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Rod Burkey  Posts: 554 Joined: 2nd Sep 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 08:47 on 16th June 2013 Have just read that Photoshop as we know it will change on 17th June. CS will be replaced by Creative Cloud and we will be expected to subscribe to rather than own the latest version. The cost per month is said to be about £27 per month. Updates will be part of the deal. To pros it will be worth while, but it seems a bit steep and may lead more to opt for Elements and or Lightroom. Looks like I will be sticking with CS5 for longer than I thought.  Edited by: Rod Burkey at:16th June 2013 08:51 |
rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:45 on 16th June 2013 I heard about this move a few weeks ago on a computer forum. Lots of people complaining about the monthly cost. I have never used Photoshop preferring Pixelmator (£13.99 one off payment) or Gimp (free) but as you say Rod, price might be OK for pros, but it's a bit steep for anyone else. |
| David Swann Posts: 38 Joined: 22nd Mar 2013 Location: England | quotePosted at 13:11 on 16th June 2013 I use the relatively inexpensive but still quite powerful Photoshop Elements for all my processing. The main uses for me are cropping, contrast adjustments, enhancing colour, sharpening, and maybe some cloning and dodging and burning to finish off. I would have little use for the full version of Photoshop, and for the more ambitious the later versions of Elements support Adjustment Masks. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 15:51 on 16th June 2013 Read about this a few weeks ago. I'll be sticking with CS4 on the pc and Elements 10 on the laptop. I use Fastone for browsing my images as it picks up the Canon RAW files quite efficiently and is reasonably quick transiting between images. |
| Mark Stace Posts: 17 Joined: 4th Apr 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 19:38 on 16th June 2013 Have to say this freaked me out a bit as I have used Photoshop for some time and like others don't have an endless pit of money for Adobe shareholders. Looked on the Adobe site just now and UK prices are £46.88 for full CS suite or £17.58 a month for Photoshop, prices include VAT. I don’t need or use the full cs suite anyway so I will stick with my current CS6 till I am forced to upgrade. What a shame so many big companies are getting greedy when the world is in recession.
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Edward Lever Posts: 734 Joined: 22nd Dec 2005 Location: UK | quotePosted at 00:11 on 17th June 2013 Even though I am not a Photoshop user, I had heard of this move to a monthly subscription. I suspect this form of revenue protection will become increasingly common as companies get more inventive in finding ways to block hacked software. Personally, I do not use image editing software much, and have got by on the humbler and cheaper Paint Shop Pro and the free Canon Digital Photo Professional. |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 07:31 on 17th June 2013 Have never used Paint Shop but Canon DPP is amazingly powerful cosidering it is free and can do most things that Photoshop and Elements are capable of. |
| Rod Burkey Posts: 554 Joined: 2nd Sep 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 08:03 on 17th June 2013 I have used Paint Shop Pro, a while ago and it is indeed a very powerful tool. Back then, it was a little slow, but then so am I! Maybe, Adobe are aware that many people get their Photoshop via the "back door" but it is a shame that they have taken this step. |
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 12:30 on 17th June 2013 I downloaded Gimp a couple of weeks ago and I have been pretty impressed with its capabilities, especially as it is freeware (donations are happily accepted). Since the program is free, it is certainly worth checking out. Though I am not particularly savvy when it comes to using the advanced features in photo manipulation programs, I found the Gimp program to be quite intuitive and fairly easy to use. Just my two cents. |
Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 05:57 on 19th June 2013 I couldn't justify the monthly cost of Creative Cloud. I have used Photoshop Elements 9 to crop and straighten a few photos. Now I have to watch some Adobe videos online to find out how to alter colours properly. |
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