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Adobe Abandons Photoshop CS7
Alot of misinformation and misunderstanding here. 1) it's not online software or photos. Your photos and software stay on your computer all the time just like before 2) you don't need to be online to use the software. You do need to be online when your monthly license expires, however, so that it can re-acquire it. Hopefully they allow longer licenses so you don't need to worry about it as often 3) The whole suite is $50/month. A single app is $20 4) if you have CS3 or above you can get whole suite for the first year for $40/month or a single app for $10. If you have CS6 you get the whole suite for the first year for $20/month Is everyone gonna be happy about this? Obviously not. But at least be unhappy for the right reasons. May 06 13 01:38 pm Link John Allan wrote: Correct, with Creative Cloud, you download the entire app to your computer. Videographers and photographers cannot upload gigabytes of data to a remote server. Thus Adobe cannot implement a standard cloud model where everything, data and apps, run remotely. The only thing that is different about the cloud model is the pricing. The Creative Cloud apps are required to phone home once a month. Photoshop CS6 phones home every time it's launched. That's exactly why comments such as the following are complete BS. May 06 13 01:40 pm Link With three of us here using Creative Suite apps and the fees going up to $70/per USER next year, this means we would be paying $210/month (i.e. $2,520/per year)! Seriously? After using Photoshop for 22 years (since the very first version in 1991), this is the first time I have ever considered looking for an alternative. If the license was multi-user (3-5 users) for $50-$75/mo it would be one thing. But, those fees per user will be a killer for many small creative businesses in the midst of a still sluggish economy. And, what about overseas users? Meanwhile, we pay just $10/mo for a five-user license to Microsoft Office Pro 365. I didn't hesitate subscribing as soon as the public Beta ended. Maybe it's time for Microsoft to launch a competing product. Or Google. May 06 13 01:42 pm Link There's a 7-day grace period for authentication, so if you're a day late you won't be cut off. If you're away from the Internet for a month at a time, might be a problem (and this happens with some remote jobs). May 06 13 01:43 pm Link Not a lot of happy people at the Adobe Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Adobe One user pointed out one big problem: Creative Suite isn't available for every country. May 06 13 01:46 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: This is an interesting thought. Suppose you're working on nude photos for a client or model where you've agreed that the images are for their use only. Adobe gets hacked. Who's liable? May 06 13 01:48 pm Link I still have Photoshop CS3 and that's what I will stick with, although recently I bought lightroom 4.4 due to the needs for photography works. But that's all I am sticking with, not planning on to upgrade PS or LR when there's upgradable for LR. Sure every new version in PS and LR may have more and better features but there's always a way to get around it with the current features in the old version. May 06 13 01:53 pm Link The Adobe patches soon will carry new problems will pop up that cant be fix unless you cloud,,, pay the monthly cloud or else....  May 06 13 01:54 pm Link Also won't support older versions so no new camera configurations, no new RAW settings... Photoshop is easily one of the most pirated apps ever, I can't blame Adobe for wanting to do something. But the price to me seems high for what you get. May 06 13 01:57 pm Link I think it only makes sense if you're really going to use multiple applications in their suite. For instance, Premier Pro. Is it even the leading professional video app? Or is it more likely to be something from Avid for instance? And maybe they're also trying to salvage technologies like Flash. Also, trying to push some of their other floundering Macromedia acquired products. May 06 13 02:04 pm Link I don't think it is all that horrible. All I need is PS (since LR is still a stand alone product). $20 a month isn't that much. I still think having options is better and I will milk CS6 as long as I can... May 06 13 02:07 pm Link Vincent_L wrote: Get Capture One and let Adobe sink in the mire of their own greed they are creating. May 06 13 02:08 pm Link This may work in the US, Western Europe, and other technologically developed countries where internet access isn't a problem. But what happens when that National Geographic photographer is shooting an assignment in the Namibian