i have run into some pdfs that were using a 3rd party protection that i couldn't get passed. i just wanted to print it but the protection wouldn't let me, so i figured no biggie - not the case, everything i tried wouldn't touch it.
Happen to know what the third part protection was? I've got a client interested in securing distributed PDFs to prevent art export/modification when printing ONLY as-is is the intended use. The user base is pretty sophisticated and accustomed to tearing apart art they're sent and re-purposing it. My client would love to put an end to that.
I am part of adobe focus group as well as autodesk and several other companies that produce programs that artist use. I often see alphas and artist concept work on interface changes. CS5 has a lot of good things coming to it, but again they fail to get that bundling lots of other applications is not a substitute for improving the single application. I got annoyed at the canned responses when I brought it up in the past so I just stick to workflow quirks or features inside the actual applications.
Well, from my point of view, the releases since about PS4 have been almost incremental, hardly worth a new version number. Can't sell upgrade licenses like that though.
There is no way to just install photoshop itself as a single application when doing the setup. It has dependencies I will never use and really are not dependencies at all. I can go back and uninstall them after the setup, but can't do so on the install.
Interesting. I've always turned off tons of stuff I didn't need from the CS install, but never tried to do just a PS install. It's not surprising, but I'd imagine the people who wrote the Suite installer never expected users to only install one application (when that application is available for less money, standalone). Still, you should be able to pare down the install however you see fit.
The Acrobat install is absolutely retarded now, how large it is. It's literally a poster child for application bloat, and that makes me sad. At it's core it still functions exceptionally well when used for it's original intent - portable, high quality, single-file printing.
LOL wait, so they have protection that stops you from being able to print?
Yes, there are controls for restricting print, editing, viewing with password, etc. And yes, there are ways around it, but the deterrent is sufficient to keep an average user from doing it.
That 3k could buy 5 new laptops, or a new office printer, or even a piece of janitorial equipment like a floor cleaning machine. It just seems wasteful to spend it on software that does one small task when you could buy something else with it that does a bigger task.
5 new laptops and a new printer will get the job he needs done how, exactly? He has work to do. Which requires InDesign. Janitorial equipment won't help him get that work done.
I assume if he needs
3 copies on
3 workstations it's doing a little more than one small task. I think it's pretty clear you're uninformed as to what InDesign does.
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