Student upgrade to PS CS4 Extended

I see that Adobe has a CS4 upgrade at $199. I cannot find anything labeled Student upgrade of Extended from CS3 to CS4. Is the $199 the lowest price available? The site I looked at stated "full" and did not state upgrade.
Thanks
Bob

Every Adobe Academic version I've ever seen (since V2.5) is essentially a 'first purchase price deal' after which normal update pricing applies. It's the same as if you had bought a full non-academic version.
The Academic price is higher than the update price to discourage students and teachers from continually buying Academic, or for regular users, who might quality, from trying to save a few bucks by getting the Academic version.
Once a student or teacher has bought the Academic version they just update it the same way as the rest of the world. The Academic pricing simply helps students and teachers to save a few bucks while jumping onto the "Adobe 18-month-update-cycle" income train.

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Thank you for the quick response, and yes, I have checked my account, and the CS2 license number IS listed there (as well as several others ). So should I then be able to activate the CS4 Ext upgrade online?
I just saw a very similiar problem/post but could not see any other resolution other than having to CALL Customer Support . If this is an Adobe-approved upgrade path, why are they making it so difficult to activate? Eats up my time, eats up their time .

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Confirmed. For student / academic versions, the only upgrades are to full versions. There are
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Could anybody please help me?
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There is no such thing as a student upgrade. Your educational version of Photoshop entitles you to upgrade to the commercial version of Photoshop but you'll pay the same price as everybody else.
I'm assuming that ($199.99) is still cheaper than buying a new, full educational version.

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In the absence of any clearly stated restrictions against commercial use of Adobe software puchased under any kind of discounted student or educational licensing program, I personally say "go for it".
If you have concerns about not being able to use the software for commercial reasons, certainly an inquiry to Adobe could be done, but even there you might get a wrong answer, so you should ask for specific documentation of such restrictions. In the absence of that, the burden of prosecution lies upon Adobe to pursue violations of a "no commercial use" rule and showing it was clearly stated for the product in question at the time of purchase. I suspect Adobe has a lot better ways to invest their time and money than in trying to identify an artist whose work they suspect was created using Adobe software, tracking down that person and, getting legal authorization to have an investigation performed into conclusively proving said artwork was created by Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. as opposed to other capabale digital imaging applications (Corel Draw, The GIMP, PaintShop Pro, etc.).
Zero reason for Adobe to offer such a discounted price on their software? I think not...for years we saw, and perhaps still do, Adobe software that was normally very expensive yet was greatly discounted when bundled with hardware. By the same argument of zero reason for a discounted student license, I could say the same would be true to those hardware/software bundles...but, there is good reason to offer the software at reduced prices in both cases: NEW CUSTOMER and FUTURE SALES, or at least the potential for that. Conversely, one might just opt instead for a lower-cost software package and happily stay with it for years to come.
I started using Photoshop with version 3.0 that was in a scanner bundle, and I've upgraded to nearly every version ever since. Sure, Adobe would've made even more off me if I'd paid the full price initially, but that is something I'd not have done...in fact, I even remember buying Micrografx Picture Publisher because it was inexpensive and yet pretty highly regarded at the time. After a bit of time using PS, I hated Picture Publisher, and as my experience grew, I also found my recommenations to others was to go the Adobe route. So, maybe that lower-cost investment in Photoshop paid off more in the long run for Adobe than if I'd paid full price or even a modestly higher one at the time. I think the same is true today, in Adobe offering their software at greatly reduced prices to students or anyone qualifying for a given discounted license.
I also believe that a discounted software license should come without any restrictions on commercial use, because:
1) Burden of proof is going to be more costly than the profit loss on the product in question unless pursued on a large scale, in which case the software manufacturer would (or should?) garner a strong customer backlash.
2) If a student qualifies to purchase discounted software and is talented enough to use said software to create marketable artwork, and if they can offset some of their cost of education by selling this artwork while still in school, then that's great!
3) Just because a student's education is later completed, shouldn't restrict them from commercially using software they purchased while still a student.
Regards,
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This is all very frustrating considering how happy I have been with my Adobe software all the way back to Photoshp 5. I called the 800-833-6687 number and after playing phone tree for a while was informed that I was calling outside their hours (at noon on Sunday) even though the webpage I got the number from says they are available 7 days a week.
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You do like making things complicated don't you?
From your message I deduce that you purchased an upgrade that is not in the upgrade eligibility path from the version that you had.
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Steve House wrote:
Anyone know if it's possible to upgrade from Standard to Extended for just the price difference between the two upgrades and if so, how to go about it?
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Raggens wrote:
I´m not upgrading, that´s the trouble!
I don´t have any of the programs it says I own, and therefor I´m not upgrading nor do I have any serial to put in in the "upgrade control session"..
It would appear you have an upgrade copy of CS4 which is no use if you are not upgrading.
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I hope I purchased the proper version, as there is no mention of prerequisite versions on the outside of the package OR on the inside.
I asked Adobe support 3 days ago now and have yet to hear from them, so I thought I would ask on here. Thanks.

Nothing anyone here can help you with. Wrong serials/ installer packages having been sent out to people happens a lot, but only sales can manage such issues...
Mylenium

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I'm not sure what you're looking at, but all three upgrade to Extended options (From: Elements, Standard, Extended) have both Download and Ship a Box to Me as selections for both Windows and Mac.
https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=%2FAp plications%2FPhotoshopExtended&distributionMethod=UPGRADE&nr=0#category=/Applications/Phot oshopExtended&loc=en_us&view=ols_prod&store=OLS-US
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The stickers on my DVD case say:
Serial Number: Photoshop Extended UPSL (followed by the actual serial number)
DVS/A.PHXS.11.0.WIN.GEN.UE.W/SENSOR (followed by a number 9xxxxxx7)
Are your labels on your DVD case any different?

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