS clone in its PhotoPlus!!!
Pentax K30| Pentax 18-250 1:3.5-6.3 zoom| Pentax 50mm 1:1.4 prime| Panasonic V-700 Camcorder| GoPro Hero 4
My world travel photos
Free (can't be any good) and it's not Adobe (can't be any good).
http://www.gimp.org/about/introduction.html
Last edited by Mark L; 11-05-2013 at 7:40pm.
I think they really have not quite got it. This is there response so far.
http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud...oud-an-update/
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I admit I don't understand why a generic program like Gimp can be said to be incompatible with a camera. Is it just the raw conversion part of the process?
However, even accepting that, time to support Gimp and make it what you need it to be. Then you'll never again be held to ransom by large companies for your photo processing needs.
Well, that worked well...
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/21/ado...ftware-piracy/
I saw it more as customer lock-in and perpetual forced upgrades, than as piracy prevention. No more can you buy an old version and be happy to never upgrade. It gives Adobe a much more dependable income stream.
80D, 600D, EFS 60mm Macro, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Lens - Contemporary, Sigma 18-250mm 1:3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM lens, EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM lens, EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS II lens, EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II lens, Yongnuo YN500EX flash, Velbon Sherpa 5370D tripod, PH-157Q head, Klika W1003 monopod, AF Macro Extension tubes, LED Ringflash Software: Darktable, Gimp, DigiKam
Slowly getting the message perhaps?
http://photorumors.com/2013/06/16/ad...#ixzz2WQOGiKQY
I read this headline on another site, and a point they made was that whilst the CC component of this new service was in deed broken into by some Chinese hackers and now pirated, it remains to be seen if this is a long term process as the CC model requires continual response from the Adobe servers on a monthly basis.
I don't think that the rehacking process will be hard for the hackers to maintain in the short term, but at some point in the future Adobe will most likely find a way to stop them.
...and then the hacking groups will find a way around that, then Adobe will work around that, then the hacking groups...so on and so forth. It won't end anything, except their dominance in the market place
Last edited by ricktas; 23-06-2013 at 1:26pm.
The whole anti hacking thing is a joke and a lame excuse by adobe. If they were serious about anti piracy they would employ a dongle/ physical key approach as used by serious design/ CAD programs and others. I am not aware of a workaround for those. My opinion is that it is all about the continuous income stream.
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Interesting topic. I have been so out of the action for soooo long. The cost of buying my own gear was bad enough , but the whole Adobe subscription thing is just a bummer. I'm going to miss CS thats for sure. Maybe later I'll be forced to subscribe, but for now I'm about to experiment with Capture One Pro for the camera/pic management , and for now my old copy of photoshop cs2 . Not happy like lots with Adobe so will hang off buying their product for as long as I can. I hope Adobe suffers.
"It is one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it is another thing to make a portrait of who they are" - Paul Caponigro
Constructive Critique of my photographs is always appreciated
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RICK
My Photography
Yes , I know Rick but I'll be using Capture Pro 7 to get the raw . Express doesn't cost to much , pro7 is $300 . That take cares of the raw handling and some adjustments ( I dont know how well yet but I'm experimenting soonish ) and I'll use cs2 for layers and blending and stuff on the tiffs.
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