Photoshop CC turns software into a monthly rental

The Seatlle Times ^ | 7/7/13 | David Pogue

[SoCal Pubbie]

The dawn of Software as a Subscription is now upon us. You have to pay $30 a month, or $240 a year, for the privilege of using the latest Photoshop version, called Photoshop CC. Or, if you want to use the full Adobe suite, you’ll pay $600 a year.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Wasn't sure about copyright issues so I posted a very small excerpt. I am interested in your reactions to this

[Red Badger]

They are about to go out of business with that model, guaranteed...................

[ArrogantBustard]

[Yossarian]

Exactly. Adobe is stupid.

[ShadowAce]

[circlecity]

"They are about to go out of business with that model, guaranteed..................."

Roger that. A 6 year old copy of Photoshop will handle all the photo editing needs of 99.9% of the market. Why upgrade to the rental version?

[The Louiswu]

CS5 Works just fine and it’s paid for. Thanks for nothing Adobe.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Their own Photoshop Elements will handle the needs of 99.9% of the market...and it’s only $99 - once.

[humblegunner]

When my last computer died, I downloaded the free trial version of Paintshop Pro. (Photoshop clone)

Supposedly it would work for thirty days.

Two years later it’s still rocking along just fine.

[webcrosby]

GIMP is free.

[SkyDancer]

Very happy with 5.5 - does all what I need.

[I want the USA back]

They are going to put themselves out of business with their greed. If they want to make any money, they have to charge under $100 a year. $39 is better.

An affordable price will get them more subscribers and ultimately more money.

[ArrogantBustard]

They’re not just shooting themselves in the foot ... They’re standing on an open hilltop and calling in fire from USS NEW JERSEY ...

[kaehurowing]

Adobe already has all sorts of software problems that cause Firefox and other browsers to crash.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Exactly. Adobe is stupid.

Dumb as a brick. To coin a phrase.

[Brandybux]

The nonprofit I belong to finds Creative Suite 3 does all we need. And, if we were to "lose" that software, we would NOT go to a monthly subscription. Rather, we'd continue to spend every nickel twice by migrating to some other photo editing software.

The publications we produce require a PDF file for the output at the printers. We don't even need Adobe Acrobat to create such files, as Cute Writer works fine as a PDF print driver that generates a PDF version of any software that ordinarily outputs to a conventional printer.

[jeffc]

Same here. I’ll stick with GIMP.

[llevrok]

In their press releases to the biz news sources, they cited the fact that when a new relase comes out, there is a rush of sales and then sales drops off until a new release comes forth. So the “cloud” version of PS is to smooth out those monthly cash in-flows.

So they keep coming out with new releases to keep sales pumping. And have over designed PS to most non commercial artists/user's needs. Nothing ever gets removed from features. The program is HUGE and a RAM hog as a result. And no one will spend $600 just to get the new tool that straightens horizons (etc)

Agreed, Lightroom and /or Essentials will do the trick for most hobbyists - serious photgs or otherwise.

Me? I am hanging on to CS5 until something dramatically better comes along. In the mean time, all my raw files are in DNG format which will allow me such a move from Adobe (should that be the case)

[Yossarian]

What I need from a photo-editing program:

• layers;
• masks;
• (warping) transform;
• non-destructive adjustment layers:
  -curves
  -exposure
  selective color
  -hue/saturation
  -black & white
  -photo filters
  -selective color
  -threshold
• masks on non-destructive adjustment layers;
• healing brush;
• clone stamp;
• magic wand selection tool;
• magnetic lasso;
• dodge and burn tools;
• text;
• gaussian blur (primarily for masks);
• puppet warp (make a mesh of an area and move each point);
• large file support (equivalent to "psb");
• healing brush;
• 16-bit support;
• HDR-format (32-bit floating point) support;
• canvas re-sizing and image resizing;

Photoshop CS5.5 Extended meets my needs perfectly. (I'm not even sure I need "extended", except for the fact I will need to do some 3D object texturing soon.) I don't want to upgrade even to CS6, let alone this "creative cash cow" monstrosity.

I just hope that there is no clash of CS5.5 with an operating system upgrade, ever. It will take a while until GIMP gets the feature set I need, and then it will take time to learn GIMP in the same way I extensively know Photoshop.

I really despise Adobe management right now. What a bunch of MBA bozos.

[TADSLOS]

I just upgraded to CS6 earlier this year. That’s it for me. CS6 and LR are plenty capable enough for my post processing needs.