Skip to Content
Digital Photography Forum - A shared resource

School of Photographic Imaging >> Introduction to Digital Imaging for Photographers
 |  Print Topic
Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1
Laura_Bianco



Reged: 29/03/2006
Posts: 48
Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students!
      #467607 - 18/04/2007 10:52

We have negotiated a fantastic discount for all students interested in purchasing Adobe Photoshop CS3. Please use the details in your course welcome letter to contact our distributor and purchase CS3 for only £217.37 - that's £600 off the usual retail price!

This is a complete version of CS3, however it is not upgradeable and cannot be used for commercial purposes.

For a reminder of how to purchase it, please contact me via the forum at Laura_Bianco or call 020 3148 4326.


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Almark
addict


Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 492
Loc: Northern Ireland
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #472459 - 28/04/2007 04:51

Is that the 'Standard' or 'Extended' version?

--------------------
All the best

Mark


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Almark
addict


Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 492
Loc: Northern Ireland
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #472461 - 28/04/2007 05:19

£600 off! are you sure?

sounds good, so our £217 + 600 must mean we can get the £817 CS3 Extended version, and not just the standard version that costs much less. Just to be sure...

Please confirm what version this offer applies to:
CS3 Standard, or
CS3 Extended.

ALSO, is it a version that cannot be upgraded.

What about CS or CS2 users who have the full and properly (legally) licensened versions? Can we (as a CS2 user myself) upgrade to CS3?

And just as a last comment, I must tell you that the price of Photoshop CS3 in the USA is half what it costs here in the UK. I can only assume that the price to US students is the same - half.

Please help us Laura!

--------------------
All the best

Mark


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
TheFatControlleRAdministrator
L'éminence Grise, Devil's Advocate & AP Fanboy!


Reged: 24/04/2001
Posts: 11659
Loc: Not here, it's rubbish...
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Almark]
      #472508 - 28/04/2007 10:18

Asking the question twice early on a Saturday morning isn't going to bring Monday along (and an answer) any quicker!!

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Almark
addict


Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 492
Loc: Northern Ireland
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: TheFatControlleR]
      #473088 - 30/04/2007 00:29

Fair comment. I thought my second post added more information to the first and therefore would afford Laura to be better placed to answer.

No offense intended.

--------------------
All the best

Mark


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Laura_Bianco



Reged: 29/03/2006
Posts: 48
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Almark]
      #477086 - 08/05/2007 09:05

I'm happy to clarify matters:

There are two 'education' versions of CS3 – one at about £140 which is for students in higher education only (ie universities). The second version is the one we're offering SPI students: less restricted and therefore a little more expensive at £217.37 inc. VAT

This version of CS3 can’t be upgraded and is not for commercial use.

Laura Bianco
SPI administrator


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
lisadb
Pooh-Bah


Reged: 05/09/2006
Posts: 1674
Loc: Staffs
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #477169 - 08/05/2007 13:13

Hi Laura,

are you saying the version SPI are offering can't be upgraded? As when I asked you about it earlier this month in a PM you told me that it could! Lisa.

--------------------
wollemi - 'look around you, keep your eyes open and watch out' (Australian aboriginal word)

My Flickr page


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Laura_Bianco



Reged: 29/03/2006
Posts: 48
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: lisadb]
      #477196 - 08/05/2007 14:45

Lisa

My apologies for the confusion. I have been informed that only the business version of CS3, which costs £699 + VAT, is upgradeable.

Laura


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
lisadb
Pooh-Bah


Reged: 05/09/2006
Posts: 1674
Loc: Staffs
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #477260 - 08/05/2007 16:39

OK Laura. Thanks for clarifying. Lisa.

--------------------
wollemi - 'look around you, keep your eyes open and watch out' (Australian aboriginal word)

My Flickr page


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tee
newbie


Reged: 01/02/2007
Posts: 11
Loc: Billericay, Essex and Zagreb, ...
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #481184 - 16/05/2007 20:33

Hi Laura, I would like to purchase CS3 as I only have Picassa from Google on my laptop. Please let me know if I still need to e-mail jonathan.royall@jigsaw24.com to do this. thanks very much

Tee


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
crackershaun
newbie


Reged: 19/03/2008
Posts: 1
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Laura_Bianco]
      #629696 - 19/03/2008 11:11

Hi, I had found a FAQ which implied educational licenses were upgradable and could be used for commercial private work - Adobe Education FAQ - could you double check with Adobe UK as it may make a big difference to people.
Sometimes Google searches fid 'old' FAQs!!
I couldn't find a pre-sales email contact on Adobe's website to check.


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Elliot SmithAdministrator
SPI Admin


Reged: 23/04/2007
Posts: 21
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: crackershaun]
      #633627 - 27/03/2008 14:29

Hi Shaun,

Unfortunately we are only able to offer CS3 for use on "fun" and "personal projects"

Educational licenses are upgradeable and can be used for commercial private work. We are offering a £600 discount and as part of the conditions agreed with Adobe we are unable to offer upgrades as well.
Many Thanks

Elliot


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Carole
member


Reged: 06/09/2006
Posts: 166
Loc: Hampshire
Re: Discounted CS3 now available for SPI students! [Re: Elliot Smith]
      #633728 - 27/03/2008 17:34

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but I bought CS2 through the course deal, when I started the course in Autumn 2006. Late last year, we bought a Mac (having been on PCs up to then). I contacted Adobe direct and asked them whether I could switch my software for Mac software, and they said that was fine but I had to upgrade to CS3 at the same time as CS2 was no longer available. In theory the switch from PC to Mac software was free, but I had to pay the normal upgrade fee to get CS3. But now I have the full version of CS3.

The process to make the switch was slightly tortuous (but I don't think that was any different to what anyone else would have had to go through), and I kept expecting them to come back to me and say that I couldn't do the upgrade, but they approved it and it all went through.

I know this is slightly different to what you're thinking of, but worth bearing in mind when CS4 comes out!

Carole

--------------------
Flickr Me


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Pages: 1

Subscribe now »


CANON EOS 50D Better than the D300?

SONY A900 Sony's full-frame DSLR arrives at last, but has it been worth it?

102 XMAS IDEAS UNDER £100 Beat the credit crunch with our guide

N

More




Extra information
0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:  Benchista, huwevans, Fen, Siuya, Nigel Atherton, Damien Demolder, TheFatControlleR, GCW, AndrewC, mark_jacobs, Course_Admin, daft_biker, Myk.R 


Print Topic

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      Mark-up is enabled

Rating:
Topic views: 3225

Rate this topic

Jump to

Contact Us | Privacy statement Main website

Generated in 0.06 seconds in which 0.008 seconds were spent on a total of 12 queries. Zlib compression disabled.