Yes, I do know about Photoshop Elements but that's a slimmed-down version of Photoshop and there's nothing like that for Illustrator.
Remember what making an educational version of Maya (free for download, I think) did for them?
Before, you couldn't find books in stores for Maya and most people certainly couldn't afford it and the hardware and operating systems that were required at the time (IRIX or Windows NT on a SGI system). When they ported it to OS X and offered an educational download, that opened the doors for people who always wanted to learn 3D animation on an industry standard application.
Now you can easily find books on Maya, and I'm sure Alias is seeing a lot more users (and dollars) now because of it.
by Michael James — Jun 20
Remember what making an educational version of Maya (free for download, I think) did for them?
Before, you couldn't find books in stores for Maya and most people certainly couldn't afford it and the hardware and operating systems that were required at the time (IRIX or Windows NT on a SGI system). When they ported it to OS X and offered an educational download, that opened the doors for people who always wanted to learn 3D animation on an industry standard application.
Now you can easily find books on Maya, and I'm sure Alias is seeing a lot more users (and dollars) now because of it.