Photoshop without Creative cloud?

[christina5CA4]

how can i download photoshop without creative cloud? 

[Christine25194066weg8]

It is most definitely slowing it down. This is after CC has loaded. 

I don't understand why I even have CC. I thought Photoshop Elements didn't require it. But when I try to uninstall CC I get the message that something needs it.

[Christine25194066weg8]

I just bit the bullet and deleted CC from my computer. Reader & PSElements work just fine. I don't use the cloud anyway.

[Abambo]

Are you certain that you do not have one or the other of the creative cloud programs installed?

You could try this in the Creative Cloud Desktop App: File⇾Preferences

[jane-e]

Moved to Creative Cloud Services

[Lorenza22656924f1bk]

Then why cant the JPG files I created in cloud be opened by someone I'm sending files to. The file is corrupted and on their end, the file name is now prefixed by a DOT as in ".<filename>"

[Derek Cross]

Hi Lorenza

Which version of Photoshop and OS do you have?

How much RAM and spare hard-disk capacity do you have?

If the application is saving corrupt files reset Photoshop back to the factory defaults to see if that sorts the issue out. You can reset them under the General tab in Photoshop preferences (then close and reopen the application).

[jane-e]

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@Lorenza22656924f1bk wrote on January 14, 2022:

Then why cant the JPG files I created in cloud be opened by someone I'm sending files to. The file is corrupted and on their end, the file name is now prefixed by a DOT as in ".<filename>"

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The short answer: a period in front of a filename indicates a hidden file.

One way this happens is that the files are created on a Mac, which uses this second file and hides it. Then the files are sent to a Windows computer.

• If the Windows user has chosen to view hidden files, they will see both the hidden dot file and the real file. They can only open the real file.
• If the Windows user has chosen to hide hidden files, the hidden dot files will not be visible and they will only see the real files.

It's not actually a corruption, but it does appear that way when the hidden dot file won't open.

I see this all the time because I create files on a Mac and then use them in a classroom full of Windows users. There are two ways I solve this:

• When I remember, I bring up the files on a Windows computer and delete the hidden dot files. Windows doesn't need them and the Mac will re-create them.
• When I don't remember, I either advise users not to try to open the dot files or to turn off viewing hidden files in Windows File Explorer so they won't see them.

Apologies for the very long delay in seeing your question. This thread that started in 2020 just got revived. Unrelated questions are best asked in their own threads so we are most likely to see them, and I hope with this length of time that this answer actually makes its way to you.

Jane

[Robert357888223g4g]

I wish we could. I really don't need a bunch of processes running in the background even when I'm not using any Adobe Apps. 
I'm trying to run fluid simulations and render things in Blender and the last thing I need is some unnecessary bloatware running for no reason. I have a 7950x, 64GB RAM and a 4090 so it's not killing my system but benchmark testing shows 2-3% slower system speed and on a 50 hour sim, 2 extra hours to wait is wasted time. Could be the difference between starting a scene rendering before leaving the office and starting the render the next morning. 

[Robert357888223g4g]

Can't see an option to edit. But to add to this, Adobe apps used to be the top option. Now we've pulled our business away from Premiere and After Effects in favor of Davinci Resolve becuase it just works. No crashes, no random requests to re-log in, no lag and a one time fee. 
We've moved from Bridge to Fotoware for metadata and PS will be next on our list to replace.
Meanwhile Adobe are just making their software more and more anti-consumer. I have an annual subscription and for some reason, CC won't let me access the software I'm paying for when I'm travelling for doco work without internet to constantly log in. 
[Discussion of illegal activity removed by moderator.]

[kglad]

@Robert357888223g4g 

when about to travel, open all the adobe apps that you might want to use.  then minimize them until they're needed.

[Dmitrii35956449d9tl]

Creative Cloud is really slow and annoying. It works as user (instead of me) only on my computer. I don't need for this couple Creative Cloud + Photoshop)))

[kglad]

@Dmitrii35956449d9tl 

did you have a question or issue?

[D Fosse]

You do need it because without it Photoshop won't work.

The CC app is very often blamed for almost any other performance problem, but so far I've never seen any evidence to back that up. The truth is that it's mostly inactive until called upon. You'll see a lot of processes nominally running in Task Manager, but if you look closer you'll se that they consume 0% CPU, 0% disk and 0% network. Just a couple of kB in RAM for when it's needed.