Tom Evans

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I'm considering buying or renting one of the Boris FX products, but not sure if it will be good value for money to pay more for a new license than going for an annual subscription. On a general basis, would you own a software today when computer tech are going forward in this pace. Will it be outdated in a year or two anyways? Thoughts? 

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Prices vary enormously between versions. 

For an OFX version of Continuum, an annual licence is only  $146 (in the  Black Friday sale), whereas for Avid it's $371. Seems like good value to get the plugins for Resolve and probably more useful in a finishing system.

A new permanent licence seems to be about four times an annual. Even then, I think you have to pay an upgrade cost once your  first year of free upgrades is up.

With an annual licence, you can always get the latest version.

Whatever you decide, their Black Friday sale (up to 50% off) is ending very soon!

 

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