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yes please, this building lark is obviously working out for you, maybe you weren't charging enough to cover your design business overheads like computers/up to date software etc.
I just hope that nobody manages to get a monopoly on house bricks and concrete, then ruthlessly exploits their position. I'll be back to square one again then 🙁
yes i've a fair idea how it works. I still don't really get your issue with this however.Have you any actual concept of what Creative Suite is? And what it's used for?
yes i've a fair idea how it works. I still don't really get your issue with this however.
i think his issue is that it is expensive and that adobe have you by the balls as they are the only people producing an integrated suite of software that caters for most media creation (pre-press/design/layout/retouching/editing/compositing etc).
if that's his beef i disagree because i think the software is incredibly powerful and useful in the right hands and enables you to make money using it, and if it's too much for your business to bear then a career change may be needed as compared to even the lowest of freelance design rates you are looking at anything from a couple of days to a week of working to pay for it.
the ipad mag creation is something else and i don't know (or care) about the details but it wouldn't surprise me if alternatives are available.
like most software you can pay ££££££'s for incredibly clever bits of kit, for example Flame or Smoke by autodesk compared to premiere/final cut/vegas/motion for a few £££ and get close to similar results.
if you want the best then paying £500 an hour for an operator and Flame suite is what you go for if a freelancer with a laptop and £200's worth of final cut/motion can't produce what you need. either way the cost of equipment/software is built into what you charge for your services. this capitalist way of existence and financial rape by software cartels doesn't sit well with some socialist idealists though.
It's always been expensive, I don't see how 5.5 is any different, bar they are wanting to punt you an optional subscription if you want it on a short term basis..the prices to buy/upgrade the suite are pretty much standard from what i can see, might be a bit dearer, i dunno, i can't say i keep up on the cost of the software too much, but they don't look too expensive..i think his issue is that it is expensive
might be expensive to the hobbyist photoshop user or whatever, but to be honest, if they are buying it for their house, they need their head read.
As for their ipad magazine thingy..Anybody can learn to create an online magazine for heehaw.
Crikey, I can crop so much faster now... what an AWESOME upgrade.
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You think CS is expensive software?
MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (we use some of the features only available in Enterprise) = about £25,000.
CAD software (Electrical Engineering) = about £6,000 per seat. We have 15 Engineers.
Oracle? Not much change from £50,000.
It's all taken into account for the operating costs of the business.
not particularly no, mind you i've never need to buy it ! 😉You think CS is expensive software?
If you really need it, and can really use it, one client invoice will cover it.
Not up to that level? Use a cheaper tool that will more than likely do all you need.
This is fairly similar to my XTR argument; if you're not sponsored, you probably wouldn't do it justice anyways.
My point was software required for business use must be taken into account for the running costs of a company, and therefore, how much you bill your customers.
I know plenty of people (pro photographers) who started out their businesses with dodgy copies of Photoshop - but as soon as they had the money for the licenses, they purchased them.
Alternatively, it was a trip to the bank "Can I borrow some money to purchase some software essential to my business?"