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Migrating from VW educational version to Design Suite 2024


naturelover

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8 hours ago, naturelover said:

Thanks for this answer. My question is actually about upgrading ... what's the best way to do it without affecting my files and work to date. Is this even an issue? Grateful if someone could let me know. Thanks!


You shouldn’t have used educational software for commercial work.  That being the case, as @klinzey said, you can use the student2pro program to have the watermarks cleared.  If you can’t qualify for the student2pro program, you’ll need to talk to your salesperson about getting the old edu files cleared.

 

Until you get this sorted, you’ll should probably remove the edu license from your computer and make sure you add the commercial license correctly.  Tech support can help you with all that.  
 

if you copy stuff from your old edu files into the commercial software, it’s going to be watermarked.

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So I run into a few designers in the entertainment field who seem to hold onto their edu licenses. It's such an interesting decision - some say they'd rather not spend the money to upgrade to the pro license and in their eyes, makes no difference to their work. I think they may also use students / interns in their practices & so join em if you can't beat em I guess.

Sadly it means I or my studio is gonna be spending an inordinate amount of time redrafting their stuff.

What happens when one references items in from watermarked dwgs - does that bring in the dreaded watermark as well? I'd test but I have no watermarked files handy to test with, 😂😂😂😂

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16 minutes ago, mjm said:

What happens when one references items in from watermarked dwgs - does that bring in the dreaded watermark as well? I'd test but I have no watermarked files handy to test with, 😂😂😂😂

Yes, bringing anything into a file from a Watermarked file will bring the watermark as well. This is via both import and copy/paste.

 

But I think VW2024 and VW2025 now warn you before performing the action so you have the ability to stop before you mark your file.

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2 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Yes, bringing anything into a file from a Watermarked file will bring the watermark as well. This is via both import and copy/paste.

 

But I think VW2024 and VW2025 now warn you before performing the action so you have the ability to stop before you mark your file.

It's such an irritation to deal with — so un-share-y. 

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