Adobe Creative Cloud

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Adobe Creative Cloud
Basic data

developer Adobe Inc.
Publishing year October 2011
Current  version CC 2019
(15 October 2018)
operating system Windows , macOS
category Program package
License SoftwareeasaService
German speaking Yes
www.adobe.com

The Adobe Creative Cloud is the subscription model of the company Adobe in the field of photo editing (especially Photoshop), video editing (especially Premiere, After Effects), graphic design and web development. Mainly desktop programs , but apps and cloud services are also part of it. The programs are available for local installation via the Internet via a monthly or annual subscription and can be used as long as the subscription is active. The possible shutdown of the programs is problematic. B. through political influence, see section Criticism .

The forerunner is the Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) purchase software and was last released in 2012. In May 2013 the end of the purchase versions was announced and that all further developments will only be made available as a subscription via the Creative Cloud . The first pure cloud version appeared on June 17, 2013. The motivation for switching to a subscription was constant income, fewer pirated copies and a lack of pressure to develop new features for new versions.

Different subscription models are available for individual users, schools and companies and differ in terms of costs and features.

Single user packages

(As of June 2020)

  • Photo subscription (Lightroom and Photoshop only) for just under € 12 per month
  • Single subscription (one application)
  • All applications (complete Creative Cloud) for just under € 60 per month
  • All applications (complete Creative Cloud) + Adobe Stock

Desktop applications

Part of the Creative Cloud. sorted alphabetically (as of December 2019)

  • Adobe Acrobat is a family of software with comprehensive functions specifically for the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe Acrobat Standard and Adobe Acrobat Pro allow you to create and edit PDF files, while Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to read PDF files.
  • Adobe After Effects is an animation graphics and special effects software program used in post-production for film and video.
  • Adobe Animate (Flash Pro) is vector-based software for creating interactive animations. These can then be shared and published directly on various platforms such as Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, HTML5 Canvas or WebGL. Animate is the successor to Adobe Flash Professional and also takes over functions of the now discontinued Adobe Edge.
  • Adobe Audition is an audio program based on the Adobe Soundbooth interface.
  • Adobe Bridge is a program for managing files for projects that have been implemented with the tools of Adobe Creative Cloud. Its structure is reminiscent of the file browser in previous versions of Adobe Photoshop.
  • Adobe Character Animator is a program for animating 2D characters in real time.
  • Adobe Dimension is an application for creating photo-realistic images with 3D elements.
  • Adobe Dreamweaver is a website design and development program.
  • Adobe Fresco is a software and iPad application for digital drawing and painting.
  • Adobe Fuse (Beta) is a program for creating custom 3D characters for Photoshop projects
  • Adobe Illustrator is a leading vector graphics and illustration software program.
  • Adobe InCopy is a word processing program.
  • Adobe InDesign is a leading design and layout program.
  • Adobe Photoshop is the leading software for image editing and graphic design, available for both desktop and tablet (Photoshop for iPad, since 2019).
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a cloud-based, cross-device program for editing and managing photos that is available for both desktop and mobile (tablets, smartphones).
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is a program for photo editing on the desktop.
  • Adobe Premiere Rush is an easy-to-use program for creating videos across devices, especially for online content creators (e.g. YouTube), which is available on the desktop as well as on the smartphone or tablet.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro is a program for professional video editing and production. Complementary programs are:
    • Adobe Media Encoder for outputting finished video projects.
    • Adobe Prelude for importing, reviewing, and logging tapeless media.
    • Adobe SpeedGrade enables color enhancement and looks development for Premiere Pro projects.
  • Adobe XD (short for Experience Design) is a program for prototyping and creating digital user experiences in the form of websites, apps, voice UI or games.

Creative Cloud Services

sorted alphabetically (as of December 2019)

  • Adobe Fonts (previously Typekit) is a collection of fonts for creative projects, for direct use in programs.
  • Adobe Live is a live stream format in which viewers can look over the shoulder of artists and ask them questions. Previous sessions can also be called up on demand at a later date.
  • Adobe Portfolio is a web-based editor that allows creatives to create their own website for their projects and work.
  • Adobe Spark is a group of free applications (web-based and mobile apps) that allow users to tell their stories and share them online (storytelling). These include Adobe Spark Video, Adobe Spark Page, and Adobe Spark Post.
  • Adobe Stock is a separately bookable service that can be used by millions of stock materials (including photos, videos, vector illustrations). Adobe Stock can be accessed and searched online and is also directly integrated into many Creative Cloud applications, e.g. B. in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
  • Behance is a platform that works like a social network. Here, creative people can share their projects with the community and be inspired.
  • Creative Cloud Libraries is used to manage assets and allows you to search and share files, images and fonts in libraries that can be used from all Creative Cloud programs.
  • Web hosting and cloud-based storage (up to 10 TB).

criticism

In October 2019, due to an instruction from US President Donald Trump, Adobe was forced to block all users in Venezuela, thereby rendering their programs unusable. For many, this highlighted the unreliability of cloud-based products.

Users are exposed to short-term changes to end-user license agreements (EULAs) by licensors without protection. Licensors and cloud operators can terminate existing access authorizations within a certain legal framework at any time, not only legally, but also physically, or request a subsequent purchase. This dependency did not exist before the introduction of the cloud-based subscription model.

Dolby license

In 2019, Adobe announced to its customers that certain older versions of the Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere, Animate and Media Director programs could no longer be used for licensing reasons and recommended updating to more recent versions: “We recently got a few older versions of Creative Cloud applications discontinued. Due to our contractual conditions, you no longer have a license to use them. Please note that if you continue to use the discontinued version (s) there is a risk that third parties may assert violations. ”The background is apparently a legal dispute by Dolby Laboratories Inc. over license costs for the cloud-based subscription model.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harrison Weber: Adobe Abandons Its Creative Suite to Focus on Creative Cloud . In: The Next Web . May 6, 2013 ( thenextweb.com [accessed October 24, 2018]).
  2. ^ Adobe's Creative Suite is dead, long live the Creative Cloud . In: Ars Technica . ( arstechnica.com [accessed October 24, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Photoshop will soon only be available as a subscription. In: Spiegel online . May 7, 2013 .;
  4. ↑ Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Sylvester Tremmel: Adobe threatened to shut down its Creative Cloud in Venezuela. In: c't . heise, November 1, 2019 .;
  6. ↑ Venezuela designers turn to piracy after Adobe announces it will cut service . In: Reuters . October 9, 2019 ( reuters.com [accessed June 20, 2020]).
  7. ^ Karl Bode: Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop. In: Vice. May 14, 2019, accessed on January 22, 2020 .