General Etiquette/Software question

[skala67]

I have been part of the CGArchitect community for quite some time, but was not sure of the proper etiquette regarding my dilemna. I have an image that needs a certain operation performed through a certain software. I have used a trial version and it works great, but can not justify to the company that we need to buy the working version, since this is a one time occurence. So my question is.... what is the proper etiquette of asking if someone has this certain software that i could send a file to, to perform this certain operation. I had to keep this somewhat cryptic so as to not cross any inappropriate boundaries. Thanks for understanding.

Cheers,

[Scott Schroeder]

If you have to keep it cryptic and go through back channels, then don't do it.

[Francisco Penaloza]

Well reading only the top part I imagine that you can just post asking the need of some software specialist with equipment, or hire a freelancer to do some task.

Now your company seems pretty decent so I am guessing you are not trying to do anything inappropriate, now there is always a free version for each software, a free legal way to do things, Photoshop = GIMP or very low budget Paint shop pro, or rent adobe suit for a month at a very low price; 3dMax= Blender, Phremiere = Imovie and so on of course there is limitations but a good crafted artist can develop without problems.

 

if it is dark and secret you should not post it in a open to public forum

[Tommy L]

Eh? Do9esnt seem like youre breaking any rules. If you used a trial version to try something out and it worked, then yes, go ahead and ask for a freelancer on these boards to do the task. As you've done it once and can tell the person who owns the software exactly what you want I cant see it costing very much.

So what do you need?

[Nic H]

lol who cares

spell it out and someone will help

you aren't going to jail for this....