Some users were appalled when Adobe first switched to a subscription-only business model in 2013, given Photoshop had been available as a standalone purchase since the 90s. The fact they are available via subscription has been controversial for years. The plan can be purchased at, via phone at 1-80 or via major retailers.Editing photos is more than just slapping on a filter on a social media app, and Adobe bundles together its vaunted Photoshop and Lightroom programs into one subscription plan. 'We are currently running a number of tests on. 'From time to time, we run tests on which cover a range of items, including plan options that may or may not be presented to all visitors to ,' read the company's statement. Pay $20 and you can use as little or as much as you want for an entire month.'Īn Adobe spokesperson person told The Verge that the company is just testing this price out. 'Most people spend double this every month on entertainment apps.

'$20 a month isnt an obscene price to pay for something I use every day that nets me almost my entire income,' Fawnduu told Newsweek. Many state that the changes will push them into using alternative editing software like Affinity, which contains tools similar to Photoshop, but only charges a one-time payment.Īdobe literally asking people to pirate their software at this point.- SeizeTheBeat May 2, 2019įawnduu, a twitter artist with over 8,000 followers and author of a popular LGBT Webtoon, My Dragon Girlfriend downplayed the overall impact of the price hike. The new price has polarized twitter's artist community. However, the cloud storage was not what many users say they enjoyed about the plan, with some now saying the price change ruins the affordability aspect that made the plan so appealing in the first place. However, the increased price places it in the same bracket as the other plans, while only adding the bonus of significantly increased cloud storage.Īt the new rate, Adobe gives users 1 TB of cloud data, a rather sizable increase from the previous 20 GB included with the $10 plan. Prior to this change, the basic photography plan, which included Adobe mainstays like Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC, found popularity among artists for being lower priced than other Adobe plans while still including a robust toolset. Adobe is doubling the cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan, raising it from $10 to $20, according to PetaPixel.

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