Sidney
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Hello All,
Just wanted to know what your thoughts are on this. I have had a free copy of CS6 for a while now (legally obtained btw), and have brought Lightroom since the third edition. Both are a vital part of my workflow and with every new edition I quickly adopt the new features which typically increase my efficiency beyond recognition.
Recently, Adobe have released Photoshop CC, and although the features wouldn't have been enough for me to go out and spend £££ if it was boxed as CS7, I have been wanting to go to the cloud for a while now anyway.
I am only a teenager with a low paid, part-time job, so naturally the cost of the product is my highest priority. Under the old CS system, I would have had to have paid £250 for Photoshop (student edition) and £60 for Lightroom. That’s £310 together, with a product cycle of 18 months. So, £620 every 3 years. Under the CC version, I am paying £810 every 3 years. So economically, I lose out under the new CC system.
So, what does that extra £190 pay for? Well, I get use of all of the Adobe apps, including (to my surprise) the iPad apps. I also get the 20gb of cloud storage, which although is handy, it’s too small to back up my images on there, and the most I need for everyday stuff is about 5gb, so I don’t really see its purpose.. (I must add that 100gb on Dropbox would cost £195 very 3 years, so for 20gb it would only cost £40 every 3 years). However, as much as use of the all apps is good, I do not NEED them and would never willingly pay for them.
What other options are there. One very tempting one is the Lightroom + PS Elements model. However, PS Elements has a release cycle of every 12 months, not very 18 like Lightroom. PSE costs £45. So, over three years, that’s £255 for Elements and Lightroom: a whopping £555 saving over the CC version. The trouble is, I make use of most of Photoshop's advanced features, and feel that I would be sacrificing my work with Elements (although it does house about 90% of the features I use, I know I will be longing for the advanced features as soon as I install the b****r!
So, what do you think? It is worth jumping to the cloud. One thing I will say is that although in the long run it is more expensive than the CS model, people like me can access it far quicker now (before I would have had to save up), and that is a good thing. Also, the future looks good, with a Lightroom iPad app which will almost defiantly change my workflow for the better. But the numbers are really unappealing, as much as I think about it, I really don’t know if I can justify the extra £555. I am stuck on this one, anyone got any advice?
Cheers,
Sid.
Just wanted to know what your thoughts are on this. I have had a free copy of CS6 for a while now (legally obtained btw), and have brought Lightroom since the third edition. Both are a vital part of my workflow and with every new edition I quickly adopt the new features which typically increase my efficiency beyond recognition.
Recently, Adobe have released Photoshop CC, and although the features wouldn't have been enough for me to go out and spend £££ if it was boxed as CS7, I have been wanting to go to the cloud for a while now anyway.
I am only a teenager with a low paid, part-time job, so naturally the cost of the product is my highest priority. Under the old CS system, I would have had to have paid £250 for Photoshop (student edition) and £60 for Lightroom. That’s £310 together, with a product cycle of 18 months. So, £620 every 3 years. Under the CC version, I am paying £810 every 3 years. So economically, I lose out under the new CC system.
So, what does that extra £190 pay for? Well, I get use of all of the Adobe apps, including (to my surprise) the iPad apps. I also get the 20gb of cloud storage, which although is handy, it’s too small to back up my images on there, and the most I need for everyday stuff is about 5gb, so I don’t really see its purpose.. (I must add that 100gb on Dropbox would cost £195 very 3 years, so for 20gb it would only cost £40 every 3 years). However, as much as use of the all apps is good, I do not NEED them and would never willingly pay for them.
What other options are there. One very tempting one is the Lightroom + PS Elements model. However, PS Elements has a release cycle of every 12 months, not very 18 like Lightroom. PSE costs £45. So, over three years, that’s £255 for Elements and Lightroom: a whopping £555 saving over the CC version. The trouble is, I make use of most of Photoshop's advanced features, and feel that I would be sacrificing my work with Elements (although it does house about 90% of the features I use, I know I will be longing for the advanced features as soon as I install the b****r!
So, what do you think? It is worth jumping to the cloud. One thing I will say is that although in the long run it is more expensive than the CS model, people like me can access it far quicker now (before I would have had to save up), and that is a good thing. Also, the future looks good, with a Lightroom iPad app which will almost defiantly change my workflow for the better. But the numbers are really unappealing, as much as I think about it, I really don’t know if I can justify the extra £555. I am stuck on this one, anyone got any advice?
Cheers,
Sid.
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