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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In another 5-10 years, I foresee a great proportion of paid software being of this "rental" type. Let me tell you why:
1) Good internet connections are the "norm" now. My parents live in the boon-docks where not even cell phone service is reliable -- but they have lightning fast internet. YMMV, but short of living in the wilderness, good internet access is readily available.
2) "Rental" of software no longer allows pirated versions of software. The "check in periods" are reasonable IMO. Who goes on "vacation" for 30 days -- or doesn't have WiFi access for that long? These companies have to generate revenue in some way to keep their doors open. When there are more pirated versions of your software running on computers world-wide than registered versions, it makes you reassess your business model.
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Could I be wrong, sure. But, the pirating of software has forced companies to find other ways to create a revenue source. Sure, there are free alternatives (e.g. GIMP, which I have used extensively). But, I'm most efficient and most comfortable with Adobe Photoshop. For $120 / year (locked in price -- so again, I do have recourse if they raise the price and I don't like it thereafter -- I just cancel my subscription), it is hard to beat always having the most up to date version of the software. Especially when their "self-contained" versions were always in the many hundreds of dollars to purchase new.
Do you also not believe or see the benefit of services like Netflix, since you don't "own" anything? I think your assessment is a bit hyperbolic...but I will concede there are plenty of free options if one doesn't want to pay.
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Not a thing I disagree with in your assessment. You see the future clearly and for the right causative reasons. It's going to happen as you think. The corollary to your vision is, there are plenty who react to such things in kneee-jerk fashion (as I admit the case is with me) and the evolution of the subscription model will be matched by the sophistication of Open Source competition in all software niches. I'm fine with that.  I live in the 5th-largest city in the country, we have FiOS, and it's a fat_pipe_indeed. Trivial 150Mbps. We also have a lovely ornamental tin ceiling in our 100yo living room which effectively renders my upstairs Wifi near-useless sometimes. Random bandwidth constrictions, drops/reconnects, the like and at no point can I ever access more than 10% of the pipe we're paying for. And it's a rental so I can't hardwire a repeater upstairs. Subscription models aren't possible for me. Nor many of my neighbors, for similar reasons. And imagine the ones (most of them) who lack the technological expertise to even know such solutions exist. Fortunately, there are happy solutions for each of us. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As you can tell from my software list, I find what works and stick with it. Every time I make any change to my software, something gets messed up. I hate Win8, and am forced to use it at work, where we have a full time IT guy solving all the problems it creates. My first Win8 laptop was set to allow system updates, and each time it updated something else had to be fixed. First, none of the MS Office products worked properly. Next it was just Excel and Project. Then it caused booting problems that are still there. The thought of having software that is constantly being updated to the newest version is a nightmare to me. I'm on WinXP on all my home computers (except one laptop used for tax software and other things that won't run on XP). I waited until I absolutely had to before installing SP2, and the same for SP3.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's interesting that Photoshop can be rented for $10/month these days.
My main objection to the rental model is cost. I originally bought Photoshop long ago for a few hundred dollars. Then I would upgrade as infrequently as Adobe would allow -- about once every 3 years at a cost of $150 to $200. This worked out to about $50-$75 per year. When the subscriptions started, I thought they were either $20/month or $30/month, or $240 to $360 per year.
The $10 per month fee brings it down into a more reasonable price range of $120/year, but I still expect GIMP to eventually replace Photoshop for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am a macintosh OS user so will mention mac programs.
I currently use GraphicConverter by lemke software. The main reason I use it is because I have for a long time, 10+ years, and am used to it. It is available fully functional to try for free. When I started using it I thought it was comparable to photoshop but cheaper and less bloated.
Preview which is the default viewer for jpg, png, pdf files also has some simple editing tools. Preview apppears capable of cropping, adjusting levels and colors, and sharpening. I haven't used it but might give it a try soon.
Other programs work on OS X like Gimp and Digital Photo Professional and Picasa, but I haven't worked much with any of them.
There are also other mac-specific programs like iPhoto and Aperture that I've never used and might be obsolete by now.
If I were to start editing photos on mac now I'd start with Preview and only try something else if Preview's not good enough.
-wheatiefan
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I am a macintosh OS user so will mention mac programs.
Yes, please, and thank you. This thread is going to be one of the sources for an eventual Sticky full of reference materials, software and links at the top of this forum. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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looking for help. I found out that every time. I take a photo it is going in digital photo editing down matter the camera plus it goes into Nikon zoom x editing and view nx2. I clicked on and images and finally found out how to edit them. my problem is when I edit the photo. I go to file and click save. when I go to move that photo to another folder. when I check the folder it is the original photo could some one tell me what I am doing wrong . because it is the photo before I changed it your help would be greatly appreciated
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