Definitive answer on CPTK1 upgrade to PT11HD?

[kazuomik]

Originally Posted by Righty27

... and it would appear that, to upgrade, the CPTK will need to be registered with Avid i.e. unlikely if purchased 'used'.

Originally Posted by Jon_Atkinson

Ok, that doesn't affect me, but for the sake of clarity in this thread do you have a link to that?

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=337302
http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2028445&postcount=3

Originally Posted by DFT

Thanks, nst7.

I called the transfer desk this morning and got this information.

1) The CPTK is considered a 'plugin,' and as such cannot be transferred/ reregistered.

While you might be able to transfer the license via iLok ... which is in question as apparently license transfer through iLok is also subject to the software vendor's policies, you would have no upgrade path as you wouldn't be eligible to purchase the upgrade.

2) The only way a CPTK could be sold and registered by a new owner with full upgrade benefits would be if the authorization number had never been registered with an Avid account.

Good luck finding #2!

DFT