Adobe CC

Am I the only one or does this not have more than a whiff of the Apple FCP X launch!

digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/partly-cloudy/

The first article is very sober with a nice break down of the diffrrent software models!!!

www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239085/...mber=2#disqus_thread

What really rings bells for me is the quote from the second article :

“Those who left comments on Schoffstall's petition often called out the cost as a reason for their dissatisfaction. "Due to the nature of the 'upgrade at gun point' nature of the change, and the forced 'renting' of software at prices that could be jacked up at anytime, I will not continue with the Adobe brand," said Lee Whitman. "It's suicide for a small business."

The petition is here :

www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-i...d-subscription-model

Everyone will HAVE to subscribe to the creative cloud, just because all CC apps will be so much better than before:



Anyway, back to FCPX and Smoke now

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcza6SBHb...hkzLbJqkhOiooTme9mQs

www.pixelmator.com/

Cost 15$ and I can buy it today and probably use it for 5 years +

Rounded corners are all well and good but I for one hate photoshop it is overkill for me.

Just want to crop pics add text and upload.

I'll say it again. I've used Pixelmator and Sketch instead of Adobe products for going on 2 years now. Haven't looked back.

So it seems all three of the big A's have ticked off everyone and their cousin. How funny is that? LMAO!

Companies piss off people. Nothing new.

My main concern about Pixelmator is importing client Photoshop files.
Often I have to check client PS files for issues or minor fixes.
Of course this is all the more reason to run from CC. I really can't see subscribing to CC primarily to check and tweak client files. I do hope Pixelmator improves PS import compatibility.

Hi Craig

What kind of minor issues do you mean?

What should one look out for?

Photoshop hasn't really changed that much in the past few years, and it probably won't in the next few either. So if you have a purchased copy of PS CS6 (or even 5) you will be good for a long, long time to come for opening client Photoshop files, and you can use Pixelmator for almost anything else if you wish. Having found a perfectly affordable (and better) replacement for AE we have decided we will not go the CC way, so we will say good-bye to our adobe friends.

"I do hope Pixelmator improves PS import compatibility."

In what manner, specifically?

I believe Layer Effects have to be flattened otherwise they aren't recognized. I believe this is both for FCPX and Pixelmator. If Pixelmator could import them and allow the user to flatten for FCPX compatibility that would be a good improvement.

There may be a few others but this one would be important.

thanks for the info

good to know

I actually had been getting by with Photoshop CS2 for some time. I did have a job where I needed to check a client supplied file and used the 30 day free trial of CS6 for that. Since there's no upgrade path from CS2 to CS6 I was actually contemplating buying Photoshop CS6.

With some irony, I'm not reluctant to get the still available CS6. For my own work Pixelmator (or Acorn?) may be fine. For client compatibility I'm faced with ugly options since I really have not motive to subscribe to Photoshop CC. I really don't like the idea of paying Adobe every time I need to check a client file. I really don't like the idea of buying Photoshop CS6 as it may not be compatible with a client created CC file.

I certainly do hope my clients look to alternatives.

I do hope Pixelmator improves import compatibility even if it involved purchasing a plugin.