If you're NOT in business, upgrade to CC from CS6 justified?

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eco_bach

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I already own and love the CS6 production suite of tools. Recently test drove the CC version of Premiere Pro. Unfortunately I waited too long and it expired, forcing me to 'upgrade' to the CC version to open my existing project. Not backward compatible with CS6. I went ahead and purchased the entire subscription since I was still having issues with media encoder hanging on opening my project files.

Are there any core performance issues in the CC version of PremierPro that make the $30 monthly fee worth it if you are NOT in business? I realize this is a subjective question somewhat, but as long as I am NOT earning an income from my editing or other projects, feel that sticking with CS6 is the practical option, for me at least.
 
This has been my thinking too, I really haven't heard anything about CC which has made me want to abandon CS6 and start paying an expensive subscription for a tool which is not my primary source of income. Of course, when the RED Dragon importer for Adobe comes out, I wonder which Adobe version will support it. I fear it will be CC only...
 
I own 6 and have CC through my day job and in a word, no. I use 6 almost always right now. CC has way to many bugs right now.
 
I own CS6 and use it for "business". I'm not upgrading until I absolutely have to and that time is not now or even in the near future.
 
Same boat. I have little advice. I have CS6 and I like it. I'm going to go with it and see what happens. If I can justify it, I may just jump on CC or move over to Avid, or see how Resolve is doing. I'm hoping that in a year or so the path will be clear but for now I'm sticking with CS6 and just rowing the boat. It's really fine for me right now. Look how many people are still working with FCP 7.
 
I still use CS6 but have moved over to Edius , Ediuspro7 now allows you to link to Resolve also , with Grass Valley I am able to do a cross grade anytime like we were able to do with adobe in the pass . I am very happy with Edius and the cross over was not that bad , very quickly. Stuff Adobe and there CC.
 
My concern is what is there that will replace after effects? I also like audition for dialog editing, especially the ability to expand the waveform and set amplitude on a very fine level, like lav clicks.
 
I have CS5.5 and see no reason to upgrade. CC is mearly a rental agreement with zero ownership. Over the long run it will cost you more.
I feel only companies with large business or latest cameras will find the need to upgrade. My greatest fear is paying monthly for a very buggy program that doesn't do what I need it to. I have Edius now and I wonder how much Adobe is going to see a drift of customers. I do somethings on Edius and other stuff on Adobe. What I can say-- "wow Edius is fast for making discs" ... it makes Adobe seem really slow.
 
ELN614 said:
CC is mearly a rental agreement with zero ownership. Over the long run it will cost you more.
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If you read the EULA with your software (I know, who ever reads any of it?) you'll see that you don't really own the software you bought already. You just have the right to use it. Anyway, that's all just semantics and makes no difference in practical use. If you upgraded every time the new version came out it would cost the same or less to subscribe to the entire Adobe CC line as it would to just buy the Production Suite under CS, it's just that you're paying a little monthly instead of a big purchase every year or so. I'm still not a fan of the subscription model, but I understand why they did it. For now, the longer I can delay moving to CC, the better my investment in CS6 will be since I'm not making any payments. I guess when they drop that must have addition to AE I'll jump, but I haven't seen it yet.
CC also has the advantage that you can use it on multiple machines.
ELN614 said:
My greatest fear is paying monthly for a very buggy program that doesn't do what I need it to.
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I think that fear is unfounded at this point. CC has some bugs here and there (just like CS5 & CS6) but I haven't heard of too many. The other thing about CC is that Adobe can react more quickly to the bugs that are found with minor updates. CS6 has at least been around long enough to find the bugs, but if new incompatibilities arise Adobe won't be fixing them. If anything, CS6 will be less able to do what you need it to if new formats and software come out that are designed to work with CC instead of the older CS.

All that said, CC isn't such a bad thing really, it's just not necessary for most of us on CS6...yet.
 
Andrius Simutis said:
If anything, CS6 will be less able to do what you need it to if new formats and software come out that are designed to work with CC instead of the older CS. .
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Case in point:

[h=2]Adobe Premiere Pro CC October 2013 Release[/h]"Responding to rapid changes in the industry with the move to Ultra High Definition 4K formats and beyond, Premiere Pro’s outstanding native media support has been given a major boost this release. New native file format support for Cinema DNG, Sony RAW, Phantom Cine, improved MJPG from Canon 1DC, Sony XAVC Long GOP, Panasonic AVC Ultra (Long GOP), 64 bit ProRes decoding (Mac OS X 10.8 or higher only), and support for exporting XAVC up to 4K and AVCi200 is included. RED Dragon 6K is also natively supported, with full RED color science built in."
 
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