Creative professionals are expected to have a mix of skills—including photography, graphic design, video production, and web publishing. And, they need to be able to work wherever inspiration strikes. That’s why Adobe’s new Creative Cloud™ subscription offering makes sense.
As a Creative Cloud member (subscriber), you will be able to download and install all of the 14 new Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications, including Adobe Photoshop® CS6, Adobe InDesign® CS6, Adobe Illustrator® CS6, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS6, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS6, Adobe After Effects® CS6, and Adobe Flash® Professional CS6. You will also have access to two new HTML5 products: Adobe Muse™ and Adobe Edge preview.
Adobe Creative Cloud membership is $49.99 USD per month with an annual contract. (A special introductory offer of $29.99 per month is available for individual users of CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.5.) Creative Cloud is currently available for pre-order. It is expected to be available within 30 days.
Continuing Access to Upgrades
Creative Cloud members will have the tools they need to publish apps, magazines, and catalogs to iPad, iPhone, and Android devices, and to publish, manage and host websites. For example, members will have immediate access to Adobe Typekit, the Web-based font library that pioneered the use of real fonts on websites, delivering more than 700 typefaces from leading foundries.
Adobe Creative Cloud members will also have access to application upgrades, as well as inventive new products and services as they emerge. Coming in the future to Adobe Creative Cloud are: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4; the first complete release of the Adobe Edge HTML5 development tool; and Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition, the technology behind the delivery of digital magazines on iPad.
Integration with Tablet Apps
Creative Cloud is expected to change the way photographers, designers, and illustrators create, share, and deliver projects. Because Creative Cloud integrates Adobe’s tablet applications (such as Photoshop Touch) with the desktop software, you will be able to synchronize and store files in the cloud for sharing and access on any device.
Adobe Touch Apps will address multiple phases of the creative process: image editing, ideation, sketching, mood board creation, website and mobile app prototyping, and the presentation of finished work.
Photoshop Touch and Adobe Ideas are already hits on the iPad and Android tablets. Three additional tools (Adobe Collage, Adobe Debut, and Adobe Proto) are available on Android devices and will be coming to the iPad soon.
Creative Cloud membership includes up to 20GB of cloud storage, with additional storage purchase options coming soon. Creative Cloud will also include training, support and community features that drive connections between creatives worldwide.
“The urge to be creative is universal, and harnessing the creative spark – in everyone from schoolchildren to creative pros – has never been more important,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer, Adobe. “Wherever and whenever inspiration strikes, Adobe will be there to help capture, refine and publish your ideas.”
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Video: Launch Event for Creative Cloud and CS6