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The new version 8 is out.  Is it worth the upgrade over version 7?

I haven't upgraded yet, I have a lifetime license so it shouldn't cost me anything. I'll report back sometime in the future.

E.J. Peiker wrote:I haven't upgraded yet, I have a lifetime license so it shouldn't cost me anything.  I'll report back sometime in the future.

I'm a little nervous.  These guys are in Ukraine.  You hear a lot about potential cyber war by Russia. Do you think a clean install with 8 is safer than the auto update of 7?  At least Norton thinks the 8 file is "clean" but as I say I'm nervous.  Auto update I'm not sure Norton checks that.

I didn't actually know they were from Ukraine but I also think they would be a tiny little fish in a big pond and are likely to be safe, at least at the moment. I would think any cyber activity, in the short term, would be against critical infrastructure, not a tiny photo software company.

E.J. Peiker wrote:I haven't upgraded yet, I have a lifetime license so it shouldn't cost me anything.  I'll report back sometime in the future.

Does the lifetime license include version updates? That’s pretty good if it does.

Scott Fairbairn wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:I haven't upgraded yet, I have a lifetime license so it shouldn't cost me anything.  I'll report back sometime in the future.

Does the lifetime license include version updates? That’s pretty good if it does.

It has so far, I bought when it was on Version 5 and I'm now on 7 and haven't had to pay any more money.  I haven't tried upgrading to 8 yet.

I've a lifetime license and upgraded today for free. Have not tried it. I'm not sure that I would not have preferred to stay with last version of 7 as it had been out long enough to be bug free. Support may dry up and Version 8 has only been out a short time with two updates in February. I've got 8 but have not tried it out.

I upgraded tonight without a hitch other than an unusually slow download. I haven’t really used it but at least on the surface, it doesn’t look materially different from version 7.

I'm on version 7.7.5 and with a lifetime licence. When I check for updates it says I am up to date. Is version 8 a manual download?

ChrisRoss wrote:I'm on version 7.7.5 and with a lifetime licence.  When I check for updates it says I am up to date.  Is version 8 a manual download?

Helicon's update checker within the software has never recognized full version changes - it's a bug that's been there since it's beginning.  Just go to their website and manually download it and install it.

I have a lifetime license as well and I upgraded to version 8 without a problem.

I'm currently on 8.1.1 and have had no problems with the upgrade...On a Mac anyway.