If you haven’t already heard, Adobe has abandoned its Creative Suite (CS) in favor of the Creative Cloud (CC), a dramatic move that’s still echoing throughout the software community. Now, instead of paying for a perpetual license for the software collection or each application, users pay a monthly service fee of $10 a month for an individual app, such as Photoshop, or $50 a month for the entire Creative Cloud, which includes access to new features, products, and cloud storage, depending on the membership plan. (Special pricing is also available for students, teachers, existing customers, and those upgrading from the Creative Suite.) For professionals, the cloud provides better collaboration tools for working in teams, but the recurring monthly fee is a turnoff for many. At the same time, a monthly fee can be easier to swallow than a several thousand dollar cost upfront.
Photoshop CC, which recently shipped along the rest of the Creative Cloud suite, introduces new filters (including non-destructive smart filters that don’t overwrite original image data — more on this later), enhanced Adobe Camera Raw functionality, and integration with the cloud. Adobe recently gave us a tour of the new software. Here, we’ll walk you through Photoshop CC’s main highlights.
Most of the features worth getting excited about in Photoshop are filters. The addendum to this latest version will make you wonder if actual photography skills are even needed in a world with such robust post-processing tools readily available. Of particular note, Camera Shake Reduction is mind blowing in effectiveness and simplicity of use.
Wondering if your photo or not will be worthy of Photoshop can keep you guessing. Lucky you if you've been messing around with the Photoshop CC because as one description puts it 'it's as if you didn't need to take a good photo in the first place.' Or at least that's what they are giving off, and yeah, they are more than likely right about that one.