The math may work out to your advantage for this new subscription model if you are someone who likes to upgrade your software often.

$19.99 / month - Complete Access to Entire Suite (Student & Teachers - save 60% on your first year).

$29.99 / month - Complete Access to Entire Suite (Existing Customers - save 40% on your first year).

$49.99 / month - Complete Access to Entire Suite (New Customers).

$19.99 / month - Single App from the Suite.

Here are the current plans and prices Adobe put out for their Creative Cloud line of software: When just one of their applications, Photoshop CS6, costs $699 for the previous full (DVD) version, I suppose it's understandable why many were reluctant to do the right and legal thing and pay for it. I would be willing to bet part of the reason they are doing this is to curb the digital “theft” of all of their software. Which means when you stop paying that monthly fee, you will no longer have access to the software. Even though the programs are still installed on your computer in the same manner (these aren't web-apps), you are now basically “leasing” the software on a monthly basis.

Like it or not, Adobe announced this year that almost all of their software is moving to a cloud-based subscription model. Honestly, I'm thinking about signing up for this. This is not an introductory price, but after 12 months, the price will “renew at the current price of the offer.” (Updated: see below)īut don't spend too long deciding if this is right for you - this deal is only being honored until December 31, 2013.

If you're a photo enthusiast who uses, or has even thought about using both Adobe's Photoshop and Lightroom, you might want to at least consider this deal that Adobe is still offering - but not for long!įor $9.99 a month, when you sign up a one-year plan, you will have ongoing access to the latest versions of both Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) and Lightroom (currently version 5) via their new Creative Cloud subscription model.

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