Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fine Print: VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. Eligible customers may purchase an Adobe? Creative Cloud? Complete Membership with annual commitment for a reduced price. Offer valid for purchases of an annual plan, which requires a 12-month contract. This offer is only available to customers who have registered their CS6 purchases, and who purchase directly from the Adobe Store or by calling a regional Adobe Call Center. This offer is not available to Education, OEM, or volume licensing customers. Residents of embargoed countries are not eligible. This offer is limited to one (1) purchase of one (1) Creative Cloud Complete annual membership per customer. Offer is subject to U.S. export control laws and laws where the recipient resides. Offer may not be assigned, exchanged, sold, transferred, or combined with any other discount or offer, or redeemed for cash or other goods and services. Offer is valid until July 31, 2013, and can be changed without notice. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Haven't decided yet. The individual programs add up to over $2,000 dollars for less software and no storage. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57583370-92/how-greedy-is-adobes-creative-cloud-subscription-not-very/ I'm just not sure I would ever use Flash Pro, After Effects, Premier Pro, Edge Animate, Muse, Dreamweaver, Audition, etc. I don't even know what most of them do!! It looks like I have until July 31st to make up my mind. Tina On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:26 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > you have cs6? > > i think that's a price for 1 year, becomes $50 on 13th month > > be sure to check the fine print. > > ric > > > On May 10, 2013, at 10:23 AM, 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com