{"id":2821,"date":"2013-05-21T05:58:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T04:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2013-05-21T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T06:18:39","slug":"5-questions-about-photoshop-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=2821","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions about Photoshop CC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I very much doubt you missed the recent announcement from Adobe about the new version of Photoshop coming in June. To recap the next version will be called Photoshop CC <\/a>and comes with some nice new features.<\/p>\n

Adobe has also changed the way we purchase Photoshop (along lots of its other software titles) to a subscription only system that it calls Creative Cloud. This seems to be sending shockwaves rippling around the internet and as is so often the case not everything you read is true.<\/p>\n

As someone who\u2019s used Creative Cloud for the past year I\u2019m well placed to give my impressions of the experience, so here are my answers the top 5 questions (in particular order) I keep hearing.<\/p>\n

Please take a deep breath and read the whole post before commenting as I will be actively moderating them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy with current version of Photoshop. Will that keep working once Photoshop CC comes out?
\n<\/span><\/strong>If you\u2019re happy with your current version of Photoshop and either don\u2019t want or need the new features of Photoshop CC then absolutely nothing will change for you. In fact I\u2019d suggest you stop reading this now and get back to the more enjoyable things in life.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been told I must be online in order for Photoshop CC to work.
\n<\/strong><\/span>My PC is permanently online but my laptop is rarely online. Photoshop is installed on both machines and both work in exactly the same way. In fact unless I told you I was a Creative Cloud user, you\u2019d never know the difference.\u00a0 Photoshop needs to running whilst you\u2019re online once every 90 days otherwise it might stop.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like the idea of all my files being in the cloud.<\/span><\/strong>
\nNeither do I and neither do Adobe. The cloud bit of \u201cCreative Cloud\u201d is where you download the software from and where you can choose to save work too. I keep all my photo, files, videos etc firmly on my PC. However I do use my Creative Cloud space to share things with clients, friends and with you. Check out my\u00a0Friday Freebies<\/a>\u00a0to see that in action.<\/p>\n

At the end of my subscription I\u2019ll be left with nothing<\/strong><\/span>
\nI suppose that\u2019s true. If you stop subscribing you\u2019ll be left with whatever you used before you started using Photoshop CC. I look at it like this. Every year I pay a small fortune for insurance on my photo gear and at the end of the year I get nothing in return\u2026 assuming I haven\u2019t made a claim. At least with Photoshop you get something back whilst you\u2019re subscribed.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0 I stop subscribing will I loose access to my files?
\n<\/span><\/strong>If they\u2019re on your hard drive then they\u2019re not going anywhere. If you\u2019ve used a new feature of Photoshop CC such as Camera Raw as a smart object layer then it will not be editable in older versions of Photoshop but it\u2019ll still be there and your file will still open. You can also open PSD files in Photoshop Elements and a dozen other software packages from companies other then Adobe.<\/p>\n

Photoshop CC won\u2019t be everyone\u2019s cup of tea and that\u2019s fine. If you want the latest and greatest offering from Adobe or like me you need Photoshop and Premiere Pro the Creative Cloud is the perfect fit.<\/p>\n

One more thing. If it wasn\u2019t for Adobe\u2019s Creative Cloud then there would have been a lot less Friday Freebies on gavtrain over the past year\u2026 just saying \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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