Torrents to the rescue. I torrented version 3 till I was satisfied with it then ended up buying version 4 when it came out. Although many will disagree, I don't ahva problem torrenting software for testing or educational purposes. But if you are using it frequently or even making money off what you are using, time to get legit!

I checked into that; seems v4 has an issue that prevents the "Make Editable" button from working when cracked/ coded.

I downloaded version 3 and once I figured out how to use it I baught 4.

Yeah, in the event that the vendor does the idiotic thing of not offering a trial version of commercial software (FFS, kids operating in their parents basement developing tiny progs found on CNet are able to do this even!), piracy is pretty much your only option to hack your own way in to a trial situation.

The only worry at that point is if other things like customer support will be just as bad.