desert where there's no human settlement for hundred's of miles let alone internet service and needs to get his images in for publication? May 06 13 02:10 pm Link I guess PS CS 6'll be my last PS version. $50/month for the 1 program I use isn't gonna work for me. Wait. Adobe Creative Suite only right? Any thing about Acrobat? May 06 13 02:10 pm Link WMcK wrote: I've recently been trying DXO Optics Pro 8 as a RAW converter because I like the quality of their chroma noise reduction. However, unlike ACR, it doesn't have the ability use a brush to apply exposure compensation. I'm assuming Capture One does not have this feature either. May 06 13 02:16 pm Link Just makes me mad because of the price to start with,,, and now they want more,,, like you paid off your house and the bank says now you can pay monthly rent for the rest of your life and ohh the rent will go up yearly. Thought when you buy something it is yours... Not to pay rent on it.... May 06 13 02:16 pm Link I guess I'll finally get Lightroom...or is that going to the cloud as well? May 06 13 02:17 pm Link I suppose we could all switch to Instagram. May 06 13 02:17 pm Link Christopher Hartman wrote: LR will still be a stand alone product. May 06 13 02:19 pm Link JAE Photography PA wrote: The same was said about Photoshop, just saying... May 06 13 02:22 pm Link Gary Melton wrote: John Jebbia wrote: Your work is as secure as it ever was. The cloud service requires you to log on to the internet once every 30 days to update your license, other than that, the software and your work resides on your computer. You do not need to be connected to the internet (except once every 30 days) to use the software!!! May 06 13 02:24 pm Link Patchouli Nyx wrote: Photobrush has worked for me for over 15 years... free download (for 30 days) at http://www.mediachance.com Several other fantastic (and very affordable) editing applications there. Sooooooo glad I never sacrificed my first born child and tossed my life savings into the Adobe moneypit. Looked like I've saved myself 1000's... May 06 13 02:25 pm Link ForeverFotos wrote: I'm still using CS3 May 06 13 02:26 pm Link Wow, well I guess I will be riding out CS6 for a long time! May 06 13 02:30 pm Link I wonder if there will be a mad rush to get CS6 now after this announcement LOL May 06 13 02:32 pm Link Adobe and windows are greedy bastards. Don't be surprise that the next windows after 8 Won't support older photoshop, they may be in cahoots May 06 13 02:33 pm Link C A Bridges wrote: That's weird, I have Creative Cloud and I have Lightroom through it. May 06 13 02:34 pm Link Select Models wrote: I'm too scared to work it out! May 06 13 02:34 pm Link JAE Photography PA wrote: for now. May 06 13 02:34 pm Link This will be the beginning of the end of my use of adobe products. I currently use PS less and less. I have CS 5. they are effin nuts. If they want to include LR in this cloud crap, I will move to aperture or CaptureOne in a heartbeat. New Coke anyone? May 06 13 02:35 pm Link -The Dave- wrote: Agreed. Just stating the facts for now. I can see if changing sometime in the future May 06 13 02:38 pm Link WMcK wrote: LOL... and I'm sure there's loads of other 'scared shitless' guys in here also... May 06 13 02:38 pm Link Time for other companies to start making editing software. Adobe will not force the public into buying it's services. May 06 13 02:41 pm Link Those of you talking about jumping ship to a new product... Who has time to go out and learn new software? May 06 13 02:50 pm Link JAE Photography PA wrote: $20 a month FOREVER, and once you stop paying the $20 a month, you no longer have the software. That will really add up over time. May 06 13 02:54 pm Link Just downloaded GIMP and I guess I will be using the combo of C1 and GIMP. Thank you for your GREED, Adobe. May 06 13 02:56 pm Link -The Dave- wrote: No. you download the programs to your computer. You have to log on once a month to update the subscription but you do not have to be online to edit. HELL I work with files over a GB it'd take me forever to work on files if they were only online. May 06 13 02:59 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: Hey John... try Photobrush 5.0... one of the most user friendly editing applications out there... with many 'one click image fixes'. I've been using it for several years. Free download (for 30 days) at http://www.mediachance.com May 06 13 03:01 pm Link Vincent_L wrote: Actually, it does. May 06 13 03:04 pm Link KevinMcGowanPhotography wrote: >>.........should not be pushed down people's throats. May 06 13 03:18 pm Link |
In the last 15 plus years, I've spent less than $200 on image editing software, and I've obtained it 'legally'... 
