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CS cloud $9.99/month
I don't know if this is a good deal or not. I have followed threads posted here previously regarding the general dislike of the move from a one time purchase to the monthly fee for cloud version of Photoshop. I tend to agree with the majority that don't seem to like the new pricing structure and I have followed threads regarding alternatives to Photoshop as well. This offer expires August 31, and I assume the price would be significantly higher after the first year. See pricing in link and scroll down a page to the $9.99/month offer: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativec … guide.html I haven't researched the implications of this and don't yet understand how the "cloud" version of photoshop works in practice. My biggest concern is that at the end of the one year trial price, the download is likely disabled unless you continue to pay the monthly fee which will go up significantly after the first year. A friend sent me the link and thinks it is a great deal, but his company pays the monthly fee for the full suite of software (not just CS) for him and his entire development staff. Aug 22 13 09:19 pm Link How long until it goes up to $74.99? And I see no $9.99, only $19.99 and up. Aug 22 13 09:25 pm Link Link to terms: https://creative.adobe.com/plans?plan=offers If you scroll down to the second or third to last item (using the first link I posted), there is a $9.99/month one year trial price. If you click on "terms" at the very bottom, you get to the link in this reply. I don't know what "single app" means. My friend that originally sent me the link, thought it was for the photoshop program like what I currently use, not the full suite of Adobe products, which I have not needed before. I agree with you that after the first year, the price will be whatever they want to charge. Aug 22 13 09:33 pm Link I have CS6. It costs $0 per month. I think I'm happy for now. I'm okay with "renting" something I use occasionally. I like to own things I use all the time. Aug 22 13 09:53 pm Link HHPhoto wrote: The problem I've had with that is I don't know if "single app" means Bridge comes with Photoshop or if I'd have to pay for Bridge separately. Bridge has become every bit as important to my workflow as Photoshop and I don't want to go back to Lightroom. Aug 22 13 11:27 pm Link HHPhoto wrote: Viator-Defessus Photos wrote: I believe when you sign up for the single app, you get everything you would have gotten with the boxed version. I could be wrong, but why not just ask? When you go on the site it gives you the option to chat with a representative. Aug 22 13 11:34 pm Link It's the complete application with all (and more) functioinality than the last boxed version. Aug 22 13 11:57 pm Link -JAY- wrote: Exactly. Once they have you, they'll milk you for whatever they can. They had no reasonable technical reason to remove the owned versions - they just did it because it won't make them as much money. In order to make more money they will have to increase prices. Aug 22 13 11:59 pm Link Viator-Defessus Photos wrote: You got it for free? Aug 23 13 12:05 am Link I have it, I pay $19.99/month. I have no complaints. Aug 23 13 12:15 am Link Mikey McMichaels wrote: Being kinda snarky I guess. The money is paid. Going forward I don't have to pay any more to continue using it. Aug 23 13 12:41 am Link GPS Studio Services wrote: Yeah... but I don't want to bother them because I have no actual interest in buying Creative Cloud. I'm sticking with CS6. Aug 23 13 12:42 am Link Klarrissa wrote: I am curious (this is not a slap). At what price point will you not be getting value? Is it $24.99? $29.99? $39.99? $59.99? Or more? Aug 23 13 07:04 pm Link Viator-Defessus Photos wrote: I wonder if we will at some point see "metered" pricing, i.e. charging per hour of program use or per file saved? Digitoxin wrote: Truth be told, the older versions of PS are good enough for most, and this may help them come to realize it. Aug 23 13 07:31 pm Link Viator-Defessus Photos wrote: Just think, the longer you use it, the lower the cost per month. Aug 23 13 07:56 pm Link Bugger the cloud! Aug 23 13 08:13 pm Link Welcome to the future folks. I've got studio fees, insurance costs, upgrading equipment every 3 years. You can close your eyes and pretend it's not 2013, but reality marches on. Add a subscription to the cost of doing business. Or don't buy it. Keep your current version, it won't matter to adobe since most professionals I know have no issue with a minimal fee and have already