Digital BW, The Print

Richard

The LR option might work or be a semi-viable work around. But it is not just a matter of just opening, it is a matter of being able to continue edits. PS edits may not work in LR.

Also layered .tiffs do not retain all .psd info. Smart object layers for example.

This issue goes beyond my photo work however. I make a living using Illustrator and InDesign, that is where many there are gigantic concerns with future compatibility. Just ask any former Freehand or Page Maker user about that. This not just a CC issue entirely, computer file workability and "archivability" is a great concern in general. CC just added to and complicated that concern.

The vector world=I hate CC with a passion. The pixel world=I don't like CC but there are far more workarounds available and more coming.

John


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 From: Richard Eskin <richard.eskin@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 5:39 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers
 


  
John -

With regard to file compatibility:  It is my understanding that Adobe is going to continue to issue Lightroom for direct purchase.  Wouldn't successive Lightroom iterations need to continue to read .psd files through time, so that you could always access your files?  Also couldn't you save your files as layered .tiff files or .dng files to continue to access them through a retained version of CS6 (or CS5) or successive versions of LR?

I am on the fence with regard to a CC subscription.  I typically upgrade several months after Adobe issues PS upgrades, so that is about $200 every two years (of course if I wait one more year the annual cost drops to $67 and the difference greatly increases, possibly one reason why Adobe is going this route).  At $10 per month that costs me $240 over the same two years, not a huge increase, but at the same time I enjoy having the choice of whether or not to upgrade and can continue to use my current version of CS6 as long as I want to.  I really don't like to be tethered to a continuing cost, but at the same time, I believe I could probably fall back to LR or my current version of PS.  In the short term, the key issue is whether PSCC is offering me anything I really can't do without and whether, if I don't subscribe by December, the cost will increase even more.

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