![]() This would be a $100 savings off the boxed version, thus an enticement to join. I would be comfortable with the plan I outlined above.įor new users, $20 per month and they lock in the current version when they reach $600. Personally, I bought Photoshop in the mid-90s and have paid a lot of money over the years to upgrade every single time. To summarize, $10 per month for upgraders and after every $200 you lock in the current version. If you stop payments after $200 and want to come back later to upgrade, you would need to pay for what you missed. This would give Adobe more incentive to innovate to keep people subscribing for updates. If you want the continued new features, then you can pay more. How about every $200 in payments would lock upgraders into that current version and the software would not need to phone Adobe and feature updates would not download. The second major issue: no matter how much money you have invested in Photoshop, no payments mean no using the software. And when factoring in people who upgraded infrequently and now join, Adobe would be making MORE money from them than their previous upgrade model! So, Adobe would be giving loyal users a DEAL to join the cloud version. Previous upgrades average out to $11 per month for consistent upgraders ($200 upgrade / 18 month product cycle). Perry, author of Hospital Gowns and Other Embarrassmentsįrom a photographers perspective, I think many complaints about Photoshop CC are coming from people who have previously paid for the full version of Photoshop AND upgrades after that.įirst, the price for Photoshop is doubling for loyal users who upgrade each time, and increasing even more for casual users. I say that because I’d join CC today to get the new ID, but if it’s not going to be available until mid-June, waiting will let me avoid a double-humped learning curve. PS and IL are mentioned as coming out in June but no date is given for ID. Am I right to assume that June 17 release date is for all the major CC apps, including InDesign? What Adobe’s posting online is rather ambiguous. Those who want to understand Adobe’s ‘big picture’ might want to watch the keynote here: And the flip side of that it that, if you’re not doing this for a living–if you just use one or two apps occasionally–CC may not be as appealing. If you’re doing this sort of thing for a living, some will prove so useful, they’ll easily repay their cost. It’s obviously that Adobe’s goal is to create an entire eco-system for creative professionals: Behance, hundreds of pro fonts, collaboration tools etc. Since the latest and greatest versions of every app is part of the cost, I’ll learn about several Adobe products rather than just InDesign.ģ. This’ll force me to become more broadly professional and less narrow. Even a few tweaks can cover that monthly cost.Ģ. It means I’ll be able to create better ebooks in less time. For fast-changing fields such as digital publishing, that’s great. Upgrades will roll out almost monthly rather than every 18 months. In my case, I wasn’t happy with CC when it was first announced, but I’m starting to find it more and more appealing for several reasons:ġ. The debate rages on and is likely to do so for months. Chump change boys and girls for a great set of tools, skip a pizza or a bottle of wine or a few coffees and deal with it. It works for me, and I give this new model a PLUS be it $20 or $50 a month. I have read countless comments on how this is such a bad idea for one person or another. The small amount a month is not a big deal, and even less when I realized I really only will spend $20 on PSCC and just upgrade LR4 to LR5. I totally understand Adobe’s model, it makes sense. IF I was in the photography business and could NOT afford $50 a month then honestly I must be a poor businessman. Had businesses before and $50 is nothing. If I had a business and had to spend $50 a month on what would amount to a write off for my business, then so be it. Photography is my hobby, if I can’t plan of a lousy $50 a month for a hobby then it isn’t much of a hobby. Look, even if I kept the $50 a month price is is still no big deal financially. ![]() ![]() At the end of my 12 months I am content to just rent PSCC for the cost fo three Starbucks coffees or the cost of a cheap bottle of wine. I managed to give each of the tools in CC a shot, they were newer versions for me, but I just did not really use them any more, I don’t design web pages and have no interest in big time video production, publishing or making apps….so…. I bought LR a week or so before CC was announced and it was only $150. After a year of $30 of the complete CC, I came to realize that I only ever used Photoshop/Bridge. ![]()
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