ADOBE is on the run, failed at subscribtion

[Jim Noel]

Adobe has always given huge discounts to the education industry. Where I am, you could get the whole CS6 master collection for $400 or so ($2500+ retail) with the education discount. Of course if you are motivated/inclined to do so, you can get it for nothing too. Probably the same case with CC as it was with CS6. Just sayin'...

My full CS6 Educational edition was $76. Adobe has always had such discounts for students and educators.

[Mike Anderson]

Sooner or later GIMP will feature 16/48 bit image editing.

Oh wow, it's coming indeed:

http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#c16bit

[Jmarmck]

Last time I tried Gimp it locked up the system so badly I had to uninstall. I got a copy of elements lite with the scanner. I have been using the stamp and healing tools extensively.

I guess I could buy the CS6 EDU pack as I work for a university. But so far Elements is working.

[mdarnton]

I keep waiting for someone to put in layers, which also would imply independent canvas sizes. Maybe someone reading this thread knows a substitute with those already? I use FastStone for day-to-day work, and it does everything I need except for those two things that I really do need for work.

[Tin Can]

We may be looking at a big player like Adobe dying like film.

I am very happy with the latest Photoshop, it works wonderfully.

[Brassai]

There's no way I'm signing up for their subscription deal. They'll just jack the price up to $100/month or something eventually. I also don't want my images on their "cloud." I just don't trust them all that much, and don't want to be a "renter."

[Fred L]

Can't ever see Adobe going bye bye. They have Photoshop, Premier (seeing more friends going Premier instead of Final Cut Pro) etc..

Too many professionals use it so the base is huge with no real competition.

[ederphoto]

[QUOTE=Fred L;1122018]Can't ever see Adobe going bye bye. They have Photoshop, Premier (seeing more friends going Premier instead of Final Cut Pro) etc..

Too many professionals use it so the base is huge with no real competition.[/QUOT

Plus one ! And they also have Lightroom which is becoming better and better with every edition .

[Tin Can]

AVID, Capture One.

Can't ever see Adobe going bye bye. They have Photoshop, Premier (seeing more friends going Premier instead of Final Cut Pro) etc..

Too many professionals use it so the base is huge with no real competition.

[DennisD]

There are many within the photographic community who might wish Adobe would fail, based on its conversion of CS to a subscription based cloud model and requiring ongoing payment for software we used to "own" outright.

Has the subscription model failed ? Who really knows for sure ? However, Adobe has always promoted and discounted heavily to students and academic establishments. And successfully so, because they've managed to get students "hooked" and committed to their products at an early stage, ensuring a future, devoted user base.

At the moment, the only place Adobe (or at least Adobe stockholders) are running, is to the bank. Currently Adobe stock is at its highest levels in 5 years.

As photographers, we represent only a portion of the incredible CS user base. Many thousands of corporate users, ad agencies and graphic designers, movie studios, web developers and other professionals, etc, etc. are more than happy to support the Adobe CC subscription model.

As much as many among us would like to see some stiff competition for Adobe, and particularly PS, there's nothing which comes close in terms of development and universality.

Unfortunately, the topic of this post might be better termed "WISHFUL THINKING" until Adobe comes face-to-face with a very challenging competitor.