The problem with subscription-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, though, is that they reduce the number of options available to the consumer. If you’re upgrading from CS3 or later, the first year is half price - after that, you’ll probably end up paying the higher rate. If you want access to just a single app, such as Photoshop, it’s $20 per month with no annual commitment. For the complete Creative Cloud suite, which is equivalent to the CS6 Master Collection, you’ll have to commit to 12 months at $50 per month ($600/year). To get your hands on Adobe’s incredibly sexy de-blur technology, or a new sharpening tool that only sharpens the foreground, you’ll have to sign up for a monthly or annual subscription.

In the place of Creative Suite 7, Adobe will instead release Creative Cloud (CC), which is exactly what it sounds like: To use Photoshop CC, or indeed any of the new Creative Cloud tools, you must sign up for a monthly subscription.Īdobe will continue to sell standalone versions of the Creative Suite 6 apps, but they won’t be updated with new features, and there’s the implication that Adobe will eventually cease selling non-subscription products. Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 6 will be the end of the line for its boxed, standalone versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Affect Effects, and their fellow digital editing brethren.

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