Creative Cloud? Yes or no?

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Chris Lewtas

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Hi, I am new to the forum and was looking for a little bit of info on Adobe's creative cloud.

I have looked through the forum and this seems to be the best place to post this. I am a freelance Video editor, but I feel that I could promote myself a little more and with the endless e-mails and adverts that seem to be steered my way thanks to google, I thought I would look into Creative cloud.

Has anybody got any experience of Creative cloud? Is it just effectively storage space rather than a good way to make contacts? Not to mention I have most of the software anyway.

At £46 a month it seems a little excessive.

Thanks in advance.
 
CC is mostly access to the latest versions of all of the Adobe apps. You say you have them all already, but do you have the latest version that support the systems you work with? If not, you will never have the latest version without switching to the CC model. Their updates are much more frequent now. I personally really like the model, but I'm sure you'll hear a few dozen people ***** about it shortly. If it has the software you use and need, then it's the best choice, regardless of subscription model. If you don't need what it offers, then why buy?
 
Thanks, very clear. I didn't think about the updates. To be honest I may try the free trial, there is no harm in that. I am probably being rather lazy in trying to combine the two elements together, software and self-exposure. It would be nice to try a few more of the apps out anyway like dreamweaver for example. thanks for your advice.
 
They've set Encore to End Of Life because they claim "optical media is dead" which really pissed me off...Adobe seemed like the last company to write off a vital part of many professionals' workflow.
 
I haven't regretted it yet, and the access to the entire Adobe toolkit has given me more to work with. I recommend it. The cost is small if youwork with a few of the tools, and gets lower with each new one you add. New updates have added solid if small, features. But keep your old encore for DVD creation, as we haven't convinced Adobe that the vast bulk of us still do deliver DVDs. They made a mistake EOLing Encore.
 
I swore I would NOT use CC because I disliked the notion of hiring v owning software, and the price to me seemed outrageous - however, a year later, I'm now using it and have kind of accepted the new concept of 'renting'. The new programmes I have access to now haven't really set me on fire yet, and I'm still using PP, AE, PS, EN as my main software - but I suspect I might now use Audition which I didn't have before, just Soundbooth which was too basic, so I used Soundforge alongside Cubase for my audio. Maybe I'll not upgrade Sony now? Not certain yet. I'm not convinced it's paying for itself yet - but maybe in the future - I really don't know. I'm annoyed I have not stuck to my guns and abandoned adobe, but it kind of crept up.
 
I do not believe there is a "social" component to CC for making contacts or networking. I think it's more about collaborative editing and delivering updates. If I exclusively edited for a living, I'd go for CC. While I'm shooting or acting it will sit there for a couple of months and that just bugs me. The products are very good, including Audition, which is just great for dialog editing and mixing. Maybe I'll cave. I don't need to yet and I won't use more than PP, AE, Audition and Photoshop in more than a cursory way. I don't like the subscription model and I can be pretty stubborn ;)

I downloaded the trial version of Media Composer 7 by Avid. I like it fine. What I haven't figured out yet is what I'm going to do without AE. Symphony is around $1500.

Most everyone I know who has CC likes it plenty and have adapted to the model. The tools are good.
 
I have been on board CC since the start and love it.

The constant improvements and updates are a welcome change from the bi-yearly rollouts of before.

I'm thinking about adding a third edit system soon and CC will go on it as soon as I do.
 
Chris Lewtas said:
Brilliant advice! Thanks guys.

Is there a limit to how many systems you can use it on?
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/4379859

How many computers can I install my Creative Cloud apps on?


You can install the apps available in Creative Cloud on your primary computer and one backup computer, as long as they are not running at the same time. You will have access to both the Mac OS and Windows versions, so if you have a Mac at home and a PC at work, for example, you can install your applications on both. See the product license agreements page for more information.
 
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