Some people are really upset by this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Iw9q2X9cU
On 5/7/2013 10:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
If you hadn't heard, Adobe announced a new Photoshop version, "CC", and announced that henceforth you cannot purchase the former Creative Suite tools anymore: you must rent them. CC stands for Creative Cloud, and all the tools (except consumer, like Elements, and Lightroom I think) will be paid for by monthly or annual subscription. So if you're a photographer like me, you can have Photoshop alone for $19.95 a month. If you cancel your subscription -- poof! -- your copy of Photoshop no longer functions. The whole subscription pricing model makes sense and contains lots of benefits for fulltime professionals, but the rug has been pulled out from under amateurs, part-timers and hobbyists. We tend to buy an upgrade to Photoshop for $200 or so and then skip a version or two before doing that again, so Photoshop costs us about $100 a year or less. Now it will cost $240/year in perpetuity. This has just got to create a market for a decent "Photographer's Photoshop Clone" to appear. Something that supports 16-bits, RAW formats, full layers, and ideally Ps plugin support. Maybe the Gimpers will step up to the plate? At this point it appears the best choice would be to own CS6 and hold onto to it until it's no longer supported by your OS. Hopefully an alternative will appear by then. Here's Scott Kelby's FAQ on this change where he puts as positive a spin as he can on it. But read the comments for the mood of "the people". http://scottkelby.com/2013/my-take-on-adobes-announcements-yesterday-at-the-max-conference -- -bmw
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