Any Reason To Now Buy CS6?

[Brian Ellis]

I have Photoshop CS5. I was going to upgrade to Photoshop CS6 only because I didn't want to lose my ability to get upgrade discounts in the future (CS7, CS8, etc.) after Adobe switched to its "only one generation back" upgrade policy. There didn't appear to be anything in CS6 itself that was of any great interest to me. But now we know that CS6 will be the last version of Photoshop that one can buy so future upgrade discounts are no longer a reason to buy CS6 (AFAIK). I'm not going to subscribe to CC, I'll just stick with whatever final version of Photoshop I have.

So now I'm wondering whether it perhaps would be a good idea to buy CS6 just to have the final version of Photoshop that can be purchased even though I don't think I have any great use for it. I can't really think of a good reason to do that except that somehow it just seems like it's usually a good idea to have the latest version of software rather than older versions (e.g. compatibility with future operating systems, computers, etc.)

What do those of you more knowledgeable than I am about software, computers generally, Adobe's new policy, etc. think? Spring for $169 or whatever it is to buy the upgrade to CS6 even though I don't think I need it or just stick with CS5? No need to talk about subscribing, I'm not going to do that.

[Preston]

Brian,

I would upgrade to CS6. It's worth it for the Background Save feature, better memory management, and graphics performance. Content Aware Fill and the Patch Tool are also better than in CS5.

Also, as you state, "...to have the latest version of software rather than older versions (e.g. compatibility with future operating systems, computers, etc.) is another good reason to upgrade.

I am staying with CS6 until something equal to, or better than PS comes along.

--P

[Ken Lee]

Ditto

[lbenac]

Brian,

I would upgrade to CS6. It's worth it for the Background Save feature, better memory management, and graphics performance. Content Aware Fill and the Patch Tool are also better than in CS5.

Also, as you state, "...to have the latest version of software rather than older versions (e.g. compatibility with future operating systems, computers, etc.) is another good reason to upgrade.

I am staying with CS6 until something equal to, or better than PS comes along.

--P

Same here. I really like content-aware tools for clean-up of a negative.
There are not a lot of the tools I use in PS but these definitely.

Cheers,

Luc

[Jon Shiu]

How do I upgrade from CS5 to CS6? I went to adobe website, but could only find Creative Cloud version.

Jon

[Preston]

Jon,

Use Adobe's 'chat' feature and tell them what you want to do. That's what I did, including having them ship a boxed disc, rather than a download.

You might also check a third party vendor such Amazon, Staples, etc..

--P

[Jon Shiu]

Thanks, upgrade now only available through Adobe, not amazon, staples, b&h etc. All agents are busy, oh well.

Jon

[Greg Miller]

All agents are busy, oh well.

That's the sound of mobs of people making their last purchase from Adobe for a verrry long time...

[Henry Ambrose]

That's the sound of mobs of people making their last purchase from Adobe for a verrry long time...

I think you may be correct!

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for all the responses. I'll take the advice and buy. When I was looking I had the same problem Jon mentions. I planned to call but maybe the chat room is a better idea.