kljpmsd opened this issue on Mar 09, 2015 · 254 posts
wolf359 posted Mon, 23 March 2015 at 9:40 AM
"I already 'own' a full legal license to CS4 design premium, which I got back in 2009 and does me no good when applying for jobs today that require CS6 or CC - more commonly CC. And most jobs available, whether it is full time studio work or freelance gigs, require Adobe software more than any other software out there. Once in a while you'll see Corel, but mostly it's Adobe. "
True,................ the BIG problem is doing any type of collaborative work
with others
I worked in offset Printing industry for 19 years, as Graphic
Designer, before going freelance.
I have witnessed (and endured) the nightmare
of trying to handle Files from clients when our company owner
is too cheap to upgrade the the latest version of Adobe illustrator
that breaks compatibility with Older versions.
It is embarrassing to try to present yourselves as a"professional Design Studio" when you are constantly asking clients to
"backsave" to version 9 ,or whatever, because you cant open his rush job files to even send it to press.
Its not so much a problem for us freelancers to use Old software ( as I do)
when you are originating all the work on your end.
and delivering the finals to the client.
A client who does not even have Illustrator,poser or Cinema4D
does not care what older version was used to design his logo or create & render his animation
but if you are trading native Adobe files back and forth you really need the latest versions to open their files.
And if that means Adobes subscription based model,then you need to accept that reality or go into another business