A year and some months later... Have you jumped yet?
pwp said:There have always been imaging professionals across the planet who have plenty of spare time for a good grumble about various software delivery systems, when that time could be much better spent creating content.
I may be out of step with the prevailing viewpoints across the web with regard to the rental system for Adobe CC, but personally I like it. It's simple, always current and gives access to a raft of programs which all talk nicely to each other. This is especially relevant when using Premier Pro. The very necessary associated programs are totally integrated. It's a great overall package, and no-one else is doing anything quite like it. Maybe some competition would be healthy, but it would be a brave start-up and even braver financial backers to take on Adobe at their own game. Adobe CC represents the unchallenged status quo right now, but as sure as the sun will come up tomorrow morning, it won't be this way for ever. In the meantime and almost certainly for a long time, it's CC for me.
-pw
For the many shooters who just need LR & PS, the $9.99/month deal is one of photography's rare true bargains.2n10 said:I went for it when the price dropped to $9.99/month with LR.
shining example said:I went for "No" rather than "Never will" because I'm a never say never type of person, but I have no intention of switching.
I don't like the idea of renting/subscribing to software, and have never done it so far; I want to pay once and know it's mine to use, end of.
More specifically, for PS subscribing is definitely not a good deal for me. For one thing, I already own CS 6, so I'd be paying those $10 for the additional features from CC onwards only. More to the point, though, I use PS in fits and starts - sometimes every day, sometimes not for weeks or months. So I'd either be paying to rent it for a whole lot of time when I'm not actually using it, or I'd be driving myself nuts trying to decide if it's worth taking out a subscription today or better to wait until I'm sure I'll have time to work through some images (and short-term subscriptions were more expensive per month last time I looked, which was admittedly a while ago).
I can see how the subscription model might work better for professionals and heavy users, but I don't understand why Adobe can't figure out some way to offer both - subscriptions for regular updates (and maybe include some extra support options or something to make it a better package), but release regular updates to buy (which would simply contain the accumulated updates subscribers get instantly) every two years or so, as before. That way, everyone's happy, no?
LewisShermer said:Before the subscription service I'd be forever getting knock-offs and constantly having to find new codes when I turned on PS and forgot to turn my internet connection off...
I'm fully with it now! full package. I use LR, PS, Illustrator & InDesign on an almost daily basis and I've learnt to video edit in Premier Pro. It's a brilliant package for the price and it's constantly updating. It's a shame more software doesn't work like this.
That might just be the opinion of a professional though as I'm sure the average ammeter doesn't feel the need for constant updates and is possibly happy with just having Photoshop 5.5 from years ago.
Here in the UK it's £49 a month which some would argue is a little on the expensive side but if you're earning through your output from these programs then there shouldn't really be a problem with the outlay