Creative Cloud for Government

I asked a few questions of my friends at Adobe about how the Creative Cloud scheme will be implemented for government accounts. As most folks know, governments don't usually do month-to-month recurring payments, they usually pay in blocks with a purchase order - to an authorized reseller.

With that in mind, here's the response that I received:

• We will be updating our Government Price List in July and you will be able to purchase through authorized resellers, at that time. If [your agency] chooses to enter into an ETLA (Enterprise Term License Agreement), then yes, one, annual payment would be allowed, along with annual “true ups”.
• Log in’s and further details, specific to Government End Users will be addressed at 2 separate webinars.

So, there you have it. Jump in an register for the webinars and ask your questions there.

Enjoy.

Reaction to CC is mixed

As you can see from this video, not everyone is reacting kindly to the news about CC.

Say goodbye to Photoshop Extended

With the birth of Photoshop CC comes the death of the Photoshop Extended product. All Photoshop CC customers will get all the cool features and product updates. Can I get an amen? Finally, no more trying to explain to folks who can't get the measurement tool to work ... you bought the wrong version. This makes perfect sense to me, and I am glad they finally pulled the plug on the 2 Photoshops concept.

Camera Raw 8 as a filter?!

If you love Camera Raw, you'll love this announcement about a feature in the soon to be released Photoshop CC - Camera Raw as a filter. You can now use Camera Raw at any time, on any layer ... even video. How cool is that?!

What are Adobe's customers saying about the CC announcement

For a peek at what customers are saying about Adobe's announcement about the end of the Creative Suite and a move to the cloud, check out this forum over at Fred Miranda's site. There's lots of talk about switching to Capture One and Photo Ninja. Others hope that Sony steps up their game.

In all, you can sense that Adobe's messaging caused more confusion than cheers. The biggest confusion, the subscription prices announced at MAX 2013 are for the first year only. What will be the price going forward? Will government purchasers be able to lock in prices for 3-5 years? Who knows. More news to follow.