Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina I guess you saw that the promotional pricing was for the first 12 months of your subscription. Even better deal here is that my son qualifies for educational pricing and the whole suite is $14.99pm rising to 24.99 after 12 months ;-) At some point (next year) he will be off to uni though so I may need to buy into an additional copy ( I have several qualifying earlier apps anyway). I occasionally use Acrobat as I was doing some technical publishing but the case for just Photoshop CC and a normal licence for Lightroom is strong for a photographer. Actually I suspect that Lightroom will continue to grow capabilities beyond those of LR5. It is very close to everything I need already. I do a lot of beauty retouhing though and detailed local editing in layers/masks is still easier in Ps right now. Reading the fine print of any licence agreement is daunting of course. Adobe is in business to make money like everyone else naturally. I don't think that it would be in their interest to further damage this model with the customers that do sign up personally. One thing they do tell you is that you can cancel in the first month of a 12 month contract for free or pay half the remaining if during the rest of the year. I think the key is to retain your existing perpetual licences for the versions you have and install CC separately. You might need to confirm the licence upgrade policy for yourself though. *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 11 May 2013 00:23, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I get promotional pricing from Adobe of $19.99 per month for the entire > Creative Cloud. Why is that? I about to push the Accept button because it > seems like a bargain to me! > > Tina > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Frank there is a Q&A on DPReview with the VP of Creative solutions that > you > > may find helpful. > > > > (on retaining your existing access to your own property (the files you > > created) ) > > ....and for existing perpetual users, Photoshop CS can co-exist alongside > > and independently from Photoshop CC > > > > So whatever your existing licence arrangement it can continue exactly as > > before, whether or not you choose the start/stop a subscription to the > new > > versions. > > > > (on cancelling your subscription) > > *......We do not delete any files or software from your computer. You > will > > not be able to use the software but the files you've created and saved on > > your hard drive are left intact.* > > > > Of course if you are shooting a Raw format you have always been able to > > preserve the native format or alternatively convert to DNG, You can > export > > as whatever other format you choose too. > > Personally I am more concerned at maintaining back up copies of my many > > many digital photos as we all are. > > > > Periodically companies do stop supporting different hardware and > operating > > systems as you mention. For example the Nikon software for my expensive > > Nikon scanner will not work at all in current Windows versions (unless > you > > use an unsupported hack). > > At least in this instance you can maintain your existing situation > > (assuming you have a current perpetual licence) whether or not you elect > to > > take up a new subscription model. > > > > I guess that opinions are polarised on Adobe's new model and no-one's > > opinion is likely to change. Each of us will work out what suits us and > > rightly so. I'm only in this discussion with facts since there seems to > be > > a lot of mis-information mis-conceptions across the web on what is > actually > > the case. > > > > FWIW personally, the full $49.95 p/m for the complete suite does not make > > sense for my situation as a photographer. A Photoshop CC subscription and > > perpetual licence for Lightroom combination for less money may well do. > > I think that Lightroom will continue to grow in capabilities and perhaps > > supplant PS all together for almost everything I want to do. > > > > > > We do not delete any files or software from your computer. You will not > be > > able to use the software but the files you've created and saved on your > > hard drive are left intact. And you don't need a valid license or > Internet > > connection tohe software > > cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 10 May 2013 00:32, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Here is what I see as major problems.... > > > > > > It is 2018, you have been paying $20 a month for 4 years for CS-CC. > > Adobe > > > decides to go broke, decides to support some new computer architecture, > > > decides to no longer support MAC ( or IBM) OS, or decides that it needs > > to > > > upgrade its software to the point that the old images you manipulated > in > > > 2008 no longer can be opened/manipulated by CS-CC/2018. > > > > > > Now what? Migrate thousands of images to some new SW? What about your > > > previous manipulations? Do they stick or do they get eliminated in the > > > migration? > > > > > > It is late one evening. You need to make edits to images and deliver > > those > > > images to your client first thing in the AM. Adobe, that day, > > > changed/upgraded something and you now can no longer find some feature > > you > > > have been using for the past years. You are under time constraints. > You > > > can not find the way to interact with the program like you have been... > > > Now > > > What? > > > > > > Owning SW always means that it can be used, in the future, as needed, > on > > > the > > > HW and OS that it was originally intended, in the way it always ran. > It > > > means YOU decide when to upgrade, migrate, etc. > > > > > > CC is the newest risk. > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >