Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:19 pm
Hey Cliff,
Also, Adobe (with the CC versions - can't remember with the old perpetual licenses) allows you to install its programs, including Photoshop, on as many computers as you like, and 2 of them can be activated at the same time, as long as you are only using 1 computer at a time. So, if you don't have it activated elsewhere, you could install it on the Macbook.
Wasn't sure if your copy of Photoshop was business or personal, and if it was CC or the perpetual, so I'm not sure what your licensing would be.
Also, they do have a Photographer's Plan of Photoshop and Lightroom for $9.99/month, which again could have 2 activated licenses at a time. (Perhaps as tax-deductible donation to the church!)
I also concur with Thomas' suggestions. For our Township Council meetings, which are in a separate location from our studio, we are using a dirt cheap HP Stream laptop that couldn't fit Photoshop on it if we tried. But, we use it to control the switcher with the ATEM software control. So, we create the graphics in Photoshop ahead of time here at the studio and upload them to Google Drive. Then, shortly before the meeting, we download them from Drive onto the cheap laptop and drag each one into the Media Pool. Of course, a Council meeting is going off of a strict written agenda, so the graphics can be made ahead of time without ever having a need to change them on the fly. Not sure if you are needing to make late changes for a church or not.
Public Access Director, Peters Twp Comm TV
Freelance TV Broadcast Camera Op (sometimes Dir, TD, EIC, Video)
ATEM M/E 1, 2 & TVS, Studio & Broadcast Cam, Smartscope/view, Cam Conv, Studio Conv, Talkback Conv, Hyperdecks, Videohub 40x40 & MC