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I was hoping this would be about how annoying the pricing is for Creative Cloud. If I was a designer then I could justify paying that kind of monthly tariff, b

I was hoping this would be about how annoying the pricing is for Creative Cloud. If I was a designer then I could justify paying that kind of monthly tariff, but as primarily a developer who needs infrequent access to Photoshop or Illustrator the pricing options are just highway robbery. At least in the old days I could pay up front and stretch it out over time to get my money's worth by deciding when and if to upgrade. Adobe is really pushing me as hard as they can towards the competition, and I've been using Photoshop for over 20 years now, so it's no light decision to give up such a familiar UI.

philwebster 13y ago
I completely agree. Each month I spend maybe an hour in Adobe apps, so even the student pricing (~$16/mo) which I'm eligible for, is too high for me to justify paying for Creative Cloud.
- sitkack 13y ago
  The Adobe hater I am ... 16 bucks a month for EVERYTHING THEY SELL is a fucking steal. You should be using it more, not less.
  - binxbolling 13y ago
    It's not everything they sell though.
bigd 13y ago
25 bucks a month for students is not that bad. And 50 month is totally reasonable. I find it much more accessible than before. And honestly I think that's less than the money the average person here spends monthly at coffee-shops. Or in one night out! Here's how you can afford it: avoid eating 5 sandwiches in a posh bar per month, and cook sometimes by yourself.
- csmithuk 13y ago
  My IT budget for the year is about $500. Doesn't fit.
  - bigd 13y ago
    But for what i remember, neither illustrator or photoshop cs5 alone did fit in that. EDIT: http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilt... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362428,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362428,00.asp
    - ubojan 13y ago
      but you could buy software once and use it for several years, skipping a few versions before upgrade. There are lots of users that don't need latest bells and whistles.
      - csmithuk 13y ago
        This. I used Fireworks MX (released 2002) until 2 years ago
        hartator 13y ago
        Yeaaah, I am not the only one. It was the good old time! Each new version after the MX was a deception, damn Adobe. You switch to what?
        csmithuk 13y ago
        Inkscape and gimp.
        webmanoffesto 13y ago
        I agree. Inkscape and Gimp do everything I need them to do. The last time I hit a limitation was when I needed Inkscape to create a multi-page document. But that was more than a year ago and I managed without that function.
damon_c 13y ago
I had this problem. Pixelmator and Acorn for Mac are not perfect replacements but after awhile you figure out what they do well and you start to not miss Adobe products. also iDraw... all of them together are trivial in cost compared to anything Adobe.
- kalleboo 13y ago
  As a developer, I have to be able to open our designer's PSDs to extract elements. He's always using the latest features as well so I have to keep up with the new versions... There are no alternatives that have even half-way decent PSD support (through no fault of their own, of course).

philwebster 13y ago

I completely agree. Each month I spend maybe an hour in Adobe apps, so even the student pricing (~$16/mo) which I'm eligible for, is too high for me to justify paying for Creative Cloud.

sitkack 13y ago
The Adobe hater I am ... 16 bucks a month for EVERYTHING THEY SELL is a fucking steal. You should be using it more, not less.
- binxbolling 13y ago
  It's not everything they sell though.

bigd 13y ago

25 bucks a month for students is not that bad. And 50 month is totally reasonable. I find it much more accessible than before. And honestly I think that's less than the money the average person here spends monthly at coffee-shops. Or in one night out! Here's how you can afford it: avoid eating 5 sandwiches in a posh bar per month, and cook sometimes by yourself.

csmithuk 13y ago
My IT budget for the year is about $500. Doesn't fit.
- bigd 13y ago
  But for what i remember, neither illustrator or photoshop cs5 alone did fit in that. EDIT: http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilt... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362428,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362428,00.asp
  - ubojan 13y ago
    but you could buy software once and use it for several years, skipping a few versions before upgrade. There are lots of users that don't need latest bells and whistles.
    - csmithuk 13y ago
      This. I used Fireworks MX (released 2002) until 2 years ago
      - hartator 13y ago
        Yeaaah, I am not the only one. It was the good old time! Each new version after the MX was a deception, damn Adobe. You switch to what?
        csmithuk 13y ago
        Inkscape and gimp.
        webmanoffesto 13y ago
        I agree. Inkscape and Gimp do everything I need them to do. The last time I hit a limitation was when I needed Inkscape to create a multi-page document. But that was more than a year ago and I managed without that function.

damon_c 13y ago

I had this problem. Pixelmator and Acorn for Mac are not perfect replacements but after awhile you figure out what they do well and you start to not miss Adobe products. also iDraw... all of them together are trivial in cost compared to anything Adobe.

kalleboo 13y ago
As a developer, I have to be able to open our designer's PSDs to extract elements. He's always using the latest features as well so I have to keep up with the new versions... There are no alternatives that have even half-way decent PSD support (through no fault of their own, of course).