Sorry , I guess I didn't get it when I read it but
I'm not sure what I didn't get..
You said "I
rushed to buy CS5. Guess what? Adobe then announced you could buy CS6 even if
you didn't buy CS5. I'm finished with them!"
;
I assumed that
you meant a CS6 upgrade not a CS6 Retail package as the CS6 upgrade would not
work unless you had CS5 installed.. If you bought the retail package of
CS6 having CS5 wouldn't matter and you wouldn't need CS5.
Adobe to the
best of my knowledge, and I follow it pretty close, never offered to allow
a CS6 upgrade package to license unless you had a valid CS5 licensed
install. I in fact called them on that very issue as I had one work station
at CS4 and was told the upgrade path was CS5 for CS6. As far as I know Adobe
never back tracked as you say... but they did change their upgrade path
policy with the entrance of CS6 so may be that's the issue at hand.....but that
was made known from day one of the CS6 intro. So no biggy..
jimbo
----- Original Message -----
From: grdglass 1Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 6:59 AMSubject: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers;
HeleneJimbo,I suggest you have the misunderstanding. Read my original post more carefully. I bought CS5 in order to be able to buy CS6, which I have. You seem to be forgetting the history of Adobe's back tracking on their original policy regarding this issue.
The upgrade to CS6 was only valid if you owned CS5. So an upgrade from say CS3 or CS4 to CS6 was not allowed. This was published on most of the sources such as B&H , Adorama etc etc.. included being listed in the upgrade requirement listing on Adobe's site..( you can easily view them as their still up) That was from day one.. So if you were at CS4 you had to buy both the CS5 and CS6 upgrades to get there or just buy the CS6 retail software.. The CS6 upgrade software will not work with CS3 or CS4.. So I suggest somehow you have a misunderstanding.. The tough part now is that unless you stumble on an upgrade for CS5 say on ebay or Craigs list your out of luck. those have pretty much been sold out and are no longer being produced.. The CS6 upgrade today typically comes directly from Adobe unless you find one on Craigs list or eBay.. or?? You do have one more option.. and that is to call Adobe Support..... If you validate that you have a working license for CS4 and their are no CS5 upgrades in the pipe what they may do for you is ship you a retail version of CS6 and charge you for both upgrades.. They did that for me while back to resolve an issue I had. It saved me a few bucks..
Not sure if it's ok to do this or not but I have a brand new unopened boxed PS CS6 for Windows (two computers allowed) retail package that I can live without.. If anyone wants it I will make a good deal it sells for 600 bucks on Amazon..I've never even opened the package..
jimbo
----- Original Message -----
From: grdglass 1
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 4:00 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers
I bought every upgrade since PS 3 in 1995 (?). After CS4, I decided I would skip a version. Adobe announced if you didn't buy the CS5 upgrade, you wouldn't be able to buy the CS6 upgrade. I rushed to buy CS5. Guess what? Adobe then announced you could buy CS6 even if you didn't buy CS5. I'm finished with them! They are not exactly a corporate example of trustworthiness.
I was shocked this morning watching Michael Reichmann's interview with Thomas Knoll on Luminous Landscape when Reichmann announced he skipped every other version of Photoshop. Imagine that!No virus found in this message.
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