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Photoshop CS6 Exclusive Updates for Creative Cloud Users & Expands Creative Cloud Subscriptions for Teams

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While all users received the Photoshop CS6 update adding Retina Display support, Adobe has added several new features to Photoshop CS6 for Creative Cloud users.

Several Photoshop users who bought CS6 at retail rather than the Creative Cloud subscription are rather upset about missing out on the new features. While I can understand the frustration, one of the big bullet points from Adobe when Creative Cloud launched was that it would be able to roll out new features faster to Creative Cloud users rather than way for full version releases as it previously has done.

Adobe Creative Cloud members will have access to application upgrades, including new CS point-product features, before they are launched as part of major CS updates, as well as inventive new products and services as they emerge. –Creative Cloud Announcement

Given what appears to be an initial success with Creative Cloud subscriptions, it looks like we’re in for more software subscriptions until retail boxes of Photoshop are a thing of the past. I’m not sure yet if this is a good or a bad thing. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m a Creative Cloud subscriber and really have no bad things to say about the experience thus far. What are your thoughts on Creative Cloud and the differences between updates with the boxed version?

In addition to the new features in Photoshop, Adobe announced that Creative Cloud for teams is now available for entities needing to license multiple seats. The price is $70/mo per user and includes several upgrades over individual subscriptions, including a bump from 20GB to 100GB of cloud storage per user.

Check out the video below from Julieanne Kost showing off some of the new key features from Photoshop CS6 13.1: [Read more…]

 

Adobe Prelude CS6 Now Available as a Standalone Product

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Prelude CS6

Adobe Prelude CS6,  which is software for ingesting and logging of file-based footage workflows, is now available as a standalone product. Prelude CS6 was introduced in April 2012 as a part of the CS6 Master Collection, CS6 Production Premium and Creative Cloud.

Prelude CS6 is now available as a standalone product exclusively from Adobe.com for $399 for a perpetual license.  As noted, Creative Cloud users get this with their membership.

Lightroom 4 Now Available on Creative Cloud

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Lightroom 4

Adobe has made Lightroom 4 available on Creative Cloud for subscribers to download now.  Lightroom 4 normally runs $149 at retail or $79 for an upgrade from Lightroom 3.

If you are a Creative Cloud subscriber, however, Lightroom 4 is included in the package deal, along with all the other apps from Adobe Creative Suite CS6.

I signed up for Creative Cloud earlier this month.  Being an existing Production Premium customer, I was able to get the introductory rate of $29.99 per month.  I’ve installed a number of CS6 apps with zero hiccups thus far.  If you aren’t an existing Creative Suite customer, you can still get Creative Cloud for $49.99 per month if you commit to a one year subscription.

Of course, I had already upgraded to Lightroom 4 and it is a solid update to an already fantastic RAW image processing application.  If you’re on Creative Cloud already and you aren’t using Lightroom for your image processing, nothing is stopping you now.  If you’re not on Creative Cloud, this is just the more incentive to pull the trigger.

Adobe CS6 Ship Date is May 7, 2012

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Adobe CS6

I have confirmed that Adobe CS6 products will ship and be available for download on May 7, 2012.

  • CS6 Ship Date (English, Americas, and European versions): May 7, 2012
  • CS6 Ship Date (Rest of the world): May 10, 2012

Pre-orders for Adobe CS6 products are available direct from Adobe here.

Upgrades to CS6 from other CS products are only available from Adobe here.

CS6 Student & Teacher editions are available from the Adobe Education Site.

The new Adobe CS6 products available are listed below. [Read more…]

Adobe Creative Cloud Launches, Gives You All CS6 Programs for $50/mo

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Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud has finally launched with a subscription model for Creative Suite apps and cloud integration across many apps. The launch event will be streaming live today at 10AM PT / 1PM ET and is viewable here on Adobe’s site.

Creative Cloud will offer users access to all of the Creative Suite applications, including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Illustrator for as low as $49.99 per month if you commit to a one year subscription.  An introductory offer is available for existing individual users at $29.99/mo.

Of course, you can still purchase the retail products as well.  Production Premium CS6 runs $1899, Photoshop CS6 is $699 and Photoshop CS6 Extended is $999.

More details in the press release below. [Read more…]