![]() ![]() The problem with subscription-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, though, is that they reduce the number of options available to the consumer. From a convenience standpoint, Creative Cloud does sound rather appealing - and to be honest, the pricing is really quite generous. For your monthly fee, you also get 20GB of cloud storage, and access to services such as Behance. At $240/year for Photoshop CC (or another Creative Cloud app), you're still looking at 2-3 years before you "overpay." Let's not forget that you should get a new major release of Creative Cloud apps every 12 months as part of the subscription price, too. At $600/year for the complete Creative Cloud suite, it would be more than four years until you surpassed the hefty CS6 Master Collection standalone price. To put this into perspective, the Creative Suite 6 Master Collection will set you back ~$2,500, while a single Photoshop CS6 license is ~$700. If you're upgrading from CS3 or later, the first year is half price - after that, you'll probably end up paying the higher rate. If you want access to just a single app, such as Photoshop, it's $20 per month with no annual commitment. For the complete Creative Cloud suite, which is equivalent to the CS6 Master Collection, you'll have to commit to 12 months at $50 per month ($600/year). To get your hands on Adobe's incredibly sexy de-blur technology, or a new sharpening tool that only sharpens the foreground, you'll have to sign up for a monthly or annual subscription. In the place of Creative Suite 7, Adobe will instead release Creative Cloud (CC), which is exactly what it sounds like: To use Photoshop CC, or indeed any of the new Creative Cloud tools, you must sign up for a monthly subscription.Īdobe will continue to sell standalone versions of the Creative Suite 6 apps, but they won't be updated with new features, and there's the implication that Adobe will eventually cease selling non-subscription products. Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 6 will be the end of the line for its boxed, standalone versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Affect Effects, and their fellow digital editing brethren. ![]()
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