P: Please support PixelBender in CS6/CC

Ok, I really don't understand. I have no idea how these things work. Did the team that developed PB, who have now left, have some sort of propriatory rights to the plug-in? If not, is there really no one there that knows how to physically make CS6 compatible with PB? Seems hard to believe. We're talking about the hugest, most powerful company in the graphic/photographic industry. The statement that "there's just not a lot we can do about it," really is difficult to accept.
Like I said, I have no idea about the legal aspects or logistics of software development. But if I have to stay with CS5 or lose PB, and if no amount of public out-cry is going to change that, then I would at least like a reasonabe and understandible explanation.

Seems like a plausible explanation to me – after all Pixel bender was offered on Adobe Labs free of charge and if I understood correctly it was aimed at Flash-users more than Photoshop-users.

But explanatory value aside it does seem a pity that a team was disbanded and this feature abandoned ...

I hope this is not the best excuse!

Because the other team that created PixelBender is gone.

Because...

Of course we're reading them, and we're aware of your disappointment -- but there's not a whole lot we can do about it.

If somebody at Adobe is reading all these comments would you please at least acknowledge that you are aware of all the complaints and that you at least recognise that by not making CS6 compatible with Pixel Bender, Adobe has made a lot of people very unhappy! I would really like to know that somebody in the Adobe production/development department is getting these messages.

Photoshop CS6: Is it no longer possible for my students to generate Droste effects that are created with a Pixel Bender filter? They are truly upset. A workaround would be wonderful! Any help would be welcomed.

I agree. When I want to use the Oil Paint filter, I always go back to CS 5.5. The implementation of the filter in CS 6 is missing capabilities that are in the old one, and you've added a reflectance slider that is simply useless.
You took a great thing and messed it up. Fail.

Adobe needs to continue development of their PB plug-in or release it as open source, so we may at least have a change to continue using it in CS6 and future releases. Instead of worrying about a piece of unique software that might not be of great interest to the majority of its users, I think they should care about it even if there were only a hundred loyal users!

I regret the upgrade to CS6 through the Creative Cloud, only to find out about major incompatibility issues, including that 3rd party software.