What a crazy second half we’re off to. Within our industry, we rarely if ever have seen the kind of furor that has been happening over the last several weeks. The blogosphere and twittersphere have been going crazy within our creative community. Recently, that’s been accentuated by Adobe’s unusual offer to encourage users of other editing platforms to adopt Adobe as part of their toolkit. Learn more about switching and the Switcher promotion here.
Unfortunately, with all good intentions, it sometimes generates a certain amount of confusion and at the request of a friend and coworker, I’m here to set the record straight on the details of Adobe’s current promotional offer for FCP and Avid users.
First off – the details of the offer is here.
Save 50% off Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium or Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5 software if you own Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer with offer code SWITCH. Offer ends September 30, 2011. See terms.
This offer is available to editors interested in switching from their current tool of choice to Premiere Pro or Production Premium. I previously had a couple of people ask me about switching from Sony Vegas. Our initial idea was to offer an upgrade path for FCP users who were feeling stranded, but then as we moved forward, we opened it to Avid Media Composer, Grass Valley Edius or Sony Vegas owners too.
While my personal focus is clearly in the US, Adobe is a global company. As such, this Switcher offer is available on adobe.com worldwide (“SWITCH” promo code) with the exception of Japan. We will be adding Japan soon!
Sometimes things happen that cause some trouble. Rarely – but it happens. If you’re having trouble with purchasing or using the promo code SWITCH, contact Adobe Customer Service in your region: http://www.adobe.com/support/contact
A final closing note for you to consider: This offer is definitely, definitely a temporary thing and if you’re at all on the bubble about doing it or not, I encourage you to consider it. As I’ve said previously, I’ve never seen anything like this from Adobe and honestly, I expect the powers that be to wake up one day and say, “What were we thinking.” So don’t say that you weren’t warned!