Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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