P: Ps Splash Screen - Why am I getting Rings of Power ad?

[viniciusf95164475]

This is revolting; I pay monthly for Photoshop, and now I'm forced to see an ad for the Amazon Rings of Power series every time I open it?

This is a disservice to the consumer; what is the next step? having to see a 30-second ad in order to save a file?

[jhbradley610]

I look forward to all the "certainly not an advertisement" splash screens for Raid Shadow Legends and Nord VPN.

Surely they have 'fan art' communities as well!

[Abambo]

As a matter of working efficience: I start most of the programs only once at the first need or after a restart.

As a matter of support for artists: I appreciate Adobe to source images from Behance. And I love looking at those (I especially loved the mermaid).

As a natter of fact: the splash screen is shown during the time Adobe programs start, not for a fixed amount of time. If you do not like the image, wait for the next update, and the splash screen changes again.

[picoOmulu]

I feel that a number of Adobe Community Professionals are piling up on users concerned about this matter and that direct intervention from Adobe is probably needed here. 

[Peter Sealy]

Hm. Sorry. I think it's great!!!

[TheDigitalDog]

This is what all this silly fuss is about? 

It's a piece of artwork, created in Photoshop. Nothing new ranters:

https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/adobe-photoshop

Get a grip! This CWOBaT (colossal waste of bandwidth and time).

It's on screen for like 8 seconds. 

"Whine and complain about everything in your life. Loudly. At every given opportunity. This will assure that you never get anything better, because we tend to get what we focus on."- Jack Killian

[jasoncryer]

Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to remove or disable the pop-up advertisements every time I start Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. I'm seeing blatant popup ads for Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power on Amazon Prime every single time I boot one of these Adobe Products. I would like to know how to disable this advertisement on a product I pay minimum $30 a month for. Any help is appreciated. 

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

That is not an advertisement. That is the startup screen for the product showcasing users artwork as the splash screen.

[jasoncryer]

Hi Kevin, thank you for your answer. I think it is an advertisement, though – it says "inspired by THe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" which is a TV show.

[Hunter_PackHealth]

It's an ad. It was paid for by Amazon with the intent of promoting a product. Technically it is product placement. But it's 100% advertising. It cost Amazon a lot of money to license so if it isn't "advertising" The Rings Of Power I'm sure Amazon would like to hear about it. It's unnecessary and I'd rather see curated user content or even Adobe in house dev content over an ad. Which s what this is.

Sponge Bob is next.

[Lumigraphics]

And you know this how? You've seen a contract? Or are you just guessing?

More importantly, who cares? Its artwork, not an ad.

[MyWebMaestro]

It's most definitely an advertisement. Otherwise it wouldn't be used across their suite of tools with different artwork for each. It's another way for Adobe to profit off it's customers. However, like Facebook, if they're going to make money off of our eyeballs, they should provide the service for free. It won't be long until we see Pepsi artwork, or whatever summer blockbuster movie is coming out, etc. It's extremely annoying and disrespectful on Adobe's part. Though I don't expect my opinion, or the opinion of those who agree with me, to matter all that much against $$$. 

[Chris 486]

Hi Jasoncryer,

Those are not pop up ads. They are the loading screens for each product. The artwork will change periodically.

[Hunter_PackHealth]

It's an ad. Adobe was paid for them. They promote a product. It's an ad.

[Chris 486]

Hi Hunter,

Not arguing the artwork is promoted and an ad, just noting that it's not a pop up ad. Regardless of what art is displayed, the loading splash screen is there by default.

[TheDigitalDog]

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@Hunter_PackHealth wrote:

It's an ad. Adobe was paid for them. They promote a product. It's an ad.

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 "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."-Carl Sagan

[J E L]

@jasoncryer There are ways to disable the splash screen with a text string to the shortcut icon. See this thread for suggestions and links: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/p-ps-splash-screen-why-am-i-getting-r.... Please note, your post may be merged into that one as well.

[Chris 486]

Well I learned something new! Thanks Jain!

[MyWebMaestro]

It looks like that works for opening the app via the shortcut, but not when opening it by double clicking a PSD file (or other image, etc.)... any chance you know of a way to cover that base as well? 🙂

[J E L]

@MyWebMaestro Through the shortcut is the only way I know. You can run the beta version of Photoshop if you like.

[MyWebMaestro]

I appreciate getting halfway free. 🙂  I strongly hesitate to run the beta though, with my luck I'd be a bug magnet and it would get in the way of my workflow too frequently.

[J E L]

Ha, no worries, I hear you!

[SimonBarton]

A quick google search for each of the artists and you'll discover on their websites/Behance pages they all clearly state that the artworks work commisoned by Adobe to promote the Prime Video series so they are clearly advertising to some extent.

Personally I don't have a problem with it, I can't say I even noticed until I saw this thread, but I guess it's only a slippery slope till we start seeing ads creeping in to other areas of the software.

[Lumigraphics]

Is it advertising if people have no idea what the artwork is from or for? Not being an Amazon customer, I would have never guessed and don't care. Its artwork.

[Leslie Moak Murray]

And here I thought the answer was to go to Stonehenge, paint your face blue, and throw some dandelions up in the air,

[Ronivan]

I decided to open this post because I haven't found any proper solution for this issue. In short, I use both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for my work, and for time now I'm getting these ads related to the Rings of Power series of Amazon. As costumer of Adobe I will make this question simple: I don't want to see it in the product I pay to use, how do I remove it?

I tried the -NoSplash method but it didn't seem to work, I still get both ads in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Please fellow forum users, I would ask you all to stick to my topic question, "How I disable or Remove that Ad" and nothing else.

I would appreacite any help archieving this beside canceling my adobe subscription and use an ''alternative'' version of it intead.