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| Posted: Wed Sep 4th, 2013 19:33 |
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TomOC
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http://blogs.adobe.com/creativelayer/introducing-the-photoshop-photography-program/ $9.99 / month gets you PS CC and LR 5 and Behance (who cares) and 20gb storage and this is the actual price not just a trial. You need PS CS3 or later to get this offer. I would say for anyone who has an older version of Ps, this is something to do right this minute...for someone who owns PS6 and LR5, maybe so, maybe not, but it's a decent deal in any event. Tom
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2013 02:47 |
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Robert
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Is this an indication that Adobe are gradually adopting a more realistic pricing structure with their new 'cloud' products? Or perhaps just an appetite wetter...
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2013 06:19 |
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jk
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Well I'll buy it when they also provide me with guaranteed 8Mbit ADSL connection in the bundle. I will still store all my data locally. The more I investigate and understand the cloud model and its implications the less I like it. This statement is made in light of the situation where (all or most) governments operate in a manner that allows them to decide which, what and whose data to look at without permission other than their own notion of 'in the interest of national security'. Look at the current and new laws being legislated in USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Vietnam and China to name but a few countries.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 5th, 2013 13:31 |
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TomOC
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Well, hard to have any interest in their cloud storage anyhow... Between dropbox and icloud, how much cloud does one need ? 
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| Posted: Fri Sep 6th, 2013 06:24 |
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Eric
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TomOC wrote:Well, hard to have any interest in their cloud storage anyhow... Between dropbox and icloud, how much cloud does one need ? Far too much cloud here right now. Sun needs to come out again.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 8th, 2013 16:42 |
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richw
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jk wrote:Well I'll buy it when they also provide me with guaranteed 8Mbit ADSL connection in the bundle. I will still store all my data locally. I don't use the cloud storage. The application is installed on your local drive, and it checks once a month to make sure that it's still valid. If when the check is due it can't contact the internet it gives you a warning and a grace period (I think 90 days) if at the end of that period it still has not been able to connect the application is disabled. Might be a problem if you did a six month trek into the wilderness, but should be OK for most people.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2013 08:11 |
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jk
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richw wrote: jk wrote: So the move to CC will not reduce the software piracy issues that Adobe have. While I can see there are some/many positives for Adobe in that the distribution of patches and updates is much simplified I cant see many real benefits for the single license user who just wants the current version of the product for its features and doesnt want extra new stuff. For large corporates, advertising and graphics agencies I can see that there is a real benefit and also from an accounting perspective I think the software can now be moved into the 'capitalised' part of the ledger which provides deferment against taxable profits.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2013 10:05 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:So the move to CC will not reduce the software piracy issues that Adobe have. Adobe acknowledged that the cloud software will be just as easy to crack as the stand alone at the 'Launch' I think they see it as a way of keeping a current product across the board, maybe not today but say 5 years down the line when the current stand alone software is obsolete due to hardware and OS developments. That should reduce their costs both distribution and update wise. In theory it also means they can respond to hacks and issues more quickly. Hopefully the savings they make might feed back to the user, which it seems it may be by way of increased access to additional software and storage provision in their cloud.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2013 19:52 |
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richw
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The cynical part of me also wonders if it is a way of scaling back the R&D effort. The new product release every 18 months required significant 'new' features to get folk to buy them, their main competitor was their previous versions. By moving to the ongoing 'CC' version they can just drop in lots of small incremental features, doing enough to stay ahead of any external competitors but no longer needing a big 'Must Buy' feature to compel people to upgrade. Any significant stand alone software comes out they can buy it out and incorporate it into the product. For Plug Ins I think they are quite happy for them to exist and for people to use them as it further ties them in without Adobe needing to do the development.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2013 20:16 |
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TomOC
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I think that is close, Rich. But I am even more cynical. Adobe sees that they have very little to offer in the way of new features. This is a complement to what they have already done with PS. We really won't possibly see the number of WOW new features going forward...and there definitely is serious competition snapping at their heels. Adobe knows this better than we do. So now is the time to chain is to the product with a subscription...and maybe price it so that we will think itisveryinexpensive to get hooked on a few of the PS stablemates? If they can do that, they will keep you in the PS fold even as the competing products gain ground (either by offering equal quality ((capture one)) or lower cost ((google with Nik )). I personally think they made a huge error by trying to force the monthly fees on us. If it really was a good deal, we wouldn't need to be forced. It's obvious that they are losing tons of good will and many previously happy annual upgrades are not going for the monthly fees - they didn't lower the monthly fee for PS and throw in LR because they were overcome with guilt for being so aggressive. I'm a pretty good example of the type of customer they now risk losing. I never considered switching to another product before they pulled this shenanigan. Now I have purchased and taken the time to learn fairly well how capture one works and with only a few tweaks from phase one, I could easily change to cap one. As the, plugins start working better with other apps, there won't be much tying us to PS exclusively. Adobe should never have let that happen IMNSHO!!!
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