Brian Walters wrote: > Well, it's not quite like that. > > I signed up for Adobe's "Creative Cloud for Photographers" plan. > $9.99 per month gives me the latest versions of Photoshop and Lightroom > (although I rarely use Lightroom). I was certainly never going to be > able to justify the cost of Photoshop through outright purchase. > > The term 'Creative Cloud' is a misnomer. The software and files > aren't in the 'cloud', they are run and stored on your own computer. > If you decide to cease subscription, your files aren't touched - if you > have saved edited files as jpg or tif, they can still be accessed by > other software. If you saved as psd, earlier versions of Photoshop > will still open them, with the caveat that any features specific to > Photoshop CC wont be recognised in the earlier version. > > I was skeptical of the subscription plan at first, but I've changed my > mind.
Thanks Brian, it's good to see a different viewpoint. I see that the UK prices start monthly from £8.78 per month. If the files are stored on your own computer, that's a different matter. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

