Buying Filter Forge

I own a sign shop and use Signlab for sign design
I occasionally need to add texture (metal / wood etc) to designs
Trying to decide to buy Basic or Standard Pkg
I can't see where I would design filters but
Does the Basic pkg give me access to the full library and when it says access to I assume that library free? Right?
If you buy basic and soon discover you want to progress, can you upgrade to Standard
for a nominal?

Hello

I have some questions too.

When I buy v3 now, will I get v4 as well since it seems to be just around the corner? Or do I better wait till v4 is released? The website just mentions a beta key, but what about when the beta is done and the final version is out?

What do you mean it uses just a single lonely core?
I've a quadcore... I've had a quadcore for 3-something years and you want to tell me there is modern software out there that purposfully uses just one core?

I actually would be pleased with the basic edition but as you mentioned, one may want to alter the filter settings and if that's only possible with the standard version I guess I'll take that one then. Unless it is really true that the software won't use my quadcore. I def. won't pay 120 dollars for a feature that is standard anywhere else.


Regards,
Lizzy

Thanks for the reply. The Buy page only shows version 3. No mention of a v4 pre-order. All I found was a pre-order upgrade. But I want v4 not v3+upgrade. I guess I have to wait.
I know the compare table, but since there is no word about how many cores the other versions use, I assumed 'no limit' meant 6+ cores.
Just now that I wanted to copy the line I noticed that there's a 'mouse-over' tip with additional info. Honestly who would expect that? No reason to move the mouse there. There should be a note.

Why can't the standardversion support a quadcore and the pro six and eight cores? Quadcores are sooo old. Support for quadcores is normal by now (except for games, but some do already). Now is the time in that GPU support for rendering becomes a standard... slowly.


edit: The render speed of the trial is good, for the reduced preview That's how software is supposed to work, like my video editors. Only gpu acceleration missing now ^^ I think for larger textures gpu acceleration would be a bliss.

Will there be plugins for other image editors but Photoshop?

Since Adobe dropped their sell and force rent-only upon their customers I'll have to leave them in a few years (CS6 will last a while) and switch to Gimp... or maybe Corel Paintshop Pro (haven't tried that one out yet; Gimp seems nice except for its lack of non-destructive editing).
Renting software is more expensive over time than buying.
I don't make a living out of my hobby.