Adobe Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 Now Available for $10/month
Customers who own Adobe Photoshop CS3 or higher are eligible for a special Creative Cloud membership that includes Photoshop and Lightroom for just $9.99/month (with an annual commitment). That’s like 75% off as it was previously $20/month for any single Adobe software title.
See the official announcement. If you’re new to this entirely, read the Creative Cloud FAQ.
UPDATE June 18, 2014: Adobe has made this a permanent package and it’s available to everyone now, you don’t need to have a previous license of Adobe Creative Suite. Get it here: https://creative.adobe.com/plans/offer/photoshop+lightroom
This offer only last until December 31st, 2013 and the package will renew at this lower price in subsequent years (unlike some of their other promotions for Creative Cloud):
For your $10 a month, you will get…
- Photoshop CC
- Lightroom 5.2
- Free updates and full version upgrades
- 20 GB of online storage
- Behance ProSite
- Access to Creative Cloud Learn’s training resources
This might be the right package for me as I’ve been waiting to upgrade to Lightroom 5 but have been pondering the Creative Cloud subscription that is typically $50/month. Since I do own an older copy of Photoshop, I have been tempted by the the 40% sale that’s been ongoing since the Creative Cloud launched. That promotion offer is for all of Creative Cloud at $30/month for first year and then $50/month thereafter (purchased annually).
I typically only use Photoshop and Lightroom but sometimes use Illustrator. I’ve also been curious about Premiere and After Effects (not that I have much time to learn those). For me, $120 a year for a perpetually up-to-date copy of both Photoshop and Lightroom is quite tempting (vs. a one-time upgrade for Lightroom for $80). Over 3 years it would cost me $360 whereas the full cloud offering would run me $1,560 (that includes the 40% discount in the first year). If I change my mind, I can always upgrade later.
Have you bought into Creative Cloud already? Might you now with this new package? Get it here before December 31st, 2013.
