jdubu wrote:
Hey , if you are happy with what CS6 provides for you, then that is great. It is true with any software program we use... I have programs that are years old and quite a few releases removed from the current model, but they do what I need from them, even now.
The reality is we are always subject to any manufacturers business/product model... some we accept and adapt to, others we move away from. I adapted to newer versions of some very high priced software when I moved my pcs from 32bit to 64bit. My options were upgrade or find an alternate software replacement. Only your pros and cons can make that decision for you.
I was at an Adobe training seminar last night at Adobe HQ here in San Jose where Julieanne Kost was a guest presenter (in live events, she is always a hoot. Much is edited for her Adobe TV videos) Her presentation of some of the newer features of PS 2014 were stunning. She made a couple comments that had us rolling,,, like her watching her seminars and learning something that she forgot she knew. Or when PS is calculating and you are waiting impatiently for the graph bar to complete the process, a text window should come up saying "Hey, you do the math faster!"
An added benefit of that meeting was there were some Adobe management people there answering questions about the CC subscription and Photographers subscription specifically.
2 answers that I will pass on here are:
1. While the $9.99 pricing is not changing and there are no short or long range plans to increase the price, there is a never say never it will never happen. Well, I am OK with that, since the price of everything we buy in life is not guaranteed forever...
2. Anyone who originally purchased the upgrade to the photographers model with the adobe text, Behance, etc. will be grandfathered in and not lose them when they are phased out of the current photographers model that required no previous CS3 or higher ownership. That phase out will happen over the next 6-8 months, and continued membership is a prerequisite for grandfathering.
Anyway, a point to remember is that unless you really research what the new additions and changes of Lightroom, PS CC and 2014 are, you will not know what you are missing when you fire up CS6 or earlier. And to me, you are missing a lot.
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Appreciate your thoughtful and reasoned response. Very helpful.