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December 14, 2022
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Adobe Plans and the Elderly

  • December 14, 2022
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Forgive me if this is in ther wrong forum....

I have been using Photoshop since Photoshop 5 for personal use.  I'm now 84 years old and I'm afraid you've finally succeeded in pricing Photoshop out of my grasp.  I use only Photoshop, Camera Raw and Bridge and that's all.  My total income is a monthly social security.check, which makes over $200 / year pretty much out of my grasp.
Please, PLEASE provide us with a way to continue using our favorite photo editor.  I've been looking at other editors, but none can compare with Photoshop, particularly when it comes to layers abd masking.

By the way, what is to become of Bridge?  Are you dropping it?

Gerry

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Correct answer Gerry5478
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Because that's where your s****d web page put me AFTER I logged in as a single user and asked it to show me the plans available to me!!!


By @Gerry5478

Adobe is a big company with many products, plans, and possibilities in many directions, even directions that you and I will never take. It's difficult to get the correct information out to the right user. We, the more experienced user community, sometimes get confused and surprised.

 

As a side note: none of the participants here is an Adobe employee, so it's not our website… 😉


I finally found what I was looking for - My Account Page.  They make it difficult enough to find.  There are two photography plans available, the only difference I can see is the amount of Creative Cloud online storage available to you.  Online storage is the last thing I need.

Thank you all for your help.

Gerry

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Nancy OShea
Adobe Expert
December 14, 2022

Photography Plan is only $10/month.  Includes the following:

  • Photoshop CC and Photoshop on iPad
  • Camera Raw
  • Lightroom on desktop, mobile and the web
  • Lightroom Classic
  • Portfolio website + hosting
  • Adobe Express (free starter plan)
  • Bridge
  • 20 GB cloud storage (upgradable to 1 TB).
  • Free upgrades for paid subscribers

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html

That is deepest discount bundle Adobe offers.

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
Gerry5478Author
Inspiring
December 15, 2022

Thank you.  That's what others have told me also. However, this page:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/business-plans.html?plan=team&step=2
shows me otherwise!  Also, the URL you just sent  me to gives me an "invalid parameters specified" message though I AM logged in!!
I wish someone would tell me what in blazes is going on!!!!!
Gerry

kglad
Adobe Expert
December 15, 2022

@Gerry5478 

 

contact adobe support and purchase a renewal through them if the price is good for you.  then follow-up here so we can better help others.

 

there are 3 ways to contact adobe; chat, phone and twitter:

chat:
use a browser that allows popups and cookies, and click here, https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen
in the chat field (lower right), type AGENT
be patient, it can take quite a while to reach a human.

phone:
https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/phone.html

twitter:
tweet @AdobeCare

p.s. if you're contacted by anyone (via email or private message), it's much more likely to be a scammer than an adobe representative. ie, double check for an employee badge if contacted in the forums and look for an adobe.com domain in the email address if you click reply to an email. then check again and be very suspicious. any other method of contacting (or offering to contact you) is almost certainly a scam, https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community-discussions/staying-safe-in-the-adobe-support-community/td-p/12919684/redirect_from_archived_page/true

Abambo
Adobe Expert
December 14, 2022

The photography plan (20Gb of Cloud storage — to identify the correct one) is about $10 per month, and includes all Photoshop, Camera Raw and Bridge. I would also suggest, you start using Lightroom Classic to organize your assets. It's a kind of Bridge and Camera Raw combined.

 

When contacting Customer service and asking in a friendly tone, you may be able to get a discount. In Europe, during Black Friday, Amazon did run a promotional action that allowed for a considerable discount.

 

As a side note: the Photography Plan is not discounted to students. But compared to the former price of Photoshop (the retail version running on a perpetual licence), it's a bargain.

 

If you want a perpetual licence solution, you should consider Photoshop Elements, which also includes Raw processing: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/processing-camera-raw-image-files.html.

 

There are no subscription fees with this one.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
kglad
Adobe Expert
December 14, 2022

@Abambo 

 

subscription prices go up after the first year and that's what's bothering the op. ie, photography plan 2nd year cost.

Gerry5478Author
Inspiring
December 14, 2022

I was just assured that my fee would NOT go up after the first of the year.  My subscription expires in March and the Adobe lady on the phone assured me I would be billed in February for the same price I'm paying now.  Perhaps the higher published subscription prices only affect NEW subscribers?

 

And @kglad everything I know, I learned in DC during the James Earl Carter years. 🙂

Gerry

kglad
Adobe Expert
December 14, 2022

there are no special pricing plans for seniors.  it is something that has been previously suggested.

 

you can look for pricing deals/specials (which are especially common during the holidays), both on adobe.com and at amazon.

 

why would you think bridge is being dropped?

Gerry5478Author
Inspiring
December 14, 2022

#1. Perhaps if it's suggested often enough, someone will take notice.  Doubling the cost of P'shop in a year is ludicrous!

Also I didn't mean to single out seniors.  There are many out here who use Photoshop for no personal gain and can't afford the steep cost!

 

#2.  'Cause Bridge isn't mentioned in any of the packages.  In previous years, it was.

 

Gerry

kglad
Adobe Expert
December 14, 2022

these are user forums.  if you want to make an adobe suggestion, you can do that using the below link(s)

 

for applicable apps, use https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/x-productkb/global/how-to-user-voice.html for others, use https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

 

p.s. telling a company their pricing policy is rediculous is probably not going to be a winning argument

 

p.p.s bridge is included with all plans, and even with no subscription, https://prodesigntools.com/free-adobe-bridge-cc.html