Adobe Creative Cloud anyone?

[Smalerbi]

Hello......anyone out there using Adobe Creative Cloud membership? I wanted to upgrade from CS4 Production Premium to CS6. Adobe said there is no upgrade from CS4 to 6 and the Cloud membership would be best for my needs at 29.95 a month. I would like to hear from people who are using this if they like it. Pro's and Con's....etc.

Thanks

Scott.

[glorybound]

I upgrade my CS4 to CS6 without a cloud membership. But, I know they are offerings things on the cloud that you don't get with the standalone.

[YoyoBoy]

I think it's great. I've been on it since July, and haven't regretted it one bit.

[Smalerbi]

Geoff, If you don't mind me asking.....how much do you pay a month? When I was online chatting with a adobe rep about the product, he said it would cost me 29.95 a month but when I went to the online sign up section, it was 49.95 a month and that's if you commit for 12 months.

Also Glorybound, I think you are right. If I understand how this cloud thing works, its a smorgasbord of products you can choose from. The only downside I see is once you are committed, you to stay committed. For example, over time if you are working on projects on the latest upgrades and for some reason, you need to give up the monthly membership, you could never go back to your earlier license version of the software. Unless you are willing to shell out the bucks for the latest stand alone. I guess I am old school....I always like to purchase my software and use it for a few years before I upgrade......what to do........what to do....

[YoyoBoy]

After taxes it's $53.00 a month. I think 29.95, might be an introductory rate for recent existing customers.

The Cloud is the same as buying the full Creative Suite -which would take over 4 years to pay off at $53 a month- plus some extra stuff.

[YoyoBoy]

And by "full Creative Suite" I mean that the Cloud lets you use the latest version of ANY Adobe software.

[Smalerbi]

Thanks Geoff. I guess it's time to step off of the stone knives and bear skin bus and keep my head in the cloud.

[samuel_bubat]

I wouldn´t trust a centralized storage.... well "cloud".. initiated by this douche
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=24e_1360854279

[instinct]

You can get CC Licenses for both the whole set of apps, or for single apps. 24.95 is probably PS alone.

Regards,
Thorsten

[Smalerbi]

I think Geoff has it right.......the 29.95 must be an introductory offer. The Adobe rep asked me what applications do I use the most. I gave him the following laundry list:

PS, AE, Premiere, Encore, Sound Booth and Illustrator and then he said it would be the 29.95 month.

Also, I'm not sure what Samuel means by centralized storage. I'm very new to this whole cloud thing and I'm not completely clear how it works but according to the rep, you DL software and install it no different then if you had purchased the entire suite on a DVD as a stand alone. I was wondering how they control the lic issues. For example, I asked the rep the following: " What would happen if someone DL and installed the software and after a few months, decided to default on the monthly payments". The reps answer was, "Then, you could no longer use the product". Then I asked: "Do you need to be online to use the product?" and he said no. So he was not making any sense because in order to insure the monthly payment, there would need to be some type of online check every time you fired up the software. I don't know.....perhaps I'm over thinking this. Since Geoff is using this cloud system, he would be the most qualified to sort this out.

In addition, the CEO who could not answer the direct question, I think he has a bright future in politics.

Scott.

[YoyoBoy]

The first thing you download with the Cloud is an installer. It keeps track of what you've got installed and what needs to be updated. I think your computer pings Adobe once a day or less to make sure your subscription is active. So as long as it knows you're legit, the software will work. Otherwise you'll just get a message saying that it can't confirm that your subscription is valid.

[MoonDoggie]

I'm on it as well, and it's great. Company pays so that's a moot point, but I find myself using some of their other software that I didn't know existed!

[mikeh]

correct me if i'm wrong, but "cloud' means your files are stored on their servers, not yours...which means you have no control over them...and when whatever company has physical control over those servers goes belly up, your stuff is lost ...and your fees will increase as time goes on...and your access will probaly suffer disruptions...etc
We have concluded it is a sucker's game and will avoid it at all costs.
mh

[YoyoBoy]

Cloud is just what they're calling it. None of your data goes to them -unless you use their cloud storage system, which is by no means mandatory. Yet.

[Smalerbi]

Thanks Geoff for clarifying it. Your system pinging adobe makes perfect sense. That would be the only way they could police the software. As for the storage, it's a good think you save your files to your onsite equipment. If you had to store your project files on there severs, I would never do it. Now I just need to get over the monthly payment thing. Like I said.......I a bit old school. I like to pay for things cash and then never worry about but in this case, it could make perfect sense.

Thanks again.