What is the Creative Cloud?

[pinegrovepirate]

I have been using PS5 for several years and feel its time to get up to date! However my problem is understanding the concept of "AdobeCloud". I simply need the current version of Photoshop(CC?) Is this downloaded to my computer (which I believe to be compatible) or do I do all my work "online" ? If it is the latter my upload speed is less than 2 and download barely 3.

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[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

Creative Cloud is a marketing term and distribution process

Programs are downloaded and installed on your computer

Cloud Plans https://creative.adobe.com/plans

When you 'click to agree' to the subscription terms while buying a subscription, that means that you really do need to read BEFORE you buy a subscription... https://www.adobe.com/misc/subscription_terms.html

-Purchasing FAQ https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1926340

-Special Photography Plan includes Photoshop & Lightroom & Bridge & Mobile Lightroom

Download & Install instructions https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2003339

-Mini-FAQ from staff member Jeff A Wright https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1146459

-Also go to https://forums.adobe.com/community/creative_cloud/creative_cloud_faq

-Cloud desktop http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-desktop.html

-Cloud Getting Started https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud.html

-Membership questions and problems https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1146459

[Peru Bob]

pinegrovepirate  wrote

I simply need the current version of Photoshop(CC?) Is this downloaded to my computer (which I believe to be compatible) or do I do all my work "online" ?

Short answer:

You download the program and all work is done on your computer.

The only times you need to connect to the internet are to download updates and programs and you also have to sign in about every three months to keep the program working on your computer.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

You do not need to be constantly online to work. You will need to be able to download and install the software and have a connection to sign in/license the usage.

If you only use Photoshop - you should definitely look at the Photography Plans.

It is a better value than downloading and buying a single app:

Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan | Professional photo editing software

[Abambo]

Creative cloud is a kind of marketing hype. There are cloud elements in the software (sharing, collaboration, cloud space like Dropbox) but the essences are still the programs you knew with more and better features, some bugs fixed, some new bugs introduced.

The big change is the subscription model. You do not buy but subscribe.