Sunday
May022010
Get a Discount on Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended by Joining NAPP
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 10:47AM 
This week I was visiting a website that I frequently do for Photoshop help and while I was browsing the site, I was reminded of the discounts that being a member offers me. The organization, whose site I was visiting, is the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, or NAPP. You can visit their website at www.PhotoshopUser.com. I joined NAPP several months back and have been using their online photoshop resources regularly. I love having access to a huge library of tutorials that grows in number daily. Even though I have great book resources that I also use regularly, like those mentioned in my latest article about Photoshop CS5, sometimes it's nice just to go to a website, enter a quick search string, and watch a video explain a particular Photoshop technique that I need help with. It doesn't hurt that the folks at NAPP are some of the top photographers and digital artists in the world. I've grown tremendously in my knowledge and application of Photoshop as a result. Here's an example of the high quality tutorial videos offered there.
The reason I'm writing about this is to share this opportunity with my readers and to give you, the reader, an opportunity to hear about NAPP from someone who actually uses it regularly and truly benefits from many of its perks. My hope is that, if you are a Photoshop user or are considering a purchase of Photoshop CS5 in the future, by the end of this article you might consider joining me at NAPP.
When I consider joining a professional organization, naturally I want to know upfront what joining will get for me. In other words, will I get enough value every year to make the cost of joining worth while. I'll let you decide about NAPP for yourself after seeing what they offer below.
One of the discounts that NAPP membership offers is 15% off ALL Adobe products. Let's take a look at how a 1 year membership fee of $100 would come right back to you with a purchase of the new Photoshop CS5:
| Photoshop CS5 - 15% NAPP Discount Final Price Photoshop CS5 Extended - 15% NAPP Discount Final Price | $700 $105 ($105 discount - $100 NAPP 1 YR Membership = $5 cash back) $595 $1,000 $150 ($150 discount - $100 NAPP 1 YR Membership = $50 cash back) $850 |
In either case, your NAPP membership pays for itself and still puts extra money in your pocket. In other words, if you were already going to purchase Photoshop CS5, then you will actually be making money by signing up for NAPP first, and then taking your NAPP discount on Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended. And that's without taking advantage of any of the other NAPP benefits and discounts.
Other Perks:
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One extra incentive for joining NAPP:
| NAPP is offering an additional incentive to join by giving away a free instructional DVD to those who enter the coupon code 'FRIEND' at checkout. This DVD is titled, "The Best of Photoshop User: The Tenth Year". This DVD discusses the most popular tutorials and requested techniques for Photoshop from the magazine's 11th year and includes tips for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Camera Raw. This DVD is produced every year...it's a hit and you won't want to pass up the opportunity to have it for free. |
For more information on why we like this particular release - Photoshop CS5 - check out our article titled, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Released.
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