Thanks, Steve. Good to have feedback from a user—or previous user. The points about RAM are well taken. I’ve heard about Adobe being slow to fix bugs—baffling in this digital-day-an-age. I agree about Adobe dominating the market—good point there.
I have Pixelmator on the laptop and have played around with it. Interesting point you’ve made about the color. Cheers, Christine On Feb 1, 2014, at 4:37 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > on 2014-02-01 9:50 Christine Aguila wrote >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Anyone using Adobe’s Creative Cloud? Any thoughts, recommendations, or >> criticisms? Lastly, why kind of specs does your computer need to have for >> an enjoyable user experience? Ram, storage, et al. > > i have used Photoshop and Illustrator since the early 90s, and InDesign since > its public beta; i had a CC subscription when it launched; canceled it last > May when the intro price, $30/month, went up to $50; i doubt my situation is > that uncommon — i have a background and a small current sideline as a > graphics professional, so i have occasional uses for InDesign, Acrobat, > Photoshop & Illustrator, but not quite enough to justify $600/year; that > could change (i do a significant amount with QuarkXPress still, but my client > supplies a license), and it's nice to think i can jump back into InDesign > when needed without forking over "full price"; but by pricing me out, Adobe > has caused me to use other tools and gradually lose my chops with the Adobe > apps … for example i do text with markdown and sometimes Pages, and i find > Pixelmator is great for quick hack jobs on images (has layers, type, and a > lot more, but is not nearly as precise, nor do i trust its color) > > when i did subscribe, i found i really disliked CC's required update tool on > the Mac; and from a professional standpoint there are serious concerns about > no recourse for version-specific bugs and incompatibilities — one can't > retain multiple versions of what the subscription supplies, as one could with > the traditional license, and Adobe historically has taken years to fix > significant bugs introduced by new versions > > overall Adobe doesn't have my confidence; its professional apps have a > guaranteed market in the short term, but its long-term strategy seems to be > focused on the consumer, not pro, market; i regret that Adobe ever dominated > the market as it did, because that set us up for trouble when print > publishing stopped being a growth industry — for example, without Adobe's > dominance i think it might have felt pressure to gradate prices depending on > the subscribers' needs (student pricing is worth looking at, though) > > i do think if you need just Photoshop and LR and you qualify, $10/month is a > pretty good price; LightRoom seems to have a growthful future both for pros > and consumers, so it may be insulated from the market-dominance side effects > > as for hardware requirements, it depends on the type of documents you > produce; with InDesign, longer and/or more complex documents can slow things > down a lot, and benefit from faster machines; InDesign is not a lightweight > application, i found the CC version slowish with moderately complex documents > (2 pages, but hundreds of elements) on my quad-i7 laptop with 16GB RAM; the > i5 vs i7 probably makes less difference than the amount of RAM and the speed > of your drives; i understand newer iMacs use "desktop" versions of i5 & i7 > CPUs, which differ less in their performance than the "mobile" versions of > the same; a large display is also helpful, as InDesign is very palette-happy > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
