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| Posted: Tue Apr 24th, 2012 04:39 |
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richw
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I've preordered a one year membership for 'Creative' Cloud. I currently have Lightroom 4 and CS Web Premium 5. I actually would like a couple of the packages not available in the Web version so was looking at the Master suite with an upgrade cost of just under $1600. Creative cloud will cost me $38 per week for year one, and gives me access to all the packages in the Master Suite + Lightroom 5 in the future. There are also some other features that I might like so I've given it a go. Hopefully they won't hike the price too much next year. The $38 is a discounted price that exists for all customers of a suite program back to CS3, (for Australia). From scratch it would be $63. I've thought quite hard about which option to go for, this allows me allways to stay up to date, and compared with the Master Suite option works out cheaper at this point, given that I pretty much update every other version or so. I hope this is the right choice, but I'm going to give it a go, cost wise Adobe do seem to reward early adopters, so I've taken the plunge.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24th, 2012 04:57 |
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Robert
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Thanks for sharing Rich, Will be interesting to see how it works out. How does it work with multiple computers? can you flit about, using several computers, one at a time, or do you have to specify and stick to two allocated machines? I never seem to have Cs5 on the computer I need it on. It's such a pain to switch machines having to remove from one then clean install and authorise on another.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24th, 2012 08:30 |
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Dave Groen
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Robert wrote: Thanks for sharing Rich, Will be interesting to see how it works out. Back when I had a desktop and a laptop I had the same copy of Photoshop installed on both. This was legal - they just didn't want you to use the same copy on two computers simultaneously, and I was the only user of both computers. I can barely run one computer at a time, let alone two. I just had to make sure the two computers weren't on the same network. If they were, Photoshop would see the other copy with the same serial number and refuse to start.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24th, 2012 20:31 |
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richw
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Robert wrote:Thanks for sharing Rich, Will be interesting to see how it works out. The idea is multi platform seemless workflow, it's Adobe's version of iCloud. It'll be interesting to see how well it works. There are a few iPad specific apps included as part of the deal.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2012 01:27 |
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Robert
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richw wrote:The idea is multi platform seemless workflow, it's Adobe's version of iCloud. OK, so where does the software reside, do you download it on each computer you are going to use it on then it sort of 'Auto Authorises', surely the images are not downloaded each time you access an image. Either way it would appear to be very heavy on an internet connection. Especially if you have a D800! Even if I could afford it that aspect would put me right off. I only have a sub 1 Mb service which takes about 12 hrs to download 3.6Gb files. Which bit is actually kept in the 'cloud'? With iCloud the software is kept loaded on the computer and the data is kept in the iCloud. For example, Text Edit, allows you to save to a folder within your computer OR save to the iCloud. If you save to the iCloud then the data can be accessed on any (recent) Mac computer anywhere, by logging into the appropriate Apple account.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2012 08:58 |
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jk
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Keep us updated about how you find the service Rich. I dont think I am ready for that paradigm yet. 
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2012 11:51 |
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Dave Groen
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Robert wrote: OK, so where does the software reside, do you download it on each computer you are going to use it on then it sort of 'Auto Authorises', surely the images are not downloaded each time you access an image. It's probably like the way we run heavy-duty engineering analysis software where I work - the software and all your personal files (photos) reside on your personal computer. The software asks a license server over the internet if you have a current license to use the software. If you do, it runs just fine. If not, it tells you to pay up if you want to go any further. So, the only data being transferred over the internet is your serial number and a yes/no reply.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25th, 2012 12:18 |
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Robert
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Thanks Dave, so that really just makes it a variation of the current verification process. Sod all to do with 'Cloud' computing, which Adobe bill it as, another con. I can see the reasoning behind it, it's just like tool or plant hire, why tie up capital in specialised tools or equipment you only use occasionally. it's up to the individual to decide if that method is more viable than an outright licence purchase. There is also the upgrade cost to take into account.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26th, 2012 02:18 |
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richw
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I think Dave is correct, but they also offer online storage - same as iCloud, which can be used for multiple users collaborating on Docs as well as multi platform access, as well as a web hosting service as part of this.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26th, 2012 02:38 |
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Robert
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richw wrote:I think Dave is correct, but they also offer online storage - same as iCloud, which can be used for multiple users collaborating on Docs as well as multi platform access, as well as a web hosting service as part of this. Ok, so the Cloud hosting is optional, and the software resides on the client computer. That makes it workable but fails in the basic premiss of Cloud computing that all data is available from anywhere. That would appear to be limited by connectivity rather than the software. Thanks for the clarification.
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