This means that if you divide $999 by 18 months you come out with $55.50 per month. On average, Adobe seemed to be on an 18 (some odd) month product cycle between CS updates. Although I doubt this will last very long as Adobe CEO reported that, “Adobe has no immediate subscription-based plans for Lightroom, but the migration to digital copies is the wave of the future.”Īdobe Photoshop CS6 Extended used to cost $999. As of right now, Adobe Lightroom will still be ‘cloud-free’ and available for purchase as a licensed product.While you will still be able to buy licensed copies of Adobe Photoshop Elements, any pro-grade version software like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, etc will only be cloud based. Gone are the days of walking into a brick and mortar store and purchasing a copy of Photoshop that you can call your own. First, like I mentioned above, Creative Suite will be no more.

Here are some facts about Adobe’s new move… This news was not received well in the photography community on Monday as photographers flocked to social media sites to bash Adobe and voice their opinions. Unless you haven’t been on your computer at all in the last 24-48 hours, you have probably heard by now that Adobe announced an end to their Creative Suite of products and will now be moving to a subscription only based service.

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