Author Topic: Creative Cloud giveway for Adobe Stock Contributors (Read 110596 times)

Clair Voyant · « **Reply #275 on:** May 04, 2019, 18:54 »

Quote from: noodle on May 04, 2019, 17:23

Remember this is a test phase

It’s like gasoline - they jack up the price, everyone moans, then it comes down a little and everyone thinks it’s a bargain

I bet Adobe will roll back the price to $15/ month and most people will remain with them

FWAK you know what 'without a kiss'.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #276 on:** May 05, 2019, 02:56 »

Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 18:52

Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 17:02
Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 14:02
Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 13:01
I have the 'free year' for Photoshop/Lightroom, which runs until sometime later this year.

What happens if I wish to upgrade to the whole CC package? I can't cope with Premiere Pro CS6 any longer!

Try Davinci Resolve to break the chain of servitude. I dropped Premiere Pro and glad I did, Resolve does everything I need and does not force you into a strangle hold cloud plan... worth checking out.

I've spent the whole day trying to work with Davinci Resolve and really struggled with it - apart from the colour correction features which were a joy to use. I've downloaded a 7 day trial of the latest Premiere Pro and I'll compare side by side tomorrow and decide which way I go. I'd like to go with Resolve, as I hate the fact that I can't own the Creative Suite as I used to - I've only paid for Photoshop until now, and stayed with old versions of Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.

There certainly is a learning curve... just like Premiere the first time. I spent a day just going through Youtube videos and how to's and now find Resolve to be acceptable. At this point I only use the free version and that said I am only doing basic editing, clipping, and color correction. I was used to Premiere and could zing through my workflow, and am fairly certain I will zing through with a bit of training on Resolve and save $$$ in the process with the same results.

Yes, but I set myself a task that I can do in 10 minutes in Premiere Pro and, even with the help of video tutorials, I can't yet get the same result in Davinci. I will give it another go today, as I maybe just need to get my head around it.

HalfFull · « **Reply #277 on:** May 05, 2019, 05:33 »

Quote from: noodle on May 04, 2019, 17:23

Remember this is a test phase

It’s like gasoline - they jack up the price, everyone moans, then it comes down a little and everyone thinks it’s a bargain

I bet Adobe will roll back the price to $15/ month and most people will remain with them

Nope

... everyone must have been very vocal as they've added the £9.99 package back... in addition to the other £19.99 one.

This seems to be a better approach. Provide the bigger package (more space etc) for those that need it but keep the original one for those that don't. One size doesn't fit all in this case and thankfully, they realised that.

wds · « **Reply #278 on:** May 05, 2019, 07:11 »

Quote from: KuriousKat on May 05, 2019, 02:56

Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 18:52
Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 17:02
Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 14:02
Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 13:01
I have the 'free year' for Photoshop/Lightroom, which runs until sometime later this year.

What happens if I wish to upgrade to the whole CC package? I can't cope with Premiere Pro CS6 any longer!

Try Davinci Resolve to break the chain of servitude. I dropped Premiere Pro and glad I did, Resolve does everything I need and does not force you into a strangle hold cloud plan... worth checking out.

I've spent the whole day trying to work with Davinci Resolve and really struggled with it - apart from the colour correction features which were a joy to use. I've downloaded a 7 day trial of the latest Premiere Pro and I'll compare side by side tomorrow and decide which way I go. I'd like to go with Resolve, as I hate the fact that I can't own the Creative Suite as I used to - I've only paid for Photoshop until now, and stayed with old versions of Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.

There certainly is a learning curve... just like Premiere the first time. I spent a day just going through Youtube videos and how to's and now find Resolve to be acceptable. At this point I only use the free version and that said I am only doing basic editing, clipping, and color correction. I was used to Premiere and could zing through my workflow, and am fairly certain I will zing through with a bit of training on Resolve and save $$$ in the process with the same results.

Yes, but I set myself a task that I can do in 10 minutes in Premiere Pro and, even with the help of video tutorials, I can't yet get the same result in Davinci. I will give it another go today, as I maybe just need to get my head around it.

What exactly is it that you are having difficulty replicating in Resolve?

kuriouskat · « **Reply #279 on:** May 05, 2019, 07:50 »

Quote from: wds on May 05, 2019, 07:11

Quote from: KuriousKat on May 05, 2019, 02:56
Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 18:52
Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 17:02
Quote from: Clair Voyant on May 04, 2019, 14:02
Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 13:01
I have the 'free year' for Photoshop/Lightroom, which runs until sometime later this year.

What happens if I wish to upgrade to the whole CC package? I can't cope with Premiere Pro CS6 any longer!

Try Davinci Resolve to break the chain of servitude. I dropped Premiere Pro and glad I did, Resolve does everything I need and does not force you into a strangle hold cloud plan... worth checking out.

