At last, we now can set the color/contrast of the desktop and not be so blinded by the abundance of white.....
Thank you, Corel, for this nice gift.
Pretty damn cute.
MikeWe said: Pretty damn cute.
Not.
Do I even want to install this update?
pranderson said:...But since I am a Premie, I am going to enjoy not having to wear sunglasses! Patti
Patti
Same registry hack applies to PhotoPaint, just a slightly different location.
Do note on either location (for either application), the key is not present until such time as one tries to use the premie feature. Then CD or PP adds the key, which can then be modified.
The short of it? I'm not wearing sunglasses anymore in CD or PP, either.
Right when Adobe went with subscription only model, people started saying that Corel was different. I said Corel must be dying to follow that same model. It's just business after all. Now we get to see the truth of my words. Corel can't force it on you like Adobe, so it's trying to influence you to subscribe. In this case, it's just pathetic how they chose to do it. They picked a couple of features that are extremely old news on competing products, and made them only available to subscription users. I don't think consumers view the subscription in the same way that Corel imagines they do. The more Corel does nonsense like this, the more even it's fans will dislike and distrust. It's really unfortunate. People were begging for the ability to change the brightness of the interface. Corel responds by dangling it like a carrot on a string.
I am not really upset about the whole premie scheme that Corel uses. Why? Because they have people willing to lay out $100 bucks a year to be beta testers. It's brilliant, really. By the time we mere mortals get the changes, maybe the bugs in those features get worked out.
Under the former scheme, I wouldn't see those features until a new release anyway.
While it would be classified as still playing catch-up, why don't they actually give premie users something of value like real paragraph and character styles? PDF/X-4 output? I could list a few dozen things under the "catch-up" category, let alone some actual new things. These things would at least provide a value-added deal for those willing to spend the extra money. Better than putting lipstick on a pig, so to speak, and then calling it a premium feature.
Hi Mike,
MikeWe said:people willing to lay out $100 bucks a year to be beta testers.
Not really. You can pay the 100.00 a year and get the new stuff as it's being created or wait 2 years and pay the 200.00 (same thing) for the upgrade except you are 2 years behind the learning curve. Why wait. Business moves real fast and having the latest tools is very important here. I get my 100.00 worth with the free content, fonts, images, etc. and get to play with new feature tools.
Beta testing is something completely different than what you say and perhaps you should try applying for it if it interests you. You make some great comments on improving the suite why not put your thoughts to action. I have been beta testing ongoing for over 12 years now and I will say affirmatively it is completely different than premium membership big time..Not even close.
Lipstick on a pig? Sounds like Sara Palin?
Bowing out of this thread before I get lynched.