Difference between FF Beta 3.0 key for customers and non-customers

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Please, I want that GMM or any moderator can confirm if all the below information is true and 100% right, because I do not work for FF, so I am not 100%sure of how it works the trials beta keys as I am already a owner of Filter Forge since Version 1.0

It seems that there is perhaps some confusion and misunderstanding about how works the beta key for Filter Forge 3.0 (FF 3.0), and this is why I think i will make a new thread to explain more clearly how it works.

The most important thing is to know if you are using the FF 3.0 Beta as as owner of previous FF 2.0 or 1.0 (i mean you have bought any version beofre),or you are using it as a trial, I mean you do not own FF 2.0 or FF 1.0.

Because is not the same, as the beta key for owners of FF is time-unlimited and valid for ALL beta versions, but for FF 3.0 beta trial, is limited to only 30 days and for ONE version only

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In the Beta 3.0 download page you can read very clearly at the end in the Beta 3.0 Notes ---> http://filterforge.com/download/beta3/index.html •The beta is a 30-day fully functional trial of Filter Forge Professional 3.0. All customers of Filter Forge can get a beta key to use the beta version beyond the 30-day trial period. Please note that this key will not work with the commercial 3.0 version. To request the beta key click here

I think that perhaps this important note should be put in the very first beginning, just next to the download link, to avoid confusions and misunderstanding, and avoid frustration or problems, as some people could perhaps and probably go ONLY to the download and DO NOT go to the end of page to read this notes.

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Tigeraspect wrote: If you're a current licence holder of FF2 (or FF1), I'm pretty sure you qualify for a time-unlimited beta key, just contact FF support to request one.

The Beta key for trial and NOT owners of FF is only 30 days

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: Quote Apple wrote: Does that mean that every 30 days we have to ask for a new key? No, just once.

As far as I know it is really, Just once for every beta stage, I mean you can ask for a beta key for beta 1, and then wait until Beta 2 and ask for another key, and so on.

So you if you have the Beta TRIAL you need to ask for a new key each time a new beta trial is released.

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To use the beta beyond the 30 days trial time, buy Filter Forge 2.0 and get a free unlimited key for the 3.0 beta.

So all the owners of FF 2.0 (and FF 1.0) that have asked for a beta key will have just ONE key for all the beta versions and for unlimited time BUT only until the final commercial version is released, where you should buy the upgrade to continue using FF 3.0

USING A PREVIOUS BETA VERSION IF A NEW ONE HAS BEEN RELEASED


You can ONLY use a beta trial version only during the time that this beta version is available, because if a new trial version is uploaded to the FF website, the old one will not work anymore and will show the error message ""outdated version" and the beta key you have will not work anymore.

You can´t use anymore beta 1 if beta 2 is already released.

Owners of FF with official licence, will ONLY need to download the new beta and install it and will recognize the old beta key and will not need to have a new key.

I think also that the 30 days is relative, and always the same, as if you ask today for a beta key, and in 10 days a new beta is released, I think that your new beta key will be useless and you will need to ask for a new key for the new beta just released.

The outdated version error happens when you try to run the old beta version when the new beta has been released, and if you already have the beta key, it will be recognized and you do not need a new key, but if you are using as trial, you will need to ask for a new key

I hope that this will help to solve the problem and avoid confusion

If you can afford it, (and now is better than never with 60% discount) I recommend that you buy a licence to this excellent, awesome and amazing program. I know that of course, nobody can buy it, and also if you have never use it and have seen how wonderful it is you should download first the trial, BUT be aware of the beta and trial limitations.