joined. Aug 23 13 08:28 pm Link -JAY- wrote: Yep... and you'll probably need it for alittle over 40 years... and at $20 a month for over 40 years... you're lookin at OVER $10,000!... Aug 24 13 03:02 am Link Select Models wrote: LOL..LOL..LOL ...and you think it'll stay at $20.00 a month for HOW LONG?!?!?!?!? Sorry to say you've grossly underestimated the cost! Aug 24 13 03:11 am Link My understanding is that the $9.99/month is only if you already have CS*, you have to sign a one-year contract, and after a year it goes up to $19.99/month (automatic renewal). It's kind of like the cable/satellite deals. This deal was originally going to expire in July. It seems like they're not getting the response they had hoped for. Microsoft did this subscription concept better. Microsoft Office for $9.99 a month, no contract, you can put it on up to five computers at the same time. Aug 24 13 03:20 am Link Brian Diaz wrote: +1 Aug 24 13 06:30 am Link One problem with the subscription to the Cloud is if you do it as a trial and after a year you want to go back to your CS6 or CS5, your images that you did in CC if flattened will be OK, but if you try to open them as layers, the new stuff in the Cloud will not work in the older programs. Aug 24 13 06:47 am Link +1 Aug 24 13 10:39 pm Link Just got CS6 student Ed at BH today for $269 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1 … 6_for.html Will be the last $ Adobe will ever get from me Death to the CLOUD!!! Aug 26 13 08:05 pm Link eos3_300 wrote: That's $269 more than they ever got from me... and yeah... nothing but acid rain coming out of that cloudburst... Aug 27 13 04:06 am Link As I told Adobe when they had me do a survey (although they probably didn't read the comments). Being a photographer, I am on the "when I have money" plan. I am NOT on the "I have money every month" plan. I intensely dislike subscriptions and avoid them whenever possible and there are acceptable alternatives to Adobe and will go there when CS6 doesn't work for me anymore unless they go back to a plan that works for the "when I have money" crowd before I switch. Several folks have mentioned Photoline as a very good alternative, its German in origin, but has decent english version. It is currently #1 on my if I need to replace PS list followed by GIMP. Aug 27 13 07:17 am Link I just took a look at Photoline and all I can say is WOW!... It has several things that have been on my Photoshop wish list, such as "virtual adjustment layers" for several things that PS does destructively, directly to the BG layer (i.e. healing, content aware fill, rotation, etc), and ability to give content aware fill "clues" to help it get it right! I was impressed with just what's on the latest revision "what's new" release notes. Aug 27 13 12:28 pm Link Well, there's a few ways of looking at this I suppose and it really all depends on how much work you're doing, how important having the latest updates of the software are to you, what kind of business you run etc. You could look at it from an accounting standpoint. If you paid $20/mo for the Adobe Cloud that's a deductible cost of doing business, an ongoing expense. Every year you can claim that. You can also deduct the cost of buying say, the creative suite for whatever and deduct that one time. So for some, it might make sense to buy into Adobe's subscription service, for others, having CS* could be just fine. It really just depends how your business works. Aug 27 13 12:44 pm Link 
Photographer Posts: 250 Academician Vernadskiy - permanent station of the Ukraine, Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK, Antarctica My fear is that if Adobe succeeds with this scheme then other companies may try to copy the model. So sure I can pay $50.00 per month to rent Photoshop and Indesign but what happens if the other programs I use regularly follow suit - now I will no longer be paying $50 per month but could potentially be paying $500+ per month which will make keeping a computer unaffordable So I am hoping that the Adobe pricing model turns out to be a failure and that they revert back to selling software before this catches on across the industry Aug 27 13 07:12 pm Link Pinup Express wrote: My thoughts exactly. Aug 27 13 07:44 pm Link HHPhoto wrote:
Aug 28 13 09:13 am Link I work in the graphic design industry and there's is no alternative. Do I think it's over-priced? Hell, yeah. Is there any way around it? Fuck, no. Aug 28 13 09:30 am Link MMDesign wrote: Just like the crack dealer, that is exactly what they're hoping and counting on you to say... Aug 28 13 04:03 pm Link |
