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Wow, only $378.
I have a mac (two, actually), and they run MacOS X... and I'm interested in doing photo manipulation... I'm about to buy a graphics tablet (Wacom Intuos2 12x12) so I can do this without stinking up the whole place... but $378 seems a bit much. That's probably great for the professional guy that does image editing for cash, but for us poor homeboys that just want to fuck around, that's a bit much.
I think companies should have tiered licensing of their software. For example, as a normal human being, for personal use, that Asiva Photo should probably cost $50. I would buy that without blinking, because it would be worth it to me. And it would be worth it to Asiva, too. If I'm comfortable with their software, I'm more likely to use it. And the only way I'm going to get comfortable with it is if I use it. If I go on to do some professional work, I would be required to purchase an upgrade to the professional version, which would be $378 and would have no extra functionality. It would be all about how I use it. That way, when I actually do some professional jobs, I'll go "man, I can't get this done without Asiva".
Photoshop should be the same way. That's why they don't crack down on the little pirates too bad - it's in their best interest to have all these people know Photoshop, because when they get into the job market, they are going to demand Adobe products, and the companies are going to shell out $600 for the full version. Which is fine - that's how it should be. But I'd be much more likely to purchase it outright if there were a non-crippled $50 version for personal use.
As it is, we own Photoshop from wayyyyyyy back and I'm just going to buy an upgrade version. Wish I had the same option with Asiva, 'cause it definitely looks like a nice program... but I'll probably never really know because of bogus pricing schemes on the part of software publishers.
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