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Soaring cost
BaldricksTrousers:
Creative cloud cost up 250% in Oz in four years.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/05/creative-cloud-keeps-getting-more-expensive-in-australia/
I need a new computer. I guess I'll be using Gimp and Darktable from now on, though switching to Linux involves a nasty learning curve.
I didn't mind the one-off cost for CS4 but I'm out of licenses for new machines with that (and who knows how long it will continue to work with Windows?). I've been using Gimp and Darkroom my son installed on a notebook and they're as good for what I want as PS, but the notebook is dying.
The way microstock is going, it makes no sense to spend $600 a year on PS/CC.
Pauws99:
I'm only paying £10 UK a month for LR/PS....am I going to see a big hike when the "honeymoon" runs out? Only had it three months.
ShadySue:
--- Quote from: Pauws99 on July 16, 2017, 00:28 ---I'm only paying £10 UK a month for LR/PS....am I going to see a big hike when the "honeymoon" runs out? Only had it three months.
--- End quote ---
I've been on it almost (PS/LR only*) since the beginning of subs, and no hike, but who knows what will happen in the future.
It looks like that article is talking about the whole of the CC 'suite'.
It is a tax expense, though, which helps.
* and every time we get an Adobe survey, which is often, I ask for a PS only option as I never use LR. But ... :(
SpaceStockFootage:
Wish I could pay $695.88 a year! It's £50.57 a month here, so £606.84 a year. In AUS, that works out to be $1014.49
BaldricksTrousers:
The main point, I think, is that it is costing a lot of people a lot of money when similar programs are available free. I see now that Gimp and Darktable are available to run on Windows and Mac, too, so you don't need to do the whole linux thing.
It's worth giving them a go if you want to save money while staying legal. The interface is quite similar to PS and LR.
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