Photoshop gets the biggest upgrade with Adobe combining both Photoshop and Photoshop Extended into one program. The programs themselves will remain the same in terms of design and use (they’ll be branded CC instead of CS moving forward), however, Adobe has created new updates that will only be available to Creative Cloud users. According to The Next Web, Adobe will still sell CS6 hardcopies for now, but don’t expect anything more than bug fixes and OS compatibility or CS7 for new features, you’ll have to head to the cloud. There’s also special pricing for multiple users and education users. With Creative Cloud, users will pay $50 a month $30 a month for the first year if have a serial number for CS3 or higher or $20 per application.
Creative Cloud was launched last April and, according to Adobe, already has half a million users. Adobe had already abandoned box copies in favor of online downloads.
Users could purchase an entire suite of software or purchase each one individually, but the cost for new versions tend to be expensive – in the hundreds and thousands – even with discounts for upgrades and student editions. For users, this means you will no longer be buying or upgrading to new versions of Adobe’s design software like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, or Premiere Pro instead, you will pay a monthly subscription to always-updated, online-based apps, and you’ll have no choice if you want to use the latest features.įor those who aren’t familiar, Adobe’s Creative Suite is a package of professional-grade design software for print, Web, and video, currently in its sixth version, CS6. We knew that Adobe was adding more and more cloud-based functionality to its popular Creative Suite products with Creative Cloud, but the company dropped a big bombshell today at its MAX conference in Los Angeles: Adobe is abandoning its Creative Suite desktop software and transitioning to the subscription-only Creative Cloud offering.
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