New Adobe CC Cloud deal
Posted 21/11/2013 - 10:17
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Already in Leads to Deals and another thread as well!
To be fair, photographers don't need anywhere near what PS offers, but as always there are one or two nice things that aren't in the Elements package....
To be fair, photographers don't need anywhere near what PS offers, but as always there are one or two nice things that aren't in the Elements package....
Best regards, John
Posted 21/11/2013 - 10:20
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I saw this and like you have Elements 11 and Lightroon 5.3
My thinking is that :
A: The 2 programs I use are more than capable of meeting my needs
B: In 12 months time all the people that took up the offer will be hooked so when Adobe triple the monthly price it will be very hard tosay no (which is what Adobe are counting on imo)
My thinking is that :
A: The 2 programs I use are more than capable of meeting my needs
B: In 12 months time all the people that took up the offer will be hooked so when Adobe triple the monthly price it will be very hard tosay no (which is what Adobe are counting on imo)
Posted 21/11/2013 - 10:31
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Sorry John, i should have done a search first. Although strangely the forum normally brings up a warning to say there are similar threads already, do you really want to post. Didn't get that this time. Please delete the thread if you would rather there wasn't another thread running.
Mike, i agree on both counts. I've not yet had a moment where i've thought "this software is holding me back". And yes this deal is definitly to get you hooked. Will find it almost impossible to stop it once started. I'll stick with Elements and Lightroom.
Mike, i agree on both counts. I've not yet had a moment where i've thought "this software is holding me back". And yes this deal is definitly to get you hooked. Will find it almost impossible to stop it once started. I'll stick with Elements and Lightroom.
Posted 21/11/2013 - 15:19
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THE CORPORATE GAME - getting sucked in!
Russ, to answer your question....
I think it might be wise to stick with what you have, I have the Photoshop CC package and it is a magical piece of software, as a PS/Photography tutor I have all versions for all platforms, including the highly emotive iPad.
This covers all bases so to speak, will I be able to justify the rental of this software when they up the prices?
I'm not sure, I don't usually scream until I'm bitten, unlike some of the more established members of this group who's motto seems to be 'Its new, I don't like it'.
Time will tell, John Riley says 'photographers don't need anywhere near what PS offers', maybe that should read 'most photographers', splitting pixels?, probably.
In all hobbies/interests we like to feel we have the most desirable that particular field has to offer, in photography, once you become aware that you really don't 'need' thirty lenses, that's 'need' not 'want', then the temptation may be to invest heavily in software, somehow believing that clicking on the PS icon is going to offer the promise of top class images, fairy dust in binary code, nope, no, never!
That's down to us, the eyes behind the lens, some togs realise this pretty quickly and spend a lifetime perfecting the 'heArt of Photography' sitting on thousands of great images, the majority of which will never be seen! Then there is the tog who chase's the latest model, upgrading camera bodies every six months or so, mistaking the ability that to buy the best, makes them the best, true, it gives greater bragging rights, but that's all, it doesn't add to the quality of their work!
Do you need anther monthly debt around your neck?
Some will wear that debt like Mr T wears his Gold Chains, like a the tog who wears the latest body and lens, jewellery?
Some may see that debt as a noose, that will get tighter, certainly after the 12 month special offer ends and your toes are scraping the floor.
Happy snapping, shutter, not neck!
Karl Weaver
Russ, to answer your question....
I think it might be wise to stick with what you have, I have the Photoshop CC package and it is a magical piece of software, as a PS/Photography tutor I have all versions for all platforms, including the highly emotive iPad.
This covers all bases so to speak, will I be able to justify the rental of this software when they up the prices?
I'm not sure, I don't usually scream until I'm bitten, unlike some of the more established members of this group who's motto seems to be 'Its new, I don't like it'.
Time will tell, John Riley says 'photographers don't need anywhere near what PS offers', maybe that should read 'most photographers', splitting pixels?, probably.
In all hobbies/interests we like to feel we have the most desirable that particular field has to offer, in photography, once you become aware that you really don't 'need' thirty lenses, that's 'need' not 'want', then the temptation may be to invest heavily in software, somehow believing that clicking on the PS icon is going to offer the promise of top class images, fairy dust in binary code, nope, no, never!
That's down to us, the eyes behind the lens, some togs realise this pretty quickly and spend a lifetime perfecting the 'heArt of Photography' sitting on thousands of great images, the majority of which will never be seen! Then there is the tog who chase's the latest model, upgrading camera bodies every six months or so, mistaking the ability that to buy the best, makes them the best, true, it gives greater bragging rights, but that's all, it doesn't add to the quality of their work!
Do you need anther monthly debt around your neck?
Some will wear that debt like Mr T wears his Gold Chains, like a the tog who wears the latest body and lens, jewellery?
Some may see that debt as a noose, that will get tighter, certainly after the 12 month special offer ends and your toes are scraping the floor.
Happy snapping, shutter, not neck!
Karl Weaver
Russ wrote:
Just been sent an email from Adobe saying they have a special offer on their Photoshop CC cloud. The minimum requirements of Photoshop CS3 has been dropped, so i now qualify for their monthly payment scheme of £8.28 per month for 12 months.
I already have Photoshop Elements 11 and Lightroom 5.3. And i am not a pro photographer. My photographic level is probably still around the keen beginner, top end of beginner. Not even enthusiast level. I intend to keep improving but at my level can i really justify anything more than Elements and Lightroom?
£8 or so a month sounds very good for the best software available. I have two voices in my head at the moment. One says go for it, in 6 months time you may regret it. The other says, don't be daft you're a beginner and this is for semi-pro and pro level.
Just been sent an email from Adobe saying they have a special offer on their Photoshop CC cloud. The minimum requirements of Photoshop CS3 has been dropped, so i now qualify for their monthly payment scheme of £8.28 per month for 12 months.
I already have Photoshop Elements 11 and Lightroom 5.3. And i am not a pro photographer. My photographic level is probably still around the keen beginner, top end of beginner. Not even enthusiast level. I intend to keep improving but at my level can i really justify anything more than Elements and Lightroom?
£8 or so a month sounds very good for the best software available. I have two voices in my head at the moment. One says go for it, in 6 months time you may regret it. The other says, don't be daft you're a beginner and this is for semi-pro and pro level.
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I already have Photoshop Elements 11 and Lightroom 5.3. And i am not a pro photographer. My photographic level is probably still around the keen beginner, top end of beginner. Not even enthusiast level. I intend to keep improving but at my level can i really justify anything more than Elements and Lightroom?
£8 or so a month sounds very good for the best software available. I have two voices in my head at the moment. One says go for it, in 6 months time you may regret it. The other says, don't be daft you're a beginner and this is for semi-pro and pro level.