So that didn't take long, Adobe CC cracked in under 24hrs

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 10:04

Link removed as it contained warez suggestions - Davey

24 hrs down and adobes master plan to maximise profits and steer people away from pirating failed.

I wonder if they will still offer -

Alpherah said:
Adobe are supposedly reviewing the situation based on the fallout online.
Its being said that Adobe are considering doing the following:

Offer subscriptions significantly cheaper if you sign up to a 3 year contract, where as normal subs can cancel at any time. In return for the cheaper sub and contract you are limited to the current release with no upgrade potential, but at the end of the contract are given a downloadable version to install.

dont know how true it is.

dannyjo22 · 22 Jun 2013 at 10:24

I would be very surprised if they have found a non verification hack/bypass this fast.

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 10:26

i just hope they dont rethink the 3 yr contract, i am very interested in that

reflux · 22 Jun 2013 at 10:28

Adobe's Creative Cloud implementation isn't very complicated as far as I can see - they're just putting more online functionality in a product that was fundamentally designed for individual, offline installs. So I'm not surprised it's been cracked already.

To be honest, I can't really see any compelling reason to upgrade over CS6. They're marketing the Cloud features as a USP but I think they need to focus on refining what's already there.

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 10:32

true, but some features i feel are a good reason to upgrade.

GTRacer · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:17

If Adobe wanted to prevent piracy they'd be using dongles to lock the suite - and then there's the whole 'to ensure market dominance by making it easy to crack and therefore ubiquitous' argument too. The subscription model is there to ensure that there's a known revenue coming in every month (as opposed to the end of every CS cycle) and to present a lower entry barrier into the Adobe way of doing things.

reflux · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:22

I think there's a reasonable argument to make (and I'm not advocating piracy) but pirate Photoshop has probably been the making of many a designer.

Davey_Pitch · 22 Jun 2013 at 13:16

Guys, if you're posting links please make sure they don't advocate or give information on how to find cracked software, thanks

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:16

i did check this it dosent advocate or provide links

An Exception · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:43

I really don't think the idea with CC is to combat piracy. If there was no piracy, Adobe would instead have formidable competition that would drastically reduce it's margins.
The price of Adobes creative suite is simply ridiculous, but business users have no alternative and thus no choice but to submit to Adobe's extortion.

I will say however, the last few versions of LR were reasonable, but then I hear they plan a subscription version in the future. How long will it be before it's subscription only?

So I'm looking for the exit from adobe. I'm never going to subscribe to use their software if there is any alternative. At the moment, for me this is a combination of Apple software and open source alternatives. Ideally I would like to see an open source equivalent to LR like gimp is to photoshop.

pryere · 22 Jun 2013 at 20:54

An Exception said:
I really don't think the idea with CC is to combat piracy. If there was no piracy, Adobe would instead have formidable competition that would drastically reduce it's margins.
The price of Adobes creative suite is simply ridiculous, but business users have no alternative and thus no choice but to submit to Adobe's extortion.

I will say however, the last few versions of LR were reasonable, but then I hear they plan a subscription version in the future. How long will it be before it's subscription only?

So I'm looking for the exit from adobe. I'm never going to subscribe to use their software if there is any alternative. At the moment, for me this is a combination of Apple software and open source alternatives. Ideally I would like to see an open source equivalent to LR like gimp is to photoshop.

There is Darktable http://www.darktable.org/install/

reflux · 22 Jun 2013 at 21:04

An Exception said:
The price of Adobes creative suite is simply ridiculous, but business users have no alternative and thus no choice but to submit to Adobe's extortion.

It's expensive, but ridiculous? I don't think so. My copy of Creative Suite Design Premium CS6 at work cost over £1k, but if we design one website in a year we'd make all that back. And yet it gets used day in, day out. And there isn't anything better. Whilst I'd love to see true competition, it's not actually terrible value given how much it gets used in most workplaces.

An Exception said:
Ideally I would like to see an open source equivalent to LR like gimp is to photoshop.

Problem is is that GIMP isn't quite an equivalent to Photoshop. It's a great stab and extremely good for the price, but it falls short for professional print support.

Rojin · 22 Jun 2013 at 21:43

Lol, adobe software is cheap compared to a lot of design orientated software. If it's too expensive for you then move on, it's not for you.

dannyjo22 · 22 Jun 2013 at 22:36

Rojin said:
Lol, adobe software is cheap compared to a lot of design orientated software. If it's too expensive for you then move on, it's not for you.

I think too many photographers get hung up on having it. This program that costs hundreds where for photography Lightroom and elements will easily do the job for years.

With elements 11 and LR4 there's not one feature I used in CS5 that I will ever miss for photography. I think the pricing of LR since 4 has been very realistic as is Elements.

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 22:41

true but sometimes those features you seldom use become invaluable

dannyjo22 · 22 Jun 2013 at 23:08

buzzlightweight said:
true but sometimes those features you seldom use become invaluable

Such as?

Tell me exactly what I'm missing as a photographer using Elements 11 and LR4 (soon to be 5) from the latest CS.

I've asked a couple of times and no one ever answers. I've searched and read many forums and never see much of use and anything that get's updated in CS like better clone tools just filter down to the next elements anyway

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 23:15

buzzlightweight said:
those features you seldom use become invaluable

i cant tell you but like i said above.........

dannyjo22 · 22 Jun 2013 at 23:30

buzzlightweight said:
i cant tell you but like i said above.........

I think I will save my £500 per year

Your another one of those that's just got to have it, despite not knowing why

buzzlightweight · 22 Jun 2013 at 23:31

dannyjo22 said:
I think I will save my £500 per year

Your another one of those that's just got to have it, despite not knowing why

yups

Rojin · 22 Jun 2013 at 23:35

dannyjo22 said:
Such as?

Tell me exactly what I'm missing as a photographer using Elements 11 and LR4 (soon to be 5) from the latest CS.

I've asked a couple of times and no one ever answers. I've searched and read many forums and never see much of use and anything that get's updated in CS like better clone tools just filter down to the next elements anyway

I don't really do PP, like you LR is good enough, but... something as simple as resizing is much better in CS as is creating actions that involve third party apps such as noise ninja etc. Then there is the whole layer thing, but that's beyond what I personally need. CS is the better tool, but if you're happy with LR and Elements then they are the tools for you.