If you're going to complain about Adobe CC, at least understand it!

• The software will not be in the cloud, it will be installed on your local machine as always.
• You do not have to store your images or other files in the cloud if you don't want to.
• If you lose your internet connection, the product will still work.
• It will not use a lot of bandwidth unless you choose to store your work in the cloud.
• While it will phone home every 30 days, you don't lose access until after 180 days without a connection.
• Your CS6 perpetual license will still be perpetual, and you can still buy a new one if you want to.
• ACR 8 will be supported on CS6 for camera support updates, at least for a while.
• Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, and Premier Elements are not part of this but if you choose to subscribe to the CC, you'll get Lightroom with your subscription.
• Lightroom 5 will be available as a stand-alone product with perpetual license as before.
• Lightroom 5 will get free camera-support and bug-fix updates as did LRs 1-4.
• Lightroom 6 will be under active internal development during the LR5 cycle, just as the other versions were.

To me, this whole announcement is a non-issue for photographers, as PS hasn't been about photography for a long time anyway.  LR does 99.9% of what I need done, and I have used Elements for pixel editing of the other 0.1% since the CS2 days.  It's cheaper, faster, and easier to use, at least for me.

Just for the record, I'll never rent my software.  In fact, I hate renting anything other than a car and a hotel room when I'm on vacation.  I buy things out-right and keep them as long as I want to.

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Lee Jay
(see profile for equipment)