Adobe Creative Cloud is here to stay, for now. So you might as well see what it means for you and how it works. I recently took a course on the subject at CreativeLive.com and took the following notes.
First here are a few facts to consider:
Pricing
The way it works out is if you plan to use 2.5 programs or more, so essentially three, you're better off with the full suite. If you plan to use only one app, or Lightroom plus Photoshop, the single app plan is better, in which case you would subscribe to Photoshop for $20/month with an annual contract and buy the stand-alone LR. LR is not available as single app subscription as of August 2013.
The single app annual contract cost for CS6 would be $240, about the same as a CS upgrade. This is good if you regularly upgrade software. I, however, like to buy software and sit on it for a few years before investing in an upgrade, so I'll be keeping my CS6 as long as it works and as long as there are no major compelling new features. When it's time to upgrade, I'll probably take the single app subscription to CS and upgrade LR separately. If you use all 30 programs, certainly the full suite is a deal.
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