Noela

I am considering going to the CS7 on the Cloud, but not sure I will stick with it. My question, will I be able to revert to CS6 Extended if I do not like the Cloud application? Any issues foreseen with this possibility?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Since you own CS6, they will not be taking it away from you. If you quit CS7, you will no longer have access, of course.

Noela

What happens to the work I do on CS7? These may seem like silly questions, but I do not have mastery of the Cloud.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

The only issue I see is that if a higher version of CS6 (CS7 and beyond) has features that are not compatible with CS6 and you save the PSD you may not be able to open it in CS6, but that would be probably beyond CS7 version.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

There was some confusion over that in the beginning. People were afraid that if they did work in the cloud and saved it there and then discontinued, it would be inaccessible. Now Adobe has said that they will still have access to it. If I were using the cloud, I'd save my work on the own computer, as well.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

The cloud doesn't mean your work is on it you download the Programs to your computer and you save your work just as you always have been doing

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Try to forget about "The Cloud" and just think operationally. When you subscribe to CS7 you will download the executable file exactly as if you were downloading the 30-day trial. It will function exactly like the CS6 you previously loaded on your computer. Neither your pictures nor the changes you make will ever leave your computer unless YOU move them off. The computer you load the software onto must have internet access, BUT ONLY BECAUSE it will need to access Adobe in the background to make sure your subscription is paid up. As long as your subscription is paid up, it will continue to work just like any other version you previously loaded from the box or from the Adobe website. "The Cloud" really does not enter into the picture at all and only confuses the issue. If you stop paying your subscription the CS7 software will cease to open on your computer once it accesses the Adobe site and finds out you have not paid. Your pictures will remain exactly where they have always been (on your computer) and will still be accessible to any program you want to open them up with EXCEPT CS7.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Picdude is correct. I doubt that any PSD files created while using the new version of CS will affect opening and using them with CS6. But I do know that if you adjust a raw image with the cloud version and then work on that same image with the earlier version (CS6) that some of the settings in the sidecar will be ignored and therefore be missing in the raw image as viewed.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

That was my point with my earlier statement, but you stated it better.

Ziza Loc: USA

This is the best (and concise) explanation I have seen of Adobe's Creative Cloud. You got it! I am bookmarking your post to refer it to others.

I just want to add a little note. There will be no PS CS7, 8, etc. Adobe has rebranded upcoming versions of its applications with the CC moniker (Creative Cloud). So it is now -- Photoshop CC (PS CC).

There are three exceptions to the above -- Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, and Premiere Elements. These programs can still be purchased outside Creative Cloud. Adobe recently released Lightroom 5. We can expect Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12 sometime in Sep or Oct.

Ziza Loc: USA

This may be explained by the difference in the Camera Raw update. Adobe has just released ACR 8.1 for both PS CS6 and PS CC. However, when installed in PS CS6, ACR 8.1 won't have the new features.


You can read more about it here:

http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2013/06/camera-raw-8-1-and-dng-converter-8-1-now-available.html

bunuweld Loc: Arizona

I think you will be able to continue with your CS6 with no problems. However, if Adobe follows Microsoft's path of pursuit of profit above everything else, it is likely that Adobe will stop support for CS6 sometime in the perhaps distant future. In Microsoft's case, this translates into their projected stop of support for Windows XP on April 2014 despite XP being a better OS than the crappy Windows 8. That stop will mean that no updates will be available to defend against new malware or viruses making XP expire by abandonment. One can only speculate on how lack of support for CS6, if it happens, would affect users who own the CD.

Noela

Thank you. It looks like I'm going to be going the cloud route. I have another concern with this type of program. I use CS sporadically, and there are periods when I do not use it at all. I very seldom have used it during June, July, August, and most of September, my schedule is jammed with other things. What if I don't pay to use it during an extended period, and then come back? Do I pay for the time I don't use it, or do I just start it again?

bunuweld Loc: Arizona

I believe you can rent it on a monthly basis, but at a higher monthly price than if renting annually. Still, you would probably be saving money if you don't rent for part of the year.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Whew!
Finally, someone who can form a coherent thought and put it down in writing!

We need to make this a sticky :)