im coolg with using pixelmator and acorn...they do everything i need.
adobe's stuff costs to much anyway.
adobe's stuff costs to much anyway.
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Adobe Announces New Creative Cloud Apps, Abandons Creative Suite
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In effect it's like being forced to purchase updates. At our work we happily went from CS2 directly to CS5 as each of the incremental updates simply didn't offer enough features to warrant the cash outlay.
There is simply no way we'll be signing up to a subscription based model and I hope people power wins through as it has done before with Adobe and forces them to have a rethink.
There is simply no way we'll be signing up to a subscription based model and I hope people power wins through as it has done before with Adobe and forces them to have a rethink.
Hate hate hate this.
What. The. Hell???
I hate this. I'm a 21 year veteran of print design and production... and have used adobe products that entire time. They have no equal!
How can I work from cloud-based software when I have crappy, unreliable internet by AT&T??? My U-verse internet goes down intermittently ALL THE TIME. I can't handle that. I need my software local. This is bad. I would rather pay big bucks for the download that you can OWN and keep LOCAL. This cloud thing is going to take power away from personal computing and turn them all into dumb terminals. Big brother can now control our tools.
Great.
What. The. Hell???
I hate this. I'm a 21 year veteran of print design and production... and have used adobe products that entire time. They have no equal!
How can I work from cloud-based software when I have crappy, unreliable internet by AT&T??? My U-verse internet goes down intermittently ALL THE TIME. I can't handle that. I need my software local. This is bad. I would rather pay big bucks for the download that you can OWN and keep LOCAL. This cloud thing is going to take power away from personal computing and turn them all into dumb terminals. Big brother can now control our tools.
Great.
I think that everyone should buy their last traditional upgrade they need and then boycott the cloud subscriptions until these idiots realize that they have made a mistake.
There are not enough improvements in any upgrade to justify doing it every year. I still use office 11 and have no need to upgrade since the current version does way more than I use. The same for any upgrades from adobe or apple or anyone.
This is just a strong-arm tactic to force people to spend more money.
I say screw them.
This was inevitable and you can expect all software companies to follow suit over the next few years. I knew the train ride of pirated software wouldn't last forever and it looks like the end is approaching fast. Hackers are going to have to get extra creative now. The days of keeping thousands of dollars of free software on your computer is going to come to an end. And the division in the class of people that have access to this software will grow incredibly wide because of it. It was an awesome ride for a while. The transition to moving EVERYTHING to the cloud will be the biggest thing to happen to the computer industry in quite some time.
Till it will fail and they will backpedal furiously...
this if they ask 30 bucks at month...
maybe for 3 i could..but not 30.
I wonder what they will do to stop the older versions of the software from working? New image formats for the internet?
I won't upgrade either. I'm not a Pro. I am a prosumer. I bought Creative Suite
when I was a student. I cannot justify to pay $600 or even $300 a year.
Yep. Pretty much. There's alternatives I can use that are much cheaper. I'll continue to use Photoshop CS6 (all I use for my photography) until I can't install it any longer. Production software needs to be local, not in the cloud. Perhaps in another 10 years when we have crazy fast internet speeds for cheap, like Japan.
What's to stop Adobe from NOT upgrading the software continually now that they'll have a steady stream of income?
The best way to stop piracy can't be to punish paying customers.
I have already told an Adobe presenter at a local presentation what I think of this.
like it
Hate it or love it, it's the future... just as with Microsoft, and others too are doing.
And with the popularity of ultra-books with SSD's, cloud makes the only choice going forward.
Yes, pros may not like it, but no one is forcing you to use it... But if they Have to for some reason business related, then that's a difficult choice.
Kinda reminds me of the article, of all the Pro's went to Adobe because Final Cut Pro had reduce features (probably to bring down the price)
Hate it or love it, it's the future... just as with Microsoft, and others too are doing.
And with the popularity of ultra-books with SSD's, cloud makes the only choice going forward.
Yes, pros may not like it, but no one is forcing you to use it... But if they Have to for some reason business related, then that's a difficult choice.
Kinda reminds me of the article, of all the Pro's went to Adobe because Final Cut Pro had reduce features (probably to bring down the price)
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It's not cloud based software. It runs just like it always has, on your local machine. You download it, install it, and run it like always.
I guess I'm in the minority, but Creative Cloud has been simply awesome for me.
That has nothing to do with this. You still have to install the software locally, you just need an internet collection to maintain activation.
I need to be able to work offline.
More than the annoyance of paying a subscription... what really gets me is that I need to be able to work offline. Sometimes my internet connection goes down. For awhile! How can they address this? How about a renewable certificate where you download the software when you're online... and the certificate is good for one month. When you're online again, the certificate renews along with your subscription payment. At least it can let us work offline!
More than the annoyance of paying a subscription... what really gets me is that I need to be able to work offline. Sometimes my internet connection goes down. For awhile! How can they address this? How about a renewable certificate where you download the software when you're online... and the certificate is good for one month. When you're online again, the certificate renews along with your subscription payment. At least it can let us work offline!
I think its less to combat piracy and more to increase their bottom line, i.e., revenue enhancement
From what I know about it, you'll still be downloading Photoshop/Illustrator/Etc and installing them as usual. The only thing that's different about the "cloud" versions is how you license it. It's all about monthly payments and connecting to the internet to verify you're valid instead of buying a key, putting it in, and never worrying about it again.
Question is, does it require you to be online 24/7 for it to work? It'd kinda suck if your internet goes down, and PS won't fire up because it can't connect to the master server.
Question is, does it require you to be online 24/7 for it to work? It'd kinda suck if your internet goes down, and PS won't fire up because it can't connect to the master server.
Good question and how do plug-ins fit into the this subscription based process as well?
adobe is definitely on drugs
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what about After Effects? How can they ***t on an industry that big?
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what about After Effects? How can they ***t on an industry that big?
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as a former
semi-prosumer, I'm with everyone who thinks this is a bad idea.
Pixelmator works just fine for the few things I use it for.
semi-prosumer, I'm with everyone who thinks this is a bad idea.
Pixelmator works just fine for the few things I use it for.
First, not a fan, though I don't rely on this software for my daily life, and can get by with pixelmator and the like.
Second, I agree this is the way of the future. But pricing isn't yet in line with reality.
As for the "I can't have my software in the cloud" folks, if I am not mistaken, you install the app. Periodically (assuming monthly) it phones home to make sure you still have a valid lisence. You don't have to be always on.
Second, I agree this is the way of the future. But pricing isn't yet in line with reality.
As for the "I can't have my software in the cloud" folks, if I am not mistaken, you install the app. Periodically (assuming monthly) it phones home to make sure you still have a valid lisence. You don't have to be always on.
This is how the future of desktop computing will be.
All the software makers are seeing it coming: Microsoft is doing it with Office 365 and now Adobe with CC. For the rest? Online app stores. No need for old and dusty optical discs anymore.
Next up? Pay-per-usage.
All the software makers are seeing it coming: Microsoft is doing it with Office 365 and now Adobe with CC. For the rest? Online app stores. No need for old and dusty optical discs anymore.
Next up? Pay-per-usage.