I've spent the whole day trying to work with Davinci Resolve and really struggled with it - apart from the colour correction features which were a joy to use. I've downloaded a 7 day trial of the latest Premiere Pro and I'll compare side by side tomorrow and decide which way I go. I'd like to go with Resolve, as I hate the fact that I can't own the Creative Suite as I used to - I've only paid for Photoshop until now, and stayed with old versions of Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.

There certainly is a learning curve... just like Premiere the first time. I spent a day just going through Youtube videos and how to's and now find Resolve to be acceptable. At this point I only use the free version and that said I am only doing basic editing, clipping, and color correction. I was used to Premiere and could zing through my workflow, and am fairly certain I will zing through with a bit of training on Resolve and save $$$ in the process with the same results.

Yes, but I set myself a task that I can do in 10 minutes in Premiere Pro and, even with the help of video tutorials, I can't yet get the same result in Davinci. I will give it another go today, as I maybe just need to get my head around it.

What exactly is it that you are having difficulty replicating in Resolve?

I was following a tutorial to remove some dust spots from a sky. The instructions effectively made a new layer with a small inverted mask, and I moved the layer underneath slightly to shift the dust under the mask.

This worked for one spot but, other than saving and reopening, I couldn't figure out a way to do it for a second or third spot, as I couldn't find a way to flatten or link the first two layers together.

wds · « **Reply #280 on:** May 05, 2019, 09:13 »

I am by no means an expert, but I think you could set up multiple masks on the same "layer" or node. If that doesn't work, you could add additional nodes. I think if you kept them on the same node, all displacements or tracking movements would be identical. Again, I could be totally wrong, but that's what I would try.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #281 on:** May 06, 2019, 03:34 »

Quote from: wds on May 05, 2019, 09:13

I am by no means an expert, but I think you could set up multiple masks on the same "layer" or node. If that doesn't work, you could add additional nodes. I think if you kept them on the same node, all displacements or tracking movements would be identical. Again, I could be totally wrong, but that's what I would try.

Thanks for trying to help but I tried that and, because the mask was inverted, and effectively made a hole through to the bottom layer, if I made multiple masks I has multiple holes, so moving the bottom layer meant everything had to line up.

What I needed to do somehow was link the two layers together then add a new layer above for the second dust spot. I didn't find a way.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #282 on:** May 19, 2019, 06:31 »

OK, I've just upgraded to the full Adobe package, and asked on the live chat whether I could have credit for the remaining months on the free offer.

This is the answer I got:

"I really apologize for that you have to cancel your subscription and after that you can purchase that subscription in which you will get free PS/LR."

I tried to continue the conversation - do I need to cancel the PS/LR package or the new package?? But no one is answering me.

I am going away tomorrow, so will probably have to revisit this when I get back, but I can't be the only person to upgrade who has had to deal with this? Does anyone know of an easy solution?

Chichikov · « **Reply #283 on:** May 24, 2019, 02:40 »

Baiting…
They give it for "free"*
Then they double the price
Just baiting…

*remember, "If You're Not Paying For It, You Become The Product"

dpimborough · « **Reply #284 on:** May 24, 2019, 09:59 »

Quote from: Chichikov on May 24, 2019, 02:40

Baiting…
They give it for "free"*
Then they double the price
Just baiting…

*remember, "If You're Not Paying For It, You Become The Product"

Of course everyone was shouting WOO YAY! Free Adobe CC for a year

Clair Voyant · « **Reply #285 on:** May 24, 2019, 11:34 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on May 24, 2019, 09:59

Quote from: Chichikov on May 24, 2019, 02:40
Baiting…
They give it for "free"*
Then they double the price
Just baiting…

*remember, "If You're Not Paying For It, You Become The Product"

Of course everyone was shouting WOO YAY! Free Adobe CC for a year

Microstock was based on WOO YAY. WOO YAY I sold a photo via microstock and got a few pennies. Or another approach is WOO YAY I had to sell 30 photos to pay for my monthly Adobe subscription.

2checkingout · « **Reply #286 on:** May 26, 2019, 04:36 »

Hi Mat, as a Creative Cloud user and Adobe Stock contributor this is a great offer. Is there anything we need to do to qualify once we have met the 300 submissions or $500 of earnings threshold?

Thanks

Jens G · « **Reply #287 on:** May 26, 2019, 05:08 »

Quote from: 2checkingout on May 26, 2019, 04:36

Hi Mat, as a Creative Cloud user and Adobe Stock contributor this is a great offer. Is there anything we need to do to qualify once we have met the 300 submissions or $500 of earnings threshold?

Thanks

The giveaway was last year, but hopefully they will do the same this year.

georgep7 · « **Reply #288 on:** May 26, 2019, 05:15 »

As long as Adobe free subscription / giveaway etc is discussed
I would like to express a complaint on the last (last year) editing challenge.
Greece (EU) was left out of the major contest.

2checkingout · « **Reply #289 on:** May 26, 2019, 11:11 »

Quote from: Jens G on May 26, 2019, 05:08

Quote from: 2checkingout on May 26, 2019, 04:36
Hi Mat, as a Creative Cloud user and Adobe Stock contributor this is a great offer. Is there anything we need to do to qualify once we have met the 300 submissions or $500 of earnings threshold?

Thanks
The giveaway was last year, but hopefully they will do the same this year.

Doh what a muppet, from now on I will read the dates of the post..hopefully it gave you all a chuckle, if so, I'm glad to be of service

marthamarks · « **Reply #290 on:** May 26, 2019, 12:44 »

Quote from: 2checkingout on May 26, 2019, 11:11

Doh what a muppet, from now on I will read the dates of the post..hopefully it gave you all a chuckle, if so, I'm glad to be of service

You can often (athough not always) get an idea of how old a thread is by the number of pages it has reached. In this case, it's 12.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #291 on:** June 05, 2019, 10:09 »

Quote from: KuriousKat on May 04, 2019, 13:01

I have the 'free year' for Photoshop/Lightroom, which runs until sometime later this year.

What happens if I wish to upgrade to the whole CC package? I can't cope with Premiere Pro CS6 any longer!

Just wanted to say thank, Adobe.

I upgraded and was given a couple of month free, to compensate for the loss of the remaining months on my 'free' year.

Good customer relations, which is much more than can be said for most stock sites these days!

hatman12 · « **Reply #292 on:** June 17, 2019, 02:48 »

I have a user code for the free Offer, but when I go to place my order there doesn't appear to be any box for inserting the code (or for any coupon) - just boxes for credit card details.

hatman12 · « **Reply #293 on:** June 17, 2019, 07:28 »

Quote from: hatman12 on June 17, 2019, 02:48

I have a user code for the free Offer, but when I go to place my order there doesn't appear to be any box for inserting the code (or for any coupon) - just boxes for credit card details.

Okay, I found that I had to click on the specific link in the email. Did that, inserted my code, and got the message 'your code has expired'. Hmmm...

Yet in the email and on Adobe's web site it says the offer code is valid until July 2021. But in the offer FAQ official rules it says it expires 31/12/2018.

wds · « **Reply #294 on:** June 17, 2019, 08:02 »

Quote from: hatman12 on June 17, 2019, 07:28

Quote from: hatman12 on June 17, 2019, 02:48
I have a user code for the free Offer, but when I go to place my order there doesn't appear to be any box for inserting the code (or for any coupon) - just boxes for credit card details.

Okay, I found that I had to click on the specific link in the email. Did that, inserted my code, and got the message 'your code has expired'. Hmmm...

Yet in the email and on Adobe's web site it says the offer code is valid until July 2021. But in the offer FAQ official rules it says it expires 31/12/2018.

It may be that once you have the code it will expire July 2021, but the offer to get the code expired on x/x/2018. Yes, doesn't really make sense, but might be the "reason"

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #295 on:** June 17, 2019, 14:48 »

Quote from: hatman12 on June 17, 2019, 07:28

Okay, I found that I had to click on the specific link in the email. Did that, inserted my code, and got the message 'your code has expired'. Hmmm...

Yet in the email and on Adobe's web site it says the offer code is valid until July 2021. But in the offer FAQ official rules it says it expires 31/12/2018.

At the end of last year I received a reminder email about my free year offer code (because I haven't yet redeemed it) and after repeating the code and instructions on how to use it, there is this:

"You have until July 2021 to redeem it."

That's unambiguous. If you're experiencing a bug that's preventing you from using it, I'm guessing support is the route to go (and Mat if that doesn't produce success).

ForrestBrown · « **Reply #296 on:** July 15, 2019, 15:18 »

Hi Matt, it’s been a year since you first announced this Creative Clouds giveaway. Are there plans to do another giveaway this year?

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #297 on:** July 15, 2019, 15:26 »

Another free year wouldn't go amiss!

marthamarks · « **Reply #298 on:** July 15, 2019, 15:29 »

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on July 15, 2019, 15:26

Another free year wouldn't go amiss!

Actually, it would be downright appreciated!

Not to mention making us contributors predisposed to send our best work to Adobe.

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #299 on:** July 26, 2019, 23:27 »

Got my reminder that my subscription will renew next month... that year went by pretty fast! Hope they do it again now!

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georgep7

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