Photoshop CC caused a storm when it was launched in 2013.
From that point on, you couldn't buy Photoshop with a 'perpetual
licence' – you had to rent it a month or a year at a time via an Adobe
Creative Cloud subscription. You choose the plan you need, and the
software is then available to you for as long as you keep paying the
subscription.
This still causes dismay amongst some
users, but there are upsides. Your subscription includes free updates
and an increasing range of Creative Cloud services, such as the Behance
sharing/collaboration site. And since that rocky launch, Adobe has
dropped the price and increased the value. Photographers don't just pay
less, they get two programs for the price of one.
- Buy Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan (Photoshop CC + Lightroom) [Digital Membership] at Amazon US for $9.99
Adobe's current Photography plan costs just £8.78/$9.99/A$9.99 per
month (if you take out an annual subscription) and includes not just
Photoshop CC but Lightroom 5.5. It's a great double-act – Photoshop
takes care of the editing, Lightroom takes care of the organisation. The
free Lightroom Mobile app enables you to view and edit photo
collections on your iPad, while Adobe's new Mix app offers
Photoshop-compatible editing tools too.
Photoshop CC and
Creative Cloud are now a powerful and compelling option – and Adobe has
been releasing modest but useful updates. But June 2014 brought a new
version, Photoshop CC 2014, which doesn't replace the existing Photoshop
CC app but is installed alongside it.
What's new?
Photoshop CC introduced an all-new Smart Sharpen tool designed to
maximise clarity and reduce noise, together with a Camera Shake
Reduction tool that can analyse the direction of movement ('trajectory')
and then reverse the blur digitally. On Adobe's sample images it works
really well, but not all shots provide the right kind of blur, so don't
expect it to be a fix for every shaky shot